Siege of Duncannon

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Siege of Duncannon
Part of the Irish Confederate Wars
Date 20 January - 18 March 1645 (58 days) Location Duncannon, County Wexford Result Confederate victory
Belligerents
Irish Confederates	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

Duncannon

Belfast

Dublin

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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.