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Siege of Limerick

Siege of Limerick was a siege conducted in June 1651 at Limerick, in what is now Ireland. It was part of the Irish Confederate Wars, which ran from 1641 to 1653. The recorded result: Parliamentarian victory. Recorded strength: 2,000 against 8,000 soldiers; 28 siege guns; 4 mortars.

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Henry Ireton condemning Terence O'Brien, Bishop of Limerick, 1651
Henry Ireton condemning Terence O'Brien, Bishop of Limerick, 1651. Henry Edward Doyle, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
FoughtJune 1651
WhereLimerick, Ireland52.665N, 8.624W
OutcomeParliamentarian victory
BelligerentsIrish Confederates; English RoyalistsagainstParliamentarians
Casualties and losses700 soldiers killedand2,000 killed
Part ofIrish Confederate Wars1641 to 1653

Where it sits in the Irish Confederate Wars

Battle of Julianstown, 1641Battle of Kilrush, 1642Battle of Glenmaquin, 1642Battle of Liscarroll, 1642Battle of New Ross, 1643Battle of Cloughleagh, 1643Battle of Clones, 1643Battle of Portlester, 1643Siege of Duncannon, 1645Battle of Benburb, 1646Battle of Dungan's Hill, 1647Battle of Knocknanuss, 1647Battle of Rathmines, 1649Siege of Drogheda, 1649Sack of Wexford, 1649Battle of Arklow, 1649Siege of Waterford, 1649Battle of Lisnagarvey, 1649Siege of Kilkenny, 1650Siege of Clonmel, 1650Siege of Waterford, 1650Battle of Tecroghan, 1650Siege of Charlemont, 1650Siege of Limerick, 1651Siege of Galway, 165116411651Siege of Limerick, 1651
25 placed engagements of the Irish Confederate Wars in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

DateJune 1651 (month precision)
to October 1651
PlaceLimerick, Ireland
52.665N, 8.624W
KindSiege, early modern
Strength2,0008,000 soldiers; 28 siege guns; 4 mortars
Casualties and losses700 soldiers killed2,000 killed; 5,000 civilians killed
Commanders
  • Hugh Dubh O'Neill
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The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 4 times between 1642 and 1691.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1651

Siege of Limerick is one of 1,553 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 120 in present-day Ireland.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q7510192, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Limerick (1650–1651), revision 1370742940, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.