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Siege of Kinsale 1601

Siege of Kinsale: Kinsale-1601-02
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Marker: recorded battle location (no official boundary).

Key facts

Date2 October 1601 – 3 January 1602Wikidata
Date (year)1601Wikidata P580 start time
Century17th centuryderived
PeriodTudor & early Stuartderived
CountryIrelandderived
War / conflictNine Years' WarWikidata

About the battle

The siege of Kinsale (Irish: Léigear Chionn tSáile), also known as the battle of Kinsale, was the ultimate battle in England's conquest of Gaelic Ireland, commencing in October 1601, near the end of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, and at the climax of the Nine Years' War—a campaign by Hugh O'Neill, Hugh Roe O'Donnell and other Irish lords against English rule.

Owing to Spanish involvement and the strategic advantages to be gained, the battle also formed part of the Anglo-Spanish War, the wider conflict of Protestant England against Catholic Spain.

Visiting the battlefield

Location

  • Recorded location (Wikidata; may be approximate): 51.7075, -8.5306

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