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	Williamite war in Ireland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The iconic Williamite victories of the Siege of Derry and the Battle of the Boyne are still celebrated by the Unionist community in Northern Ireland today.
		Partly as a result of this defeat and partly because of major Williamite landing in the east ofthe province, most Jacobite troops were then withdrawn from Ulster and encamped near Dundalk.
		For this reason, the battles of the Williamite war are still commemorated by Protestant Unionists in Ulster, principally by the Orange Order on the Twelfth of July.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Williamite_war_in_Ireland (2460 words)

	Williamites
		Benedict XIV confirmed new constitutions in 1741 to be added to the declarations on the Rule of St. Benedict prescribed by Clement VIII.
		There are said to have been some fifty Williamite nunneries, of which only two survived at the beginning of the eighteenth century.
		When, in 1256, Alexander IV founded the Hermits of St. Augustine many of the Williamites refused to enter the union and were permitted to exist as a separate body under the Benedictine Rule.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/w/williamites.html (490 words)

	Siege's of Limerick
		The Williamites were completely surprised when the attack went in that night and the waggoners and their escort were quickly overwhelmed.
		Also, from their new position the Williamite gunners would be able to direct fire into the English town, which was destined to receive the brunt of the cannonading during the siege.
		The Williamites took elaborate precautions to counter such an eventuality: the field defences facing the Irish town were stengthened, and a fesh battery established near Singland where it could cover a sally from John's Gate.
	members.tripod.com /preachan/sieges1.html (5507 words)

	Sieges of Limerick - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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 such as Patrick Sarsfield, who wanted to fight on.
		This siege train was intercepted by Sarsfield’s cavalry at Ballyneety in county Limerick, and destroyed, along with the Williamite’s siege guns and ammunition.
		The Williamite general Godert de Ginkell surrounded the city and bombarded it, tearing a breach in the walls of English town.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sieges_of_Limerick (2122 words)

	Williamite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Williamite refers to the followers of King William III of England who deposed King James II in the Glorious Revolution.
		However, for Williamites in England, Scotland and Ireland, William was seen as the guarantor of civil and religious liberty and the Protestant monarchy against Catholic absolutism.
		The term "Williamite" is most commonly used to refer to William's multi-national army in Ireland during the Williamite war in Ireland, 1689-91.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Williamite (172 words)

	Battle of the Boyne - Free net encyclopedia
		Image:William III of England.jpg 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.
		Many of the Williamite troops at the Boyne, including their very effective irregular cavalry, were Protestants from Ulster, who called themselves "Eniskilleners" and were referred to by contemporaries as "Scotch-Irish".
		The Williamites were not able to resume their advance until their own horsemen managed to cross the river and after being badly mauled, held off the Jacobite cavalry, who retired and regrouped at Donore, where they once again put up stiff resistance before retiring.
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/Battle_of_the_Boyne (2798 words)

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		The Williamites condemned it as a ‘pretended parliament’, summoned by an ex King, and disfigured by unjust and discriminatory legislation.
		The Williamite campaign of 1691 began at Athlone were the Jacobite forces intended to prevent the Williamites from crossing the Shannon again.
		The Williamite Land settlement was based on the forfeiture of the lands of those Catholics who had supported the Jacobite cause during the recent war.
	homepage.eircom.net /~mckennykevin/LectureEight.htm (5239 words)

	Battle of Aughrim - Wiki Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		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 Williamite troops, mainly English and Scots, had to take each line of hedgerows, only to find that the Irish had had fallen back and were firing at them from the next line.
		They were slaughtered by the Williamite cavalry as they tried to get away, many of them having thrown away their weapons in order to run faster.
	www.wiki.ie /wiki/Battle_of_Aughrim (1148 words)

	A NYMAS Fulltext Resource: The Battle of the Boyne: A paper by Roger Kennedy
		Because the Williamite army is larger the loss of 7,000 men on the flank does not hurt their cause as much as it does the Jacobites.
		Additional Williamite units are also crossing to support the Dutch Guards, these include the Inniskilling Regiments, the Huguenot Regiments of Callemotte and Cambron as well as several English regiments including Herbert’s which will become the future Royal Welch Fusiliers who gain their first battle honor at the Boyne.
		Some attempts were made to distinguish the sides, the Williamite troops wear a sprig of green in their hats, while Jacobites sport white cockades, but in the confusion of battle with fl powder weapons and smoke, friendly fire incidents were common.
	www.libraryautomation.com /nymas/boyne.html (8495 words)

	the battle of aughrim
		The Williamites entered a small field nearby and were in the act of replenishing their water supply from a well, when the Jacobites opened fire on them.
		Ginkel, the Williamite Commander of great experience and ability was a man who would listen to the good counsel of his officers and saw that his chances of success were not too hopeful, especially against such troops as he had previously met at Athlone.
		It was at 6.30pm that 3,000 men fighting for William advanced once more through the morass under cover of their artillery, and faced the hill in a vigorous attack on the Jacobite positions there.
	www.orangeordersouthernengland.org /battle_of_aughrim.htm (1882 words)

