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Siege of Limerick 1642

Siege of Limerick: King John's Castle in Limerick
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Marker: recorded battle location (no official boundary).

Key facts

Date (year)1642Wikidata P585 point in time
Century17th centuryderived
PeriodCivil Warsderived
CountryIrelandderived

About the battle

The city of Limerick was besieged five times during the 17th century. Two of these sieges took place during the Eleven Years' War. The first of these sieges occurred during the spring of 1642 when Irish Confederate troops besieged and took the town's citadel, King John's Castle from an English Protestant garrison.

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Location

  • Recorded location (Wikidata; may be approximate): 52.6653, -8.6238

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Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Siege of Limerick (1642) (revision 1370742935), 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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