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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.
Limerick was besieged several times in the 17th century. The first was in 1642, when the Irish Confederates took the King John's Castle from its English garrison. The city was besieged by Oliver Cromwell's army under Henry Ireton in 1651. The city had supported Confederate Ireland since 1642 and was
Siege of Limerick (1642) - King John's Castle in Limerick is taken by Confederate Catholic troops under Garret Barry. July, Irish Catholic Clergy and nobles draft an Oath binding the rebels together in common cause of upholding the Catholic religion, the liberty of Ireland and the King's rights.
The Cromwellian conquest of Ireland (1649–1653) was the re-conquest of Ireland by the Commonwealth of England, initially led by Oliver Cromwell. It forms part of the 1641 to 1652 Irish Confederate Wars , and wider 1639 to 1653 Wars of the Three Kingdoms .
In May and June 1642, Courtenay defended King John's Castle, Limerick, against the Munster rebels under General Garret Barry, Patrick Purcell of Croagh, Lord Muskerry, and Maurice Roche, 8th Viscount Fermoy. [17] The besiegers attacked the eastern wall and the bastion on its south-east corner by digging mines. [18]
Limerick, in western Ireland was the scene of two sieges during the Irish Confederate Wars. The second and largest of these took place during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland in 1650–51. Limerick was one of the last fortified cities held by an alliance of Irish Irish Confederates and Royalists against the forces of the English Parliament.
In May and June 1642 General Garret Barry with the Irish Catholic Munster Army and Purcell attacked Limerick. The town opened its gates willingly, [12] but the Protestants, led by George Courtenay, 1st Baronet, of Newcastle, [13] defended King John's Castle in the Siege of Limerick.
George Webb (1581–22 June 1642) was an Anglican bishop in Ireland [1] during the first half of the Seventeenth century. [2] Webb was born in Wiltshire and educated at University College, Oxford. [3] He was Vicar of Steeple Ashton then SS. Peter & Paul, Bath.