Siege of Dunboy

Siege of Dunboy
Part of the Nine Years' War
The ruins of Dunboy Castle
Date 5–18 June 1602 Location Dunboy Castle, Beara Peninsula, Ireland Result English victory
Belligerents
England Irish loyalists	Irish rebels
Commanders and leaders
Sir George Carew	Richard MacGeoghegan[1]
Strength
4,000–5,000[2][3]	143 in castle,[4] more nearby

The siege of Dunboy took place at Dunboy Castle between 5 June and 18 June 1602, during the Nine Years' War in Ireland. It was one of the last battles of the war. An English army of up to 5,000 under Sir George Carew besieged the castle, which was held by a Gaelic Irish force of 143 loyal to Donal Cam O'Sullivan Beare. The English took the castle after eleven days and hanged the majority of captured prisoners. The English also captured a fort on nearby Dursey Island.