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 | | The war in Ulster ended with the defeat of the Irish Catholic army at the battle of Scarrifholis in1650 and the occupation of the province by the Cromwellian New Model Army. |
 | | Forty years later, in 1689, the conflict was re-fought in Williamite war in Ireland, which provided Protestant loyalists with the iconic victories of the Siege of Derry and the Battle of the Boyne, which are still commemorated today. |
 | | However, this period also saw the much sectarian violence between Catholics and Protestants, notably the "battle of the Diamond" in 1795, a faction fight between the rival "Defenders" (Catholic) and "Peep of Day Boys" (Protestant), which led to the founding of the Orange Order. |
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