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Siege of Limerick (1642) | |||||||
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Part of the Irish Confederate Wars | |||||||
King John's Castle on the River Shannon | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Irish Confederates | Royalists | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Garret Barry | George Courtenay | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Unknown | 200 |
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.