	Timelines - This Day in Alternate History
		Event Description: Williamites raid Glencoe killing forty members of the Macdonald clan (one of the chief instigators of the Parliament Massacre).
		Williamite leaders turn to Anne, sister of Mary who refuses to claim the throne of a sundered nation.
		Williamite forces held together by an influential Duke of Marlborough.
	www.othertimelines.com /testing/viewtimeline.php?timelineID=1845 (1623 words)

	Athlone Castle Information
		In 1690 the town was besieged by 10,000 Williamite troops under the command of General James Douglas.
		This time it was the full Williamite Army of almost 25,000 men led by the Dutch General, Godard de Ginkel which laid siege to the town.
		The Williamites quickly captured the Leinster town but the jacobites broke down the bridge to stem their advance.
	www.glasson.com /sights/alcastle.htm (505 words)

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		The Williamites were waiting for their heavy guns and other supplies to arrive from Dublin and they were preparing for a siege of Limerick but they thought that their army was not big enough to surround the whole city.
		The Williamites were taken by surprise and their guns and supplies were severely damaged.
		However, the Williamites eventually managed to break down some of the walls of Irish town (on the 27th of August) but the Jacobites and the people of Limerick fought so bravely that they could not take over the city.
	www.teachnet.ie /mmorrin/castle/sieges.htm (1160 words)

	Groggin's Field, Oldbridge - The Battle of the Boyne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		In response to the dawn movement upstream of 10,000 Williamites, King James sent 17,000 men to strengthen his left wing.
		James's men fought bravely: seven infantry battalions engaged the Williamites hand-to-hand "...there was nothing to be seen but smoke and dust, not anything to be heard but one continued fire for nigh half-an-hour".
		Marshal Schomberg (Meinhard Schomberg's father), the senior Williamite general, was killed in the melee, as were George Walker, the defender of Derry, and La Caillemotte, and one of the Huguenot colonels.
	www.battleoftheboyne.ie /GrogginsFieldOldbridge (186 words)

	W3Perl - Histoire - Irlande - Battle of the boyne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Williamites were reinforced by Danish mercenaries and by English and Dutch regiments.
		The main body of Williamite infantry was concentrated on fording the river at the village of Oldbridge, which was approached by a deep and sheltering glen.
		It was not the end of the Williamite campaign, and the King had returned to England before the Dutch general Ginkel's victory at Aughrim and the final Irish surrender after the siege of Limerick in 1691.
	www.w3perl.com /www/histoire/irlande/boyne.html (634 words)

	Williamite Wars & Plantation - In Relation To Caldwell
		Ginckel was to direct the movement on the Pass of Urrachee, and the Duke of Wortemberg would attack the center.
		The Williamites were repelled at the bogs, but Ginkel was able to break through the Pass.
		Losing their commander sent the Irish forces into disarray, and St. Ruth was not one to explain his strategy or plans to any of his officers.
	caldwellgenealogy.com /stories/williamiteplantations13.html (348 words)

	North Atlantic Skyline: The Battle of Aughrim
		In the confusion, Ginkel’s English cavalry crossed the causeway, overran the castle and attacked the Jacobite infantry.
		The Williamites only buried their own dead before moving on, and it is said that the bodies of many of the Jacobites lay exposed, preyed upon by wild dogs and the elements (actually, many were interred in the grounds around Clontuskert Abbey).
		And though in Ireland (particularly north of the border), the battle is seen purely in terms of Catholic versus Protestant, the battle was viewed in Europe as a welcome setback to the expansionary ambitions of Louis XIV who was threatening to overwhelm his neighbouring countries, Catholic and Protestant alike.
	www.monasette.com /archive/000435.html (2391 words)

	The Battle of Aughrim
		The whole of Ulster, the greater part of Leinster, and about one third of Munster were now controlled by the Williamites; the whole of Connaught, the greater part of Munster and two or three counties of Leinster were still held by the Jacobites.
		The Williamites, numbering under 20,000, advanced over treacherous and uneven ground, sinking deep in mud at every step.
		The Williamite infantry returned to their frontal attack with rugged determination and soon the breastwork was carried.
	lol172.50webs.com /pages/aughrim.html (1039 words)

	file:///C:/Genealogy/index.html/a.html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		He commanded the the Jacobite army who defeated the Williamite army in 1689 at the battle of Killiecrankie.
		The Williamites outnumbered Dundee two to one, but they broke ranks under the ferocious storm-charge of the Highland clans, running in panic through the Pass.
		It was a hard tussle, said Iain Luim the bard of Keppoch, many a cocked hat and periwig was smashed by the great and terrible swords of Clan Donald and others.
	www.flemingmultimedia.com /Genealogy/JamesGraham.html (506 words)

