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he came to Ireland to begin his campaign to regain the throne - as a Catholic he had been deposed by parliament and replaced with his Protestant daughter Mary and her husband, William of Orange. He expected and received support from the mostly Catholic Irish but was ultimately defeated by Williams army at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690

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James II wanted to use Ireland as a launching pad to get back his throne. William went there to stop him.

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because he wanted to defeat william of orange's supporters in Ireland

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