Early Modern era · 1601 – 1602
Siege of Kinsale
The siege of Kinsale (Irish: Léigear Chionn tSáile), also known as the battle of Kinsale, was the ultimate battle in England's conquest of Gaelic Ireland, commencing in October 1601, near the end of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, and at the climax of the Nine Years' War—a campaign by Hugh O'Neill, Hugh Roe O'Donnell and other Irish lords against English rule.
- When
- 2 Oct 1601 – 3 Jan 1602
- Where
- Kinsale
- Era
- Early Modern
Topics
Before and after
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