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King John's Castle, Limerick, survives today as an impressive Anglo-Norman fortress in a commanding position along the eastern edge of the river Shannon. In the early months of 1642, when the Munster army of the Irish rebellion was admitted to Limerick, the Protestant and Anglo-Irish citizenry fled to the king's castle for protection, and were immediately besieged. To breach the masonry the besiegers used miners to make tunnels for the placing of timber props, ready for firing, underneath the foundations. The castle's defenders reacted by opening countermines to intercept the encroaching mines, hoping to save the walls from ruin. Substantial evidence for this 'military mining,' unusually, has survived to yield their secrets to today's archaeologists and military historians, providing a fascinating record of the exceptional events of the siege. Kenneth Wiggins brings together detailed documentary sources and unique archaeological discoveries in an expert assessment of the siege, embracing the drama central to the story while highlighting technology and strategies characteristic of 'underground' siege warfare'. KENNETH WIGGINS is an archaeologist based in Limerick; his master's thesis, undertaken at University College, Cork, was on the subject of military mining.

Table of Contents:
King John's Castle, Limerick; excavations at the castle; background to the siege; the siege begins; "we could not hinder them"; "the working in ye mines went on"; "our danger still increased"; climax and capitulation; timbers and technology; aftermath. Appendices: the besiegers and the besieged; authorship of the "Relation"; the membership of the Irish army council; the fate of the Irish army council; mining and countermining table.

About the Author :
Kenneth Wiggins is an archaeologist based in Limerick. He was born in 1959 in Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, and in 1981 completed an honours degree in archaeology and ancient history at Queen's University, Belfast. He gained experience as an archaeologist in Belfast, Dublin and Waterford before settling in Limerick in 1988. His master's thesis, submitted in 1996 to University College Cork, examined in detail the subject of military mining, with special reference to the siege of Limerick Castle, and forms the basis for this book.

Review :
For anyone interested in sieges of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, this book is a must. An important contribution to the archaeology of warfare in the seventeenth century.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780851158273
  • Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: The Boydell Press
  • Height: 244 mm
  • No of Pages: 328
  • ISBN-10: 0851158277
  • Publisher Date: 01 Mar 2001
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Width: 172 mm


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