Williamite war in Ireland

The Williamite war in Ireland, which could also be described as the Jacobite war in Ireland and is known in Ireland as Cogadh an Dá Rí or The War of the Two Kings, was the opening conflict following the deposition of King James II in 1688 when he attempted to regain the throne of his Three Kingdoms from his daughter Mary II who replaced him jointly with her husband William of Orange. It influenced the Jacobite Rising in Scotland led by "Bonnie Dundee" which started at about the same time. While William successfu ...

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• Williamite war in Ireland - The Glorious Revolution
• Williamite war in Ireland - War Breaks Out - Campaign in Ulster
• Williamite war in Ireland - William Arrives - Battle of the Boyne
• Williamite war in Ireland - Limerick Aughrim and the end of the War
• Williamite war in Ireland - Long-Term Effects
• Williamite war in Ireland - Sources

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The War in Ireland began as a direct consequence of the Glorious Revolution in England. James, who was a Roman Catholic attempted to introduce freedom of religion for Catholics and to bypass the English Parliament in order to introduce unpopular laws. For many in England, this was an unpleasant reminder of the rule of Charles I, whose conflict with the Parliament had ended with the outbreak of the English Civil War. The breaking point in James' relationship with the English political class came when his wife gave birth to a son - which opene ...

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Williamite war in Ireland, Williamite war in Ireland - The Glorious Revolution, Williamite war in Ireland - War Breaks Out - Campaign in Ulster, Williamite war in Ireland - William Arrives - Battle of the Boyne, Williamite war in Ireland - Limerick Aughrim and the end of the War, Williamite war in Ireland - Long-Term Effects, Williamite war in Ireland - Sources

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The Battle of Aughrim was the decisive battle of the Williamite war in Ireland. It was fought between the Jacobites and the forces of William III on 12 July 1691, near the village of Aughrim in County Galway. The battle was the bloodiest ever fought on Irish soil – over 7,000 people were killed. It meant the effective end of Jacobitism in Ireland, although the city of Limerick held out until the autumn of 1691. Battle of Aughrim - The Campaign. The Jacobite position in the summer of 1691 was a defe ...

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• Battle of Aughrim - The Campaign
• Battle of Aughrim - The Battle
• Battle of Aughrim - Aftermath
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The battle started with Ginkel trying to assault the open flank of the Jacobite position with cavalry and infantry. This attack ground to a halt after determined Jacobite counter-attacks and the Williamites halted and dug in behind stakes driven into the ground to protect against cavalry. In the centre, the Williamite infantry under Hugh Mackay tried a frontal assault on the Jacobite infantry on Kilcommadan Hill. The Williamite troops, mainly English and Scots, had to take each line of hedgerows, only to find that the Irish had had fallen ba ...

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Battle of Aughrim, Battle of Aughrim - The Campaign, Battle of Aughrim - The Battle, Battle of Aughrim - Aftermath, Battle of Aughrim - Sources

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By 1650, The Irish Confederates and their English Royalist allies had been driven out of eastern Ireland by the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. They occupied a defensive position behind the River Shannon, of which Limerick was the southern stronghold. Oliver Cromwell himself had left Ireland in May 1650, delegating his command of the English Parliamentarian forces to Henry Ireton. Ireton moved his forces north from Munster to besiege Limerick in October of that year. However, the weather was increasingly wet and cold and Ireton was forced t ...

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Sieges of Limerick, Sieges of Limerick - The Confederate Siege 1642, Sieges of Limerick - The Cromwellian Siege 1650-51, Sieges of Limerick - The Williamite Sieges 1690-91, Sieges of Limerick - Sources

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The Battle of the Boyne was a turning point in the Williamite war in Ireland between the deposed King James II of England and VII of Scotland and his son-in-law and successor, William, for the English, Scottish and Irish thrones. It took place on July 1, 1690 (as a consequence of the adoption of the Gregorian calendar the battle is now commemorated on July 12) just outside of the town of Drogheda on Ireland's east coast. Though not militarily decisive, its symbolic importance has made it one of the most infamous battles in British and ...

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• Battle of the Boyne - A sectarian battle?
• Battle of the Boyne - The competing sides
• Battle of the Boyne - Commanders
• Battle of the Boyne - Armies
• Battle of the Boyne - The Battle
• Battle of the Boyne - Aftermath
• Battle of the Boyne - Commemoration of the Battle
• Battle of the Boyne - The Twelfth in Ireland today
• Battle of the Boyne - The battlefield today
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This article concerns the political movement supporting the restoration of the House of Stuart, not the earlier Jacobean period. For details of the attendant wars, see: Jacobite Rising. It is not about Jacobinism or the Jacobite Orthodox Church. Jacobitism was the political movement dedicated to the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England and Scotland (and after 1707, Great Britain). The movement took its name from the Latin form ...

