Timeline of The Irish Confederate Wars - 1649

1649

• February- Ormonde returns to Ireland, and after arriving at Kilkenny, dissolves the Catholic Confederation.

• 23 February, Papal nuncio Rinuccini leaves Ireland.

• 2 August 1649: battle of Rathmines, a combined Royalist/Confederate force is defeated by the English Parliamentarians outside Dublin.

• 15 August, Oliver Cromwell lands in Dublin with the New Model Army to re-conquer Ireland.

• 17 August: Henry Ireton lands with the remainder of the Parliamentarian force.

• 11 September: English Parliamentarian troops storm Drogheda and massacre its garrison Siege of Drogheda.

• Owen Roe O'Neill re-joins the Confederate/Royalist coalition.

• 2 October, Parliamentarian forces lay siege to Wexford.

• 11 October: Sack of Wexford, Cromwell's troops take Wexford, put its garrison to the sword and burn much of the town.

• 15 October: English Parliamentarian troops under Henry Ireton lay siege to Duncannon.

• 19 October: New Ross surrenders on terms to Cromwell.

• 5 November, the siege of Duncannon is raised due to bad weather and a stubborn defence by the town's garrison.

• 6 November, Owen Roe O'Neill dies of disease.

• 19 November: English Parliamentarians take Carrick on Suir in a surprise attack.

• 24 November: Ulster Irish troops attack Carrick but are beaten off with heavy casualties.

• Parliamentarian forces arrive before Waterford, beginning the Siege of Waterford

• November, Battle of Arklow (1649). An army led by Inchiquin fails to destroy a force of English Parliamentarian soldiers.

• 6 December: Battle of Lisnagarvey. The Parliamentarians defeat a Scottish pro-Royalist force in county Down.

• 10 December: The Siege of Waterford is abandoned. The Parliamentarians go into winter quarters at Dungarven.