drogheda

English Thesaurus

1. in 1649 the place was captured by Oliver Cromwell, who massacred the Catholic inhabitants (noun.act)

instance hypernym	:	battle, conflict, engagement, fight,
definition	:	a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war (noun.act)

part meronym	:	english civil war,
definition	:	civil war in England between the Parliamentarians and the Royalists under Charles I; 1644-1648 (noun.act)

domain region	:	emerald isle, hibernia, ireland,
definition	:	an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland (noun.location)