Siege of Limerick

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The Siege of Limerick was a major late-17th-century military engagement in Ireland in which English Parliamentarian forces besieged the Jacobite-held city, helping to determine the outcome of the Williamite War in Ireland.

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Siege of Limerick canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military engagement ⓘ
siege ⓘ
attackers English Parliamentarian forces ⓘ
Williamite army ⓘ
belligerent supporters of James II of England ⓘ
supporters of William III of England ⓘ
conflict Williamite War in Ireland ⓘ
conflictSide Jacobite Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Jacobitism

Williamite forces in Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Williamite army
country Ireland ⓘ
defenders Jacobite garrison of Limerick ⓘ
describedAs major late-17th-century military engagement in Ireland ⓘ
hasCause Glorious Revolution ⓘ
deposition of James II ⓘ
hasParticipant English Parliamentarian forces ⓘ
Irish Jacobite forces ⓘ
linked to: Jacobite Irish Army

Jacobites ⓘ
linked to: Jacobite forces

Williamites ⓘ
historicalRegion Munster ⓘ
location Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ
Limerick ⓘ
militaryTheater Irish theatre of the Nine Years' War ⓘ
objective capture of the Jacobite-held city of Limerick ⓘ
opponent Jacobites ⓘ
linked to: Jacobite forces

Williamites ⓘ
partOf Nine Years' War ⓘ
Williamite War in Ireland ⓘ
relatedEvent Battle of the Boyne ⓘ
Siege of Athlone ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Athlone

Treaty of Limerick ⓘ
result Williamite victory ⓘ
significance helped determine the outcome of the Williamite War in Ireland ⓘ
strategicImportance control of western Ireland ⓘ
pressure on Jacobite resistance in Ireland ⓘ
timePeriod late 17th century ⓘ

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Cromwellian conquest of Ireland → hasPart → Siege of Limerick ⓘ
Godard van Reede → notableBattle → Siege of Limerick ⓘ