Siege of Dublin (1649)

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Siege of Dublin
Part of Irish Confederate Wars
Date 19 June - 2 August 1649[1] Location Dublin Result Siege abandoned
Belligerents
Parliamentarians	Royalists Confederates
Commanders and leaders
Michael Jones	James Butler
Strength
5,000+	5,800

Belfast

Dublin

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Ireland and Dublin

The siege of Dublin took place in 1649 during the Irish Confederate Wars. It was a failed attempt by combined Irish Royalist and Confederate forces to capture the capital of Dublin which was held by English Republican forces under Michael Jones. It was part of a strategy by Duke of Ormonde, head of an alliance loyal to Charles II, to seize the remaining foothold of Ireland still under the control of the London Parliament.

The siege was abandoned following a decisive defeat at the Battle of Rathmines, followed soon afterwards by the arrival of Oliver Cromwell and fresh reinforcements.^[2]