The Siege of Cork, which is located in Cork, Ireland, the second largest city in Ireland, and Kinsale, Ireland, was established on September 1690 and manages 9,000 troops.
The Siege of Cork took place during the Williamite war in Ireland in the year of 1690, shortly after the Battle of the Boyne when James II attempted to retake the English throne from King William III. In a combined land and sea operation, Williamite commander Marlborough, took the city and captured 5,000 Jacobite prisoners. Cork and Kinsale, Ireland Cork (/krk/; Irish: Corcaigh, pronounced [kok, from corcach, meaning "marsh") is the second largest city in Ireland, located in the south-west of Ireland, in the province of Munster. Marlborough reached Cork by sea on 21 September 1690. His English forces were 5,000 strong and he also had at his disposal a fleet which blockaded the port of Cork. 
