Siege of Duncannon

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Siege of Duncannon
Part of the Irish Confederate Wars
Date20 January - 18 March 1645 (58 days)
Location
Result Confederate victory
Belligerents
Irish Confederates England English Parliamentarians
Commanders and leaders
Viscount Tara Baron Esmonde
Strength
1,300 men, 1 mortar, 4 cannon 200 men, 18 cannon, 4-7 ships
Casualties and losses
67 dead

27 killed in the town

Flagship Great Lewis sunk, crew and 7034 soldiers drowned
Siege of Duncannon is located in Ireland
Duncannon
Duncannon
Belfast
Belfast
Dublin
Dublin
Ireland and Duncannon

The siege of Duncannon took place in 1645, during the Irish Confederate Wars. An Irish Catholic Confederate army under Thomas Preston besieged and successfully took the town of Duncannon in County Wexford from an English Parliamentarian garrison. The siege was the first conflict in Ireland in which mortars were utilized.