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Siege of Limerick

1690 CE · Ireland, Europe · War

Siege of Limerick
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Limerick, a city in western Ireland, was besieged twice in the Williamite War in Ireland in 1689–1691. On the first occasion, in August to September 1690, its Jacobite defenders retreated to the city after their defeat at the Battle of the Boyne.

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