Siege of Dunboy

Siege of Dunboy
Part of the Nine Years' War

The ruins of Dunboy Castle
Date5–18 June 1602
Location
Result English victory
Belligerents

England

Irish rebels
Commanders and leaders
Sir George Carew Richard MacGeoghegan[1]
Strength
4,000–5,000[2][3] 143 in castle,[4] more nearby

The siege of Dunboy took place at Dunboy Castle between 5 June and 18 June 1602, during the Nine Years' War in Ireland. It was one of the last battles of the war. An English army of up to 5,000 under Sir George Carew besieged the castle, which was held by a Gaelic Irish force of 143 loyal to Donal Cam O'Sullivan Beare. The English took the castle after eleven days and hanged the majority of captured prisoners. The English also captured a fort on nearby Dursey Island.

  1. ^ O'Grady 1896, p. 182.
  2. ^ Joyce 1910, section 485.
  3. ^ O'Halloran 1916, chapter XVI.
  4. ^ Sullivan 1908, p. 18.