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 south eastern Ireland from its English Parliamentarian garrison. The siege was the first conflict in Ireland in which mortars were employed.

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  • 1645-03-18 (xsd:date)
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  • 67 dead
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  • English Parliamentarians
  • Irish Catholic Confederate Leinster Army
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  • Irish Confederates take town
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  • 1,300 men, 1 mortar, 4 cannon
  • 200 men, 18 cannon, 4-7 ships
dbpedia-owl:causalties
  • 67 dead
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  • English Parliamentarians
  • Irish Catholic Confederate Leinster Army
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  • 1645-03-18 (xsd:date)
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dbpedia-owl:result
  • Irish Confederates take town
dbpedia-owl:strength
  • 1,300 men, 1 mortar, 4 cannon
  • 200 men, 18 cannon, 4-7 ships
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  • 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 south eastern Ireland from its English Parliamentarian garrison. The siege was the first conflict in Ireland in which mortars were employed.
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  • 27 killed in the town, Parliamentarian flagship Great Lewis sunk, crew and 200 soldiers drowned
  • 67 dead
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  • English Parliamentarians
  • Irish Catholic Confederate Leinster Army
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  • Laurence Esmond
  • Thomas Preston
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  • Siege of Duncannon
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  • 20 January - March 18 1645
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  • Duncannon, south-eastern Ireland
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  • Irish Confederates take town
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  • 1,300 men, 1 mortar, 4 cannon
  • 200 men, 18 cannon, 4-7 ships
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  • 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 south eastern Ireland from its English Parliamentarian garrison. The siege was the first conflict in Ireland in which mortars were employed.
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  • Siege of Duncannon
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  • Siege of Duncannon
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