Siege of Galway

53°16′22″N9°02′30″W / 53.2728°N 9.0417°W / 53.2728; -9.0417

BelligerentsIrish ConfederationParliamentariansCommanders and leadersThomas PrestonCharles CooteStrength 2,000 soldiers 6,000–7,000 soldiers

The siege of Galway took place from August 1651 to 12 May 1652 during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. Galway was the last city held by Irish Catholic forces in Ireland and its fall signalled the end to most organised resistance to the Parliamentarian conquest of the country.

The English Parliamentarians were commanded by Charles Coote, an English settler who had commanded Parliamentarian forces in the northwest of Ireland throughout the Irish Confederate Wars. Galway was garrisoned by Irish Confederate soldiers under Thomas Preston, many of whom had reached the city after an unsuccessful defence of Waterford.