Pá draig Lenihan, recently retired from the University of Galway, has written many well-received books and articles on Irish and European warfare in the period 1641– 1748 and brings a wide contextual and conceptual understanding to the study of siege warfare. Pá draig Lenihan, recently retired from the University of Galway, has written many well-received books and articles on Irish and European warfare in the period 1641– 1748 and brings a wide contextual and conceptual understanding to the study of siege warfare.