What the records say
- When
- 18 May 1642 – 23 Jun 1642
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 52.67° N, 8.62° W
- Description
- 1642 English Protestants surrendered to Confederate Catholics
Siege of Limerick (1642)
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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