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Limerick in western Ireland was besieged twice during the Williamite War in Ireland (1689–91). The city, held by Jacobite forces was able to beat off a Williamite assault in 1690. However, after a second siege in August–October 1691, it surrendered on terms.

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  • Siege of Limerick (1691)
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  • Limerick in western Ireland was besieged twice during the Williamite War in Ireland (1689–91). The city, held by Jacobite forces was able to beat off a Williamite assault in 1690. However, after a second siege in August–October 1691, it surrendered on terms.
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Strength
  • 20000(xsd:integer)
  • ~14,000
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Partof
  • the Williamite War in Ireland
Date
  • August–October, 1691
Commander
Caption
  • The treaty stone on which the Treaty of Limerick was signed in 1691
Casualties
  • ~800 killed in action
  • ~low, though likely some deaths from disease
Result
  • Williamites negotiate surrender of city and evacuation of Jacobite troops from Ireland
combatant
  • Jacobite forces - French and Irish Catholic toops
  • Williamite forces - English, Scottish, Dutch, Danish, Ulster Protestant troops
Place
  • Limerick
Conflict
  • Siege of Limerick 1691
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  • Limerick in western Ireland was besieged twice during the Williamite War in Ireland (1689–91). The city, held by Jacobite forces was able to beat off a Williamite assault in 1690. However, after a second siege in August–October 1691, it surrendered on terms.
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