Oliver Cromwell1 October 1649
Cromwell arrives outside Wexford with 7,000 foot & 2,000 horse
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Cromwell arrives outside Wexford with 7,000 foot & 2,000 horse
Requests Wexford to surrender but Sinnott refuses & waits for reinforcements
Stafford surrenders Wexford Castle to Cromwell. Cromwell occupies Wexford Castle & 1,500 in Wexford are massacred
Orders the massacre of Wexford
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