	Williamite Wars & Plantation - In Relation To Caldwell
		Sixty guns then opened upon the city directed at Thomond Bridge and King John's Castle while an English fleet bombarded it from the river.
		In mid-September Ginkel ordered the Williamites to begin constructing a pontoon bridge at Lanahrone across the Shannon.
		At last, Sarsfield accepted Ginkel's terms to the loud cries of anger from the Irish soldiers and citizens.
	caldwellgenealogy.com /stories/williamiteplantations14.html (244 words)

	Page 4H - Boyne Water
		On June 21, the Williamites' full army, numbering some 25,000 men commanded by Dutch general Godard de Ginkel, quickly captured the Leinster side of the town and began the heaviest bombardment in Irish history of the western half of this river port, across the river in Roscommon.
		Informed by the deserter, the Williamites attacked at once, breaking the green troops, followed by the collapse of two other regiments, losing the entire position, including the fortress, in half an hour.
		The foreign troops of the Williamite army would find it much harder to forage through the lean months than the native Irish would, while the Irish, with their knowledge of the countryside, could make a very good living ambushing English supply columns, as they had done for centuries.
	macdonnellofleinster.com /page_4h__boyne_water.htm (5961 words)

	Ulster-Scots & Irish Unionist Resource - On the trail of King Billy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		It was the death knell of the hopes of the Irish Jacobites to see King James II restored to his kingdoms and led to the siege of Limerick, the surrender of that city and the treaty that ushered in the period of the Protestant Ascendancy.
		The company's first tour is called The Williamite Trail and covers part of the campaign waged by King William's army in Ireland between 1689 and 1691.
		The first siege, in 1690, was abandoned by the Williamites but a stronger army returned in 1691 under the dour Dutch general Ginkel, later to become Baron Athlone.
	www.ulster-scots.co.uk /docs/articles/historical/kingbilly.htm (942 words)

	King James and William
		The result was a decisive victory for the Williamites, but was not a rout, as the Jacobites retreated in good order and were able to continue the struggle west of the Shannon for the next year.
		The defeat at the Boyne was a major blow to the hopes of King Louis XIV of France and was actually celebrated by a Te Deum in Vienna and the lighting up of all the windows in the Vatican.
		The French leader St. Ruth, however, was scathing of their hopes of defending the city, remarking that the walls “could be knocked down with roasted apples.” Sarsfield was not to be discouraged, however, and did sterling work in strengthening the weaknesses in the walls as William’s army approached.
	www.hoganstand.com /general/identity/stories/kingjames.htm (1411 words)

	History of Limerick - Wiki Ireland
		In the Williamite war in Ireland, following the Battle of the Boyne in 1690, French and Irish forces (numbering 14,000) regrouped in behind Limerick's walls.
		The Williamite besiegers, while numbering 20,000, were hampered by the loss of their heavier guns to an attack by Patrick Sarsfield.
		After they had left the treaty was repudiated by the Williamites, a point of bitterness in the city to this day.
	www.wiki.ie /wiki/History_of_Limerick (2650 words)

	HISTORY, Limerick Tourist Information and Travel Guide at InfoHub.com
		As the Williamites advanced, the Jacobite forces within Limerick castle resolved to fight it out under the command of their Irish champion Patrick Sarsfield, Earl of Lucan and second in overall command of the Jacobite army.
		Although the walls of a medieval castle had little hope of withstanding seventeenth-century artillery (one of James's French generals declared that they would not stand up to a bombardment of apples), Sarsfield gained time by sneaking out, with five hundred of his troops, for a surprise night attack on William's supply train.
		However, when the Williamites returned the following year, Sarsfield could finally hold out no longer, and he surrendered on October 3, 1691, to the terms of a treaty that's so sore an historical point that it's still stuck in the minds of most Limerick people today.
	www.infohub.com /destinations/Europe-&-Russia/Ireland/Limerick/75402.htm (739 words)

	deLacys Irish Bar - Riga, Latvia - Who was deLacey? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Peter deLacy belonged to the Ballingarry branch of the family, but it would appear that he was born in Rathcahill, some five miles South-west of Newcastle.
		As a youth of 13 he fought side by side with his father and three brothers defending Limerick against the Williamites; and after the singing of the Treaty of Limerick in 1691 he sailed with them, and other members of the "Wild Geese", to France.
		In turn, he served in the armies of France, Poland and Hungary, before eventually joining the Russian Army in which he rose to the rank of Fieldmarshal.
	www.delacys.com /pages/who-was-delacey.php (144 words)

	History of Monaghan for 200 years, Denis Carolan Rushe, ©Jane Lyons
		One Williamite historian says 6, another 90, and another 180 – however all agree that none of the Williamites was killed; but that Ancketell was killed after the battle by a man hidden in a bush.
		Unfortunately all the papers connected with the Jacobite Parliament were burned by order of the Williamite Parliament in 1695, and we can only depend on the writing of Archbishop King, Harris, andc., on the one side and on Leslie, Jones, andc., on the other for information on the doings of the former body.
		The Williamite historians assert that he was recruiting in County Antrim for the Williamites at the time of the Battle of Drumbanagher.
	www.from-ireland.net /books/mon/monhist.htm (4684 words)

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