Williamite War in Ireland

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The Williamite War in Ireland was a late 17th-century conflict between supporters of the deposed Catholic King James II and the Protestant King William III that decisively shaped Ireland’s political and religious landscape.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 17th-century war
conflict
war
alsoKnownAs War of the Two Kings
belligerent Jacobite risings
surface form: Jacobites

Williamites
cause conflict over succession to the English, Scottish and Irish thrones
deposition of James II in the Glorious Revolution
commandedBySide James II of England
William III of England
consequence consolidation of Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland
imposition of Penal Laws on Catholics
marginalisation of Irish Catholics
endDate 1691
FrenchRole military aid to Jacobites
FrenchSupport Louis XIV of France
historicalPeriod Early Modern Ireland
involvedForeignPower Kingdom of France
involvedPower Kingdom of England
Kingdom of Ireland
Kingdom of Scotland
JacobiteCommander Patrick Sarsfield
Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell
JacobiteSupportBase Irish Catholics
location Ireland
longTermImpact entrenchment of Protestant landownership in Ireland
integration of Ireland more firmly into the Williamite British state
shaping of sectarian divisions in Ireland
majorBattle Battle of Aughrim (1691)
surface form: Battle of Aughrim

Battle of the Boyne
Siege of Derry
majorEvent Siege of Limerick (1651)
surface form: Siege of Limerick
opposedRuler William III of England
partOf Nine Years' War
politicalContext Glorious Revolution
relatedConflict Jacobite risings
relatedEvent Glorious Revolution
surface form: Glorious Revolution of 1688
religiousDimension Catholic–Protestant conflict
result Williamite victory
defeat of Jacobite forces in Ireland
startDate 1689
supportedRuler James II of England
treaty Treaty of Limerick
treatyDate 1691
WilliamiteCommander Frederick Schomberg
Godert de Ginkell
Frederick Schomberg
surface form: Meinhardt Schomberg
WilliamiteSupportBase Ulster Protestants
surface form: Irish Protestants

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Earl of Ormond conflictInvolvement Williamite War in Ireland
Jacobite Irish Army conflict Williamite War in Ireland
Flight of the Wild Geese relatedConflict Williamite War in Ireland
Flight of the Wild Geese opposedTo Williamite War in Ireland
this entity surface form: Williamite regime in Ireland
Williamite army conflict Williamite War in Ireland
Battle of Dunkeld partOf Williamite War in Ireland
this entity surface form: Williamite War in Ireland and Scotland (wider context)
Battle of Dunkeld relatedConflict Williamite War in Ireland
this entity surface form: Williamite–Jacobite War
The Treaty Stone associatedWithEvent Williamite War in Ireland
History of County Cork includesEvent Williamite War in Ireland
Hillsborough Fort usedDuring Williamite War in Ireland