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DROGHEDA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Drogheda mean? 

DROGHEDA (noun)
  The noun DROGHEDA has 1 sense:

1. in 1649 the place was captured by Oliver Cromwell, who massacred the Catholic inhabitantsplay

  Familiarity information: DROGHEDA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DROGHEDA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

In 1649 the place was captured by Oliver Cromwell, who massacred the Catholic inhabitants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Instance hypernyms:

battle; conflict; engagement; fight (a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war)

Domain region:

Emerald Isle; Hibernia; Ireland (an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland)

Holonyms ("Drogheda" is a part of...):

English Civil War (civil war in England between the Parliamentarians and the Royalists under Charles I; 1644-1648)


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