Siege of Limerick (1642)

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Siege of Limerick (1642)
Part of the Irish Confederate Wars
King John's Castle on the River Shannon
Date 18 May – 23 June 1642[1] Location Limerick 52°40′11″N 8°37′32″W / 52.669722°N 8.625556°W / 52.669722; -8.625556 Result Irish victory
Belligerents
Irish Confederates	Royalists
Commanders and leaders
Garret Barry	George Courtenay
Strength
unknown	200

St John's Castle - Limerick

Belfast

Dublin

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Ireland and St John's Castle

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.