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• Jacobitism - Political background
• Jacobitism - Religion politics and adventurers
• Jacobitism - Ireland
• Jacobitism - England and Scotland
• Jacobitism - The Scottish Highlands
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• Jacobitism - Jacobite community ideology and policy
• Jacobitism - Military campaigns and Jacobitism
• Jacobitism - Jacobite war in Ireland
• Jacobitism - Bonnie Dundee
• Jacobitism - The Old Pretender's attempted invasion
• Jacobitism - Union and Hanoverians
• Jacobitism - The 'Fifteen
• Jacobitism - Jacobitism in England
• Jacobitism - Spanish supported Jacobite invasion
• Jacobitism - The Atterbury plot
• Jacobitism - Aftermath of the 'Fifteen in Scotland
• Jacobitism - The Cornbury plot
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• Jacobitism - The 'Forty-Five'
• Jacobitism - Decline of Jacobitism
• Jacobitism - The Elibank plot
• Jacobitism - Crushing of the clans
• Jacobitism - Henry IX
• Jacobitism - Outcome
• Jacobitism - Romantic revival
• Jacobitism - Jacobite Claimants to the Thrones of England Scotland France and Ireland
• Jacobitism - Future descent after the Duke of Bavaria
• Jacobitism - Alternative Successions

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The History of Ireland is the story of a large island in the north-west of Europe and is heavily influenced by the concurrent History of Britain, its larger neighbour to the east. The first humans inhabited Ireland from around 7500 BC and were later responsible for major Neolithic sites such as Newgrange. Following the arrival of St. Patrick and other Christian missionaries in the mid-fifth century, a syncretized form of Christianity subsumed the indigenous pagan religion by A.D. 600. This led to a golden age of monastic Irish writing and ar ...

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• History of Ireland - Gaelic Resurgence Norman Decline 1254–1360
• History of Ireland - Reformation 1536–1654 and Protestant Ascendancy 1654–1801
• History of Ireland - Re-conquest and rebellion
• History of Ireland - Civil Wars and Penal Laws
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• History of Ireland - Union with Great Britain 1801-1922
• History of Ireland - Home Rule Easter 1916 and the War of Independence
• History of Ireland - Free State/Republic 1922-present
• History of Ireland - Northern Ireland
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The River Boyne is a river in Leinster, Ireland, the course of which is about 112 kilometres (70 miles) long. It rises at Trinity Well, Newbury Hall, near Carbury, County Kildare, and flows towards the Northeast through County Meath to reach the Irish Sea at Drogheda. Salmon and trout can be caught in the river, which is surrounded by the Boyne Valley. It is crossed just west of Drogheda by the Boyne River Bridge. Despite its short course, the Boyne has historical, archaeological and mythical connotations. It passes near the an ...

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The Nine Years War (also known as the War of the League of Augsburg, the War of the Grand Alliance, the Orleans War, the War of the Palatinian Succession, and the War of the English Succession) was a major war fought in Europe and America from 1688 to 1697, between France and the League of Augsburg — which, by 1689, was known as the "Grand Alliance". The war was fought to resist French expansionism along the Rhine, as well as, on the part of England, to safeguard the results of the Glorious Revolut ...

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• Nine Years War - The League of Augsburg
• Nine Years War - Opening Campaigns
• Nine Years War - Irish Campaign of 1690-91
• Nine Years War - Campaign in the Netherlands
• Nine Years War - Naval Battles
• Nine Years War - Early French Dominance
• Nine Years War - English and Dutch Resurgence
• Nine Years War - Cooperation with the Spanish Navy
• Nine Years War - Continuing Campaign in the Netherlands
• Nine Years War - Peace

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Ulster (Irish: Cúige Uladh, IPA: /ˈkuːgʲ ˈulu/) is one of the four provinces of Ireland. Ulster - Geography and demographics. Ulster has a population of just under 2 million people and an area of 24,481 square kilometres (8,952 square miles). Its biggest city is Belfast (Béal Feirste). Six of Ulster's nine counties, Antrim (Aontroim), Armagh (Ard Mhacha), Down (An Dún), Fermanagh (Fear Manach), Lond ...

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The Jacobite position in the summer of 1691 was a defensive one. In the previous year, they had retreated behind the River Shannon, which acted as an enormous moat around the province of Connacht, with strongholds at Sligo, Athlone and Limerick guarding its crossings. From this position, the Jacobites hoped to receive military aid from Louis XIV of France via the port towns and eventually be in a position to re-take the rest of Ireland. Godert de Ginkell, the Williamite's Dutch general, had breached this line of defence by crossing th ...

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Battle of Aughrim, Battle of Aughrim - The Campaign, Battle of Aughrim - The Battle, Battle of Aughrim - Aftermath, Battle of Aughrim - Sources

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Oliver Cromwell landed in Ireland with his New Model Army on behalf of the English Parliament in 1649. Since the Irish Rebellion of 1641, Ireland had been mainly under the control of the Irish Confederate Catholics, who in 1649, signed an alliance with the English Royalist party, which had been defeated in the English Civil War. Cromwell defeated the Confederate and Royalist coalition in Ireland and occupied the country - bringing to an end the Irish Confederate Wars. He passed a very harsh series of Penal laws against Catholics and confisca ...

