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Siege of Enniskillen 1594

First Siege of Enniskillen
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Key facts

Date (year)1594Wikidata P585 point in time
Century16th centuryderived
PeriodTudor & early Stuartderived
CountryNorthern Irelandderived
War / conflictNine Years' WarWikidata

About the battle

The siege of Enniskillen took place at Enniskillen in Fermanagh, present day Northern Ireland, in 1594 and 1595, during the Nine Years' War. In February 1594, the English had captured Enniskillen Castle from the Irish after a waterborne assault and massacred the defenders after they surrendered. From May 1594, an Irish army under Hugh Maguire and Cormac MacBaron O'Neill besieged the English garrison in the castle, and in August they defeated an English relief force. A second relief force was allowed to resupply the garrison, but the castle remained cut off. Eventually, in May 1595, the English garrison surrendered to the Irish, who then massacred them.

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Location

  • Recorded location (Wikidata; may be approximate): 54.3453, -7.6341

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Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Siege of Enniskillen (1594) (revision 1370741038), 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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