Some facts about the Siege
of  Londonderry – 18 April  1689 to 1 August 1689

The Siege proper lasted for 105 days but the citizens and
the garrison were pent up by the presence of  first  the Earl of
Antrim`s forces from 7 December 1688, and then by King James` forces, to
31 July 1689 a total of 236 days.

King James retreated from Londonderry on the evening of
31 July 1689 having lost  between 8-10,000 men.

Troops in the City at 19 April 1689     
7361
Living at close of Siege                        
4000 (of these 1000 unfit for
 service)                                                                
Killed and died of disease                    
3361
Civilian deaths                                     
7000

Total killed/died in Londonderry         
10,361  approx.

Shells/bombs fired into the City between 24 April 
and 21 July 1689 (on 34 days)  totalled 584.
The worst days were 3 June (28), 4 June (36),  6 June (30, 8 June
(35) , 11 June (28), 13 June (26), 3 July (30), 15 July (26), 21 July
(28).

The price of provisions, when they could be found were:

A quart of meal                     
1s.0d
One pound of horseflesh       
1s.8d
One pound of tallow              
4s.0d
One pound of salted hides       1s.0d
One pound of greaves             
1s.0d
1/4 of a dog (fattened by
eating corpses)                        
5s.6d
A dogs head                            
2s.6d
A quart of horse blood            
1s.0d
A horses pudding (gut)            
0s.6d
A cat                                        4s.6d
A rat. fed on human flesh        
1s.0d
A mouse                                   0s.6d
A handful of sea wreck
(sea weed)                                
0s.2d
A handful of chick weed           
0s.1d.

The soldiers/defenders were allowed  1/2lb of meal,
1/2lb of shelled oats, 1/2lb dry salted hides, daily.

Water as could be found, was mainly contaminated.

By the 28th July there were only nine lean horses left
alive.

25 Clergymen remained in the City – 17 Church of Ireland
and 8 Presbyterians
Ch of Ireland:
Rev Geo. Walker, Donaghmore, Dungannon
Chris Jenney, Mullaghbrack
Moses Davis, Donagheady
John Knox, Glasslough
Bartholomew Black, Aghanloo
T Semple, Donaghmore, near Castlefin
Robert Morgan, Cappagh
John Campbell, Sego
Andrew Robertson, Derryloran
Michael M1`Clenaghan, Derry
Michael Christy, Monaghan
Seth Whittle, Bellaghy
William Cunningham, Killishandra
Richard Crother, Comber
James Watmough, Errigal
John Rowen,Balteagh
John Ellingsworth, near Newry.

Presbyterian  ministers:
Thomas Boyd, Aghadoey
William Brooke, Ballykelly
John Bowat, Lifford
John Hamilton, Donagheady
Robert Wilson, Strabane
David Brown, Urney
William Gilcrist, Kilrea
John M`Kenzie, Derryloran.