Where was the Battle of the Boyne fought?

Answer 1

For the last 55 years or so, there had been conflict and disagreement between the religions in England. The Catholics, who were influenced by the Pope, and the Protestants, who disagreed with the views or the Pope and were ruled by the king at the time, King Henry VIII. In 1587, the execution of the Roman Catholic Mary Queen of Scots took place. This angered thr Spanish Catholics and they wanted revenge. This lead to the Spanish Armada the following year. Unfortunately Sir Francis Drake and the English navy managed to prevent the Spanish from taking the English shores. In 1598, English forces invade the ever growing confident Irish Catholics and take take control of Ireland. Three years later, in 1601, the Irish Catholics rebel and attempt to take back their country from England, however, the English triumphed again. In 1602 the decision to �plant� both English and Scotish Protestant in Ireland to keep control of the Irish Catholics was made. This was known as the Irish Plantation, this would the main cause of the troubles in Ireland through the next four centuries. In 1641 there was another rebellion by the Irish Catholics in Ulster, this was successful until 1641. Oliver Cromwell massacres hundereds of Irish Catholics, which just increases the hatred for the English by the Irish Catholics. 1685, Charles II dies and James II becomes King of England, James was a Catholic.

In 1588 King James the II of England�s wife supposidly gave birth to a male child. There are theories that James smuggled a newly born male baby into the chamber in which his wife supposidly gave birth. This was to ensure that the throne was to be passed down to Jame�s male son, which would mean the continuation of a Catholic dynasty. This was not good news for the Protestants of England who decided to imform William of Orange, James II�s son in law.

William brings 10,000 or so men to England to invade, he is successful and many of the English defect to William. Also, at this time, James II flees to France to seek the aid of the Catholic King, King Loui XIV.

Witht he support of Loui XIV, James takes an army of elite soldiers to Ireland to regain his throne. He goes to Londonderry, a protestant stronghold to gain control of it. It was the only place not under his controll. The stronghold of Londerry was now under seige. Later, William hears of the seige and send 8,000 men to Londonderry to rescue the Protestants under seige in Londonderry. This leads to the Battle of the Boyne.

AnswerIt happened beside the river Boyne.

Answer 2

The Battle of the Boyne between King William III and his father-in-law, King James II, was fought on 1st July 1690 or 11th July according to our modern calendar. Both kings personally commanded their armies. William had 36,000 men and James 25,000 - the largest number of troops ever deployed on an Irish battlefield.

Answer 3

In 1685 James was proclaimed the king of England and the Irish were given the hope for the better situation of their country and faith. James II was of the opinion that the only religion that might be helpful for the Crown is Catholicism and the government of both the king and the Parliament should be abolished due to its inconsequent politics. The system that James wanted to implement was the anti-feudal absolutism.

James's opponents, the Protestants, were indignant so they invited king's son-in-law, the Dutch prince, William of Orange and offered him the English throne. On 5th November 1688 he landed in Torbay, leading the army from the Netherlands and promised to fight for Protestantism and freedom of England.

At the same time, James II convened the Irish Parliament, independent on the English one, which introduced the religion tolerance, repealed the Cromwellian confiscations and threatened the opponents with taking their estate. By giving the support for the Irish, the king discouraged completely his English followers, thus it was an end of James's reign.

At the beginning of 1690, William of Orange landed in Ulster, with the Protestants from Holland, Denmark, Sweden and France. They met James II at the Boyne River. Being aware of having no artillery and mediocre infantry James was fighting carefully, he even commanded to retreat when the Protestants crossed the river, as not to suffer a great loss. After the capture of Dublin by the English army, James escaped to France.The period that began in 1691 is called the Protestant Hegemony[1], which lasted for seventy years.

[1] GRZYBOWSKI Stanisław, Historia Irlandii, Ossolineum,Wrocław 2003, p202

Answer 4

Battle of Boyne was a war fought between two claimants of English, Scottish and Irish thrones. The battle took place on 1st July, 1690 according to old style of dates but according to new style of dates it was 11th of July. The anniversary of battle is however, celebrated on 12th July every year.

Answer 5

The Battle of the Boyne took place on the banks of the Boyne River, near the town of Drogheda on Ireland's east coast.

Answer 6

12th July 1690

^ It was actually on the 1st July 1690, but, the Old English calendar was 11 days behind, which is why the Battle of the Boyne is now celebrated on 12th July

Answer 7

It was fought in the on the river Boyne, in county Meath, near Drogheda, in Ireland.