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Siege of Dublin 1649

Marker: recorded battle location (no official boundary).

Key facts

Date (year)1649Wikidata P585 point in time
Century17th centuryderived
PeriodCivil Warsderived
CountryIrelandderived
War / conflictWars of the Three KingdomsWikidata

About the battle

The siege of Dublin took place in 1649 during the Irish Confederate Wars. It was a failed attempt by combined Irish Royalist and Confederate forces to capture the capital of Dublin which was held by English Republican forces under Michael Jones. It was part of a strategy by Duke of Ormonde, head of an alliance loyal to Charles II, to seize the remaining foothold of Ireland still under the control of the London Parliament.

The siege was abandoned following a decisive defeat at the Battle of Rathmines, followed soon afterwards by the arrival of Oliver Cromwell and fresh reinforcements.

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Location

  • Recorded location (Wikidata; may be approximate): 53.3425, -6.2658

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Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Siege of Dublin (1649) (revision 1370740848), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations removed. No text added.

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