BattlefieldsSiege of Dunboy Castle
Tudor

Siege of Dunboy Castle

1602
Cork, Ireland
Era
Tudor
Battle Type
Siege
Location
Cork, Ireland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
O'Sullivan Bere (Richard MacGeoghegan)
Forces
c.100–150 Irish defenders
VS
Victor
English Crown (Carew)
Forces
c.800–1200 English Crown forces
Outcome
Last Jacobite stronghold in Munster taken; garrison massacred
The Battle

History & Significance

Dunboy Castle in West Cork was the last stronghold of Irish resistance after Kinsale. Carew besieged and took it; the garrison fought to the last and was executed. O'Sullivan Bere himself was absent and subsequently led the famous winter march of 1602–3 — retreating with 400 soldiers and 600 civilians northward through winter mountains to Connacht. Only 35 survived.

Casualties & Losses

Garrison massacred

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