1649 October 11th. The Sack of Wexford

Sack of Wexford

The Sack of Wexford took place in October 1649, during theCromwellian conquest of Ireland, when the New Model Army under Oliver Cromwell took Wexford-town in south-eastern Ireland. The English Parliamentarian troops broke into the town while the commander of the garrison was trying to negotiate a surrender – massacring soldiers and civilians alike. Much of the town was burned and its harbour was destroyed. Along with the Siege of Drogheda, the sack of Wexford is still remembered in Ireland as an infamous atrocity.

Siege of Wexford
Part of the Irish Confederate Wars
Date 2 –11 October 1649 Location Wexford, south eastern Ireland Result English Parliamentarians take town and massacre the garrison.
Belligerents
Irish Catholic Confederate and English Royalist troops	English Parliamentarian New Model Army
Commanders and leaders
David Synnot  †	Oliver Cromwell
Strength
c4,800	6,000
Casualties and losses
c.2000 troops and up to 1,500 civilians killed.	20 killed