Siege of Drogheda

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Siege of Drogheda (1649)
Part of the Cromwellian Conquest of Ireland

A plan of Drogheda in 1649
Date3–11 September 1649
Location
Drogheda, County Louth
Result Commonwealth victory
Belligerents
Royalists
Irish Confederates		  Commonwealth of England
Commanders and leaders
Arthur Aston  Oliver Cromwell
Strength
2,547 c. 12,000
Casualties and losses
c. 2,000 killed, wounded or captured c. 150 killed or wounded
700–800 civilians killed
Drogheda
Belfast
Dublin
Ireland and Drogheda
For 1641–42 siege by Felim O'Neill during Irish Rebellion of 1641, see Siege of Drogheda 1641.

The siege of Drogheda took place from 3 to 11 September 1649, at the outset of the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. The coastal town 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 under Oliver Cromwell. After Aston rejected an invitation to surrender, the town was stormed and much of the garrison executed, along with an unknown but "significant number" of civilians. The aftermath of the siege is viewed as an atrocity which still impacts Cromwell's modern reputation.

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