Jacobite Ireland, 1685-91This detailed study first appeared in 1979. It traces the course of a critical period of Irish history: from the accession of James II to the surrender of Limerick, which made William of Orange master of the whole country. It takes the story from the Catholic revival that followed the accession of James II to the treaty of Limerick, which led to a century of Protestant ascendancy and penal laws. Much of the book is concerned with the war of the two kings, which coincided with a struggle for power between the Protestant settlers and the older inhabitants who were Catholic. The siege of Derry and the battle of the Boyne are still commemorated, and Dr Simms shows how the tensions of modern Ulster have their origins in the seventeenth century. Considerable attention is paid to the European implications of the conflict, which is shown as part of the contest between Louis XIV and the Grand Alliance. French, Danish and Dutch sources are used to illustrate the course of events in Ireland and, in addition to the military narrative, problems of religion, politics and landholding are discussed. |
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IRELAND AT THE DEATH OF CHARLES | 1 |
The churches | 7 |
A slow beginning | 19 |
Copyright | |
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Anal Armagh arms Athlone Aughrim battle Bentinck Berwick bishops Boyne Bruadair Castle Catholics cavalry Charles II's reign church Clarendon corr Clarke clergy colonel command Connacht Cork County Cromwellian D'Avaux D'Usson Danish force defenders Derry dragoons Dublin Dundalk earl enemy England English Enniskillen estates favour Finch MSS fleet France French Fumeron Galway garrison Ginkel guerre guns Hamilton Ibid infantry Ireland Irish army Irish Sword Irish troops Jacobite army Jacobite narrative James James II James's July King Kinsale land Lauzun letters Limerick London Gazette lords justices Louvois Luttrell MacCarthy manuscript Marlborough Mary of Modena Melfort memoirs military negotiations O'Donnell O'Kelly officers Ormonde MSS parliament proclamation Protestants rapparees reached regiments restoration river Sarsfield Schomberg sent Shannon ships side siege siege of Athlone siege of Derry Simms Sligo soldiers St Ruth Stevens Story Stuart surrender tion town treaty of Limerick Tyrconnell Tyrconnell's Ulster William Williamite wrote Würtemberg