17 May 1650Battle of ClonmelHugh Dubh ONeill
Cromwells men are trapped by Hugh Dubh ONeill, 2,500 are killed. Cromwell's 8000 men eventually take the town from its 1000 Irish defenders, but not before they suffer heavy losses
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Cromwells men are trapped by Hugh Dubh ONeill, 2,500 are killed. Cromwell's 8000 men eventually take the town from its 1000 Irish defenders, but not before they suffer heavy losses
ONeill's defence inflicts heavy losses on Cromwell's troops before withdrawing from Clonmel.
The Scottish commissioners challenged Charles's alliance with Irish Confederates negotiated through Ormonde.
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