| Siege of Dunboy | |||||||
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| Part of the Nine Years' War | |||||||
 The ruins of Dunboy Castle | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| 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.
- ^ O'Grady 1896, p. 182.
- ^ Joyce 1910, section 485.
- ^ O'Halloran 1916, chapter XVI.
- ^ Sullivan 1908, p. 18.