1651 in Ireland

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1651
in
Ireland

Centuries:
  • 15th
  • 16th
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
Decades:
  • 1630s
  • 1640s
  • 1650s
  • 1660s
  • 1670s
See also:Other events of 1651
List of years in Ireland

Events from the year 1651 in Ireland.

Events[]

  • January – Edmund Ludlow lands in Ireland as lieutenant-general of horse and second-in-command to Henry Ireton.
  • June – restart of the siege of Limerick by English Parliamentarian troops under Ireton.
  • July – Battle of Knocknaclashy. Irish force trying to relieve Limerick is routed.
  • August – start of the siege of Galway: an English Parliamentarian army under Charles Coote blockades the city.
  • October 27siege of Limerick: Hugh Dubh O'Neill surrenders Limerick after part of the English Royalist garrison mutinies. The soldiers are permitted to march unarmed to Galway but some leaders are executed.
  • November 26Henry Ireton dies of fever and is succeeded in command by Edmund Ludlow.

Births[]

Deaths[]

  • October 31 – executions by the English Parliamentarians after the surrender of Limerick:
  • November 26Henry Ireton , English Parliamentarian commander (b.1611)
  • Richard Butler, 3rd Viscount Mountgarret, landowner and former Irish Confederate military commander (b.1578)

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