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• Cromwellian conquest of Ireland - The Battle of Rathmines and Cromwell’s landing in Ireland
• Cromwellian conquest of Ireland - The Siege of Drogheda
• Cromwellian conquest of Ireland - Wexford Waterford and Duncannon
• Cromwellian conquest of Ireland - Clonmel and the conquest of Munster
• Cromwellian conquest of Ireland - Scarrifholis and the destruction of the Ulster Army
• Cromwellian conquest of Ireland - The Sieges of Limerick and Galway
• Cromwellian conquest of Ireland - Guerrilla warfare famine and plague
• Cromwellian conquest of Ireland - The Cromwellian Settlement
• Cromwellian conquest of Ireland - Long term results
• Cromwellian conquest of Ireland - Notes
• Cromwellian conquest of Ireland - External links
• Cromwellian conquest of Ireland - Main Sources

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"Ulster-Scots" is a term used to refer to the people descended from Presbyterians of Scotland who live in Ulster, Ireland. "Scotch-Irish" is the usual term in the United States; "Scots-Irish" is also used to refer to the same people, and is not to be confused with Irish-Scots, i.e. Irish immigrants to Scotland. They are largely descendant from the Northumbrians of the the Scottish Borders Country, and the Brythonic-speaking Britons of the Scottish Lowlands. The migration of Scots to Ulster occurred mainly during t ...

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William is a popular proper name of old Germanic origin. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman Conquest of 1066, and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. The modern German equivalent is "Wilhelm." It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." William name - Origins. William is derived from the Norman language, and of Germanic origin: "wil" = will, desire; "helm" = helmet, protection. The Old German name Wilhelm and the Old Norse name Vilhjálmr have the same r ...

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• William name - Origins
• William name - English history
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Forty years later, after the battle of the Boyne, the Irish Jacobites found themselves in the same position as the Confederates of a generation before – holding an enclave behind the river Shannon, based on the cities of Limerick and Galway. The main Jacobite army had retreated to Limerick after their defeat at the Boyne. Some of their senior commanders, in particular Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, wanted to surrender to the Williamites while they could still get good terms of surrender, but they were over-ruled by Irish officers ...

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Sieges of Limerick, Sieges of Limerick - The Confederate Siege 1642, Sieges of Limerick - The Cromwellian Siege 1650-51, Sieges of Limerick - The Williamite Sieges 1690-91, Sieges of Limerick - Sources

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Estimates of the two army’s losses vary. It is generally agreed that about 7000 men were killed at the battle. Most recent studies put the Williamite dead as high as 3000, with 4000 Jacobites killed. Many of the Jacobite dead were officers whom it was very difficult to replace. On top of that, another 4000 Jacobites either deserted or were taken prisoner. What was more, they had lost the better part of their equipment and supplies. For these reasons, Aughrim was the decisive battle of the Williamite war in Ireland. The city of Galway surre ...

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Battle of Aughrim, Battle of Aughrim - The Campaign, Battle of Aughrim - The Battle, Battle of Aughrim - Aftermath, Battle of Aughrim - Sources

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• Huguenot - Origin of the name
• Huguenot - Religious beliefs
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Examples of successful guerrilla warfare: Algeria Angola Afghanistan portions of the American Revolution East Timor Indonesia Mozambique portions of the Wars of Scottish Independence; notably, actions led by Robert the Bruce Anglo-Irish War 1919-1921 Viet-Cong forces throughout the Vietnam War in the early 1960s. In many cases, guerrilla tactics allow a small force to hold off a much larger and better equipped enemy for a long time, as in the Second Chechen War and the Second Seminole War. Guerrilla ...

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Guerrilla warfare, Guerrilla warfare - Etymology, Guerrilla warfare - Tactics, Guerrilla warfare - Examples, Guerrilla warfare - Guerrillas in Europe, Guerrilla warfare - Guerrillas in the American Revolutionary War, Guerrilla warfare - Guerrillas in the American Civil War, Guerrilla warfare - Guerrilla warfare during the Second Sino-Japanese War, Guerrilla warfare - Guerrilla Warfare in the Chinese Civil War, Guerrilla warfare - Guerrilla Warfare in the Pacific and East Asian theatre of World War II, Guerrilla warfare - Guerrillas in Palestine and Israel 1930s to present, Guerrilla warfare - Guerrillas in Latin America, Guerrilla warfare - South African War, Guerrilla warfare - Disputed Territory of Kashmir, Guerrilla warfare - Vietnam War, Guerrilla warfare - Guerrilla warfare in Kosovo Afghanistan and Kurdish Northern Iraq, Guerrilla warfare - Guerrilla in Iraq 2003-, Guerrilla warfare - Notes

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