Second Ormonde Peace
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The Second Ormonde Peace was a peace treaty and alliance signed on 17 January 1649 between the Marquess of Ormonde, the leader of the Irish Royalists, and the Irish Confederates. It united a coalition
The King's Irish commander the Marquess of Ormonde signed the agreement on his behalf and led Allied forces during the 1649 campaign.
Cromwell's campaign in Ireland shattered the coalition that had been formed by Ormonde's treaty.
Siege of Drogheda
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The Siege of Drogheda, 3 to 11 September 1649, took place at the start of the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. The port of Drogheda was held by a mixed garrison of Irish Catholics and Royalists under
A plan of Drogheda in 1649
St Laurence's Gate – the last remaining of the ten original defensive gates
St. Mary's Church with the breach made by Cromwell in the town-wall.
A cannon firing in a re-enactment at the modern Millmount Fort