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
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
A 19th-century representation of the massacre at Drogheda, 1649
Drogheda
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Drogheda is an industrial and port town in County Louth on the east coast of Ireland, 43 km north of Dublin. It is located on the Dublin–Belfast corridor on the east coast of Ireland, mostly in County
Siege of Drogheda
…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 the command of Sir Arthur Aston, when it was besieged by English Commonwealth forces…
Clockwise from top: Drogheda viewed from the south; Millmount Fort; West Street, Drogheda
The Tholsel
Commemoration of Official Charter
St Mary Magdalene Friary.