The Siege of Dublin was an unsuccessful attempt of the last
high king of Ireland,
Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair
Ruaidrí mac Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair ( Modern Irish: Ruairí Ó Conchúir; anglicized as Rory O'Conor) ( – 2 December 1198) was King of Connacht from 1156 to 1186, and High King of Ireland from 1166 to 1198. He was the last High King o ...
, to capture the
City of Dublin
Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 cen ...
from the
English
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in 1171.
Ua Conchobair was allegedly able to gather sixty-thousand men for his cause, meanwhile, the city was held by
Strongbow; who had proven his martial prowess just a few months prior, when another Irish army had attempted to seize the city, but Strongbow had been able to drive the besiegers off with a
sally
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.
Ua Conchobair divided his forces into four camps and during the night Strongbow led a
surprise attack on Ua Conchobair's camp, killing a thousand and a half, causing the rest of Irish forces to rout.
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