Tag Archives: 1689

Ireland’s Wars: Sarsfield At Sligo

Posted on Mar 11, 2015 by NFB

While James II was busy engaging in his stalemated standoff with Frederick Schomburg outside Dundalk, turning the War of the Two King’s into a surprisingly deadly non-event in the east, the war was still being fought to the west, where … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: Schomburg’s Campaign

Posted on Mar 4, 2015 by NFB

Frederick Schomburg had a very interesting military career. Born in 1615 in the Palatinate, to a German count and the daughter of an English Baron, Schomburg entered the military life at the earliest opportunity, serving in the armies of the … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: Newtownbutler

Posted on Feb 25, 2015 by NFB

On the same day that the Mountjoy shattered the boom that was blocking the way to Londonderry, the town of Enniskillen had its own reasons to celebrate. Having beaten back the repeated but fairly paltry efforts of the Jacobites to … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: Bantry Bay

Posted on Feb 18, 2015 by NFB

In this series we may have become accustomed to dealing with land based combat between Irish and English (or English backed) armies. But today we’re going to swing away from that, to the other side of the country from where … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: The Relief Of Londonderry

Posted on Feb 4, 2015 by NFB

As NFB has been away on a short holiday, this weeks’ Ireland’s Wars is a little shorter than normal, but is plenty important all the same. In mid-July of 1689, with Londonderry on the verge of starving, negotiations were opened … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: The 1689 Siege Of Londonderry

Posted on Jan 28, 2015 by NFB

For an event with all of the historical power that this siege has, it is a remarkably unexceptional affair in military terms. The reasons for that are worth going into. Richard Hamilton, outside the walls and now in firm command … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: Robert Lundy

Posted on Jan 21, 2015 by NFB

The Siege of Londonderry in 1689 is a pivotal enough event that I feel comfortable spending a bit of extra time on it, and part of that is the events in the immediate proceeding weeks before the siege had actually … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: Apprentice Boys And Closing Gates

Posted on Jan 7, 2015 by NFB

The War of the Two Kings pivots around the city of Londonderry, which in 1689 was one of the main urban centres of Ulster, having grown substantially from the small settlement that it had been when it was first taken … Continue reading →

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