1651 in Ireland

1651 in Ireland

Events

*June - Re-start of the Siege of Limerick by English Parliamentarian troops under Henry Ireton.
*July - Battle of Knocknaclashy. Irish force trying to relieve Limerick is routed.
*August - Start of the Siege of Galway English Parliamentarian army under Charles Coote blockades the city.
*27 October - Hugh Dubh O'Neill surrenders Limerick.

Births

*Robert Rochfort, founder of Rochfortbridge, MP for Westmeath, grandfather of Robert 1st Earl of Belvedere (d.1727).

Deaths

*31 October - Terence Albert O'Brien, Roman Catholic Bishop of Emly, executed by the English Parliamentarians after the surrender of LImerick.(b.1600).
*31 October - Dominic Fanning, Alderman of Limerick, executed by the English Parliamentarians after the surrender of LImerick.
*October - Henry Ireton, English Parliamentarian commander, (b. 1611) died of disease after the fall of Limerick.
*Richard Butler, 3rd Viscount Mountgarret (b.1578), Irish landowner and former Irish Confederate military commander.

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