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Ireland’s Wars: The Williamite Advance

Posted on Apr 15, 2015 by NFB

In the summer of 1690, the Jacobites were on the run nearly everywhere in Ireland. The loss at the Boyne and the subsequent flight of James II from the country had been twin blows that the Jacobite war effort tottered … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: New Ross, Arklow And Duncannon (1649)

Posted on Mar 12, 2014 by NFB

Between his main force in the south and the Ulster detachment in the north, Cromwell had taken nearly every eastern position that the Royalists had held upon his arrival, doing so at very little cost to his own army. But … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: The Siege of Duncannon (1645)

Posted on Aug 14, 2013 by NFB

In 1587, the “Armada alarm” was sweeping across England and Ireland. The fear that ships of Philip II were about to land at any point along the coastline of Elizabeth I’s Kingdom was very real and led to degree of … Continue reading →

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