Siege of Galway

Siege of Galway 1651–1652
	Part of the Irish Confederate Wars
	; The heavily fortified city of Galway in 1651
Date	August 1651 – 12 May 1652
Location	Galway, Ireland
Result	Parliamentarian victory
Belligerents
Irish Confederation	Parliamentarians
Commanders and leaders
Thomas Preston	Charles Coote
Strength
2,000 soldiers	6,000-7,000 soldiers

53.2728°N 9.0417°W / 53.2728; -9.0417

Galway

Belfast

Dublin

Ireland and Galway

The siege of Galway took place from August 1651 to 12 May 1652 during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. Galway was the last city held by Irish Catholic forces in Ireland and its fall signalled the end to most organised resistance to the Parliamentarian conquest of the country.

The English Parliamentarians were commanded by Charles Coote, an English settler who had commanded Parliamentarian forces in the northwest of Ireland throughout the Irish Confederate Wars. Galway was garrisoned by Irish Confederate soldiers under Thomas Preston, many of whom had reached the city after an unsuccessful defence of Waterford.

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