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#Otd 1691: Battle of #Aughrim, Co #Galway (new Gregorian calendar). Between Jacobite Irish Army & forces of triumphant King William III. Up to 7,000 killed? 4,000 missing! Effective end of Jacobitism in Ireland though Limerick held out until the autumn. https://t.co/weWYEwNbct
MY DUBLINERS PICTS BACKGROUND: For my #TheDead painting @JamesJoyceCentr although I had many different ideas from the story. I settled on making one titled “Distant Music” of when Gretta on descending the staircase hears “The Lass of Aughrim”and reminisce about Micheal Furey
I’ve been looking at battlefields for decades now and always amuses that unionist’s 2 key battles, Boyne (1690) and Aughrim (1691) in the south while for nationalists Yellow Ford (1598) and Benburb (1646) are in the north. However….
#Otd 1689: Prince William of Orange & Mary II were declared joint sovereigns of England, Ireland & Scotland. King James II had fled to France the December before. This deposition led to the Battle of the #Boyne in 1690, & the Battle of #Aughrim in 1691! https://t.co/THd8npObcl