Siege of Enniskillen (1594)

Siege of Enniskillen
Part of the Nine Years' War
Enniskillen Castle
Date January–February 1594, May 1594–May 1595 Location Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland Result Irish victory
Belligerents
England Loyalists	Irish Alliance
Commanders and leaders
John Dowdall (1st siege) James Eccarsall (2nd siege)	Hugh Maguire Hugh Roe O'Donnell Cormac MacBaron O'Neill
Strength
Roughly 2,000	34

The siege of Enniskillen took place at Enniskillen in Fermanagh, present day Northern Ireland, in 1594 and 1595, during the Nine Years' War. In February 1594, the English had captured Enniskillen Castle from the Irish after a waterborne assault and massacred the defenders after they surrendered. From May 1594, an Irish army under Hugh Maguire and Cormac MacBaron O'Neill besieged the English garrison in the castle, and in August they defeated an English relief force. A second relief force was allowed to resupply the garrison, but the castle remained cut off. Eventually, in May 1595, the English garrison surrendered to the Irish and were then massacred.