The city of Waterford in south eastern Ireland was besieged from 1649-50 during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. The town was held by Irish Confederate Catholic and English Royalist troops under general Thomas Preston. It was besieged by English Parliamentarians under Oliver Cromwell, Michael Jones and Henry Ireton. WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 52. ... Oliver Cromwell landed in Ireland with his New Model Army on behalf of the English Parliament in 1649. ... Kilkenny Castle, where the Confederate General Assembly met. ... Thomas Preston, 1st Viscount Tara (1585 - 1655) was an Irish soldier of the seventeenth century. ... Unfinished portrait miniature of Oliver Cromwell by Samuel Cooper, 1657. ... Colonel Michael Jones ( –1649) Fought for King Charles I during the Irish Confederate War but joined the English Parliamentary side when the English Civil War started. ... Henry Ireton Henry Ireton (1611 - November 26, 1651), English was a general in the army of Parliament during the English Civil War. ...

Jones died of disease outside Waterford in 1649 and Cromwell had to call off the siege. However Waterford fell the following year when Ireton renewed the siege. Preston and his troops were allowed to leave the city and march to Galway, still held by Irish Catholic forces.