Qualla: Siege of Waterford https://qualla.com/siege-of-waterford en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:12 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/6/c/siege-of-waterford-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Siege of Waterford https://qualla.com/siege-of-waterford Siege of Waterford: Introduction https://qualla.com/siege-of-waterford/ Photo credit Age Bosma, CC BY-SA 3.0. Drogheda had fallen in September 1649 and been put to the sword. Wexford had fallen in October 1649 and been put to the sword. By the time Oliver Cromwell arrived before Waterford on 24 November 1649, every Catholic in the city knew what surrender to Cromwell meant. They also knew that of the 6,500 Parliamentarian soldiers who had set out for Waterford that autumn, the cold and the wet and the dysentery were already grinding the army down. Cromwell had taken city after city. He was about to meet his match in a Spanish-trained Irish officer named Richard Farrell.

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/6/c/siege-of-waterford-wp/gc6c-siege-of-waterford-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Siege of Waterford: A Catholic City Picks a Side https://qualla.com/siege-of-waterford/ Photo credit Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0. Waterford had committed itself early. When the Irish Rebellion of 1641 began and Protestant refugees displaced by the insurgents started arriving in town, the city's mayor wanted to shelter them. The recorder and several aldermen on the city council wanted to expel them and let i...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/6/c/siege-of-waterford-wp/gc6c-siege-of-waterford-a-catholic-city-picks-a-side.mp3 0:06 2 full Siege of Waterford: First Siege: Mud, Disease, and Richard Farrell https://qualla.com/siege-of-waterford/ Photo credit Age Bosma, CC BY-SA 3.0. Cromwell could not bring his heavy siege guns up to Waterford by sea because the fort at Duncannon, commanding the river approach, held out under Edward Wogan from 15 October to 5 November despite a determined Parliamentarian assault. New Ross surrendered on 19 October, Carrick-o...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/6/c/siege-of-waterford-wp/gc6c-siege-of-waterford-first-siege-mud-disease-and-richard-farrell.mp3 0:06 3 full Siege of Waterford: Second Siege: Plague Inside the Walls https://qualla.com/siege-of-waterford/ Photo credit Attributed to Robert Walker / After Samuel Cooper / After Anthony van Dyck, Public domain. Waterford was not closely besieged again until July 1650, but the intervening months were a slow strangulation. In January the city's western supply line was cut. In June, Henry Ireton -- Cromwell's son-in-law -- arrived before the walls. By then Thomas Preston commanded the garr...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/6/c/siege-of-waterford-wp/gc6c-siege-of-waterford-second-siege-plague-inside-the-walls.mp3 0:06 4 full Siege of Waterford: What Surrender Meant https://qualla.com/siege-of-waterford/ Photo credit Age Bosma, CC BY-SA 3.0. Ireton was a different man from his father-in-law, or perhaps just calculating differently. He granted the civilian population lenient surrender terms, respecting their lives and property. The contrast with what would happen at Limerick the following year is striking: there, Iret...

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