The Battle-fields of Ireland

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Author

Boyle, John, active 1867

Title

The battle-fields of Ireland, from 1688 to 1691 : including Limerick and Athlone, Aughrim and the Boyne. Being an outline history of the Jacobite war in Ireland, and the causes which led to it

Credits

Produced by Kieran Moore and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe

Subject

Ireland -- History -- War of 1689-1691

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 54518

Release Date

April 9, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.INTRODUCTION.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.THE BATTLE-FIELDS OF IRELAND.
5. 5.CHAPTER I. A CURSORY VIEW OF ENGLAND AND IRELAND ANTERIOR TO THE ACCESSION OF JAMES II.
6. 6.CHAPTER II. THE REIGN OF JAMES II. IN ENGLAND.—THE INVASION OF WILLIAM, PRINCE OF ORANGE.—FROM 1685–1688.
7. 7.CHAPTER III. EVENTS PRECEDING HOSTILITIES IN IRELAND.—THE PREPARATORY MEASURES OF TYRCONNELL.
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF HOSTILITIES TO THE LANDING OF KING JAMES IN IRELAND.
9. 9.CHAPTER V. THE BATTLE OF CLADIFORD—THE INVESTMENT OF DERRY—PROCEEDINGS OF PARLIAMENT.
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. THE BATTLE OF NEWTOWNBUTLER, AND THE RELIEF OF ENNISKILLEN AND DERRY.
11. 11.CHAPTER VII. THE LANDING OF MARSHAL SCHOMBERG, AND HIS WINTER CAMPAIGN.
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. SCHOMBERG'S CAMPAIGN CONTINUED—THE ARRIVAL OF THE PRINCE OF ORANGE.
13. 13.CHAPTER IX. THE BATTLE OF THE BOYNE.
14. 14.CHAPTER X. THE FINAL DEPARTURE OF KING JAMES—A RETROSPECT OF HIS CHARACTER.
15. 15.CHAPTER XI. THE SURRENDER OF DROGHEDA AND DUBLIN—THE FIRST SIEGE OF ATHLONE.
16. 16.CHAPTER XII. THE SIEGE OF LIMERICK.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. ARRIVAL OF THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH—THE SIEGES OF CORK AND KINSALE.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. THE WINTER OF 1690.
19. 19.CHAPTER XV. THE ARRIVAL OF ST. RUTH—GINCKLE TAKES THE FIELD.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI. THE SIEGE OF ATHLONE. 61
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII. THE INTERVAL FROM JULY 1ST TO THE 12TH.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII. THE BATTLE OF AUGHRIM.
23. 23.FOOTNOTES

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