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The Duke of Schomberg lands at Groomsport with his 10,000 strong Williamite army
The Duke of Schomberg lands at Groomsport with his 10,000 strong Williamite army The Williamite war in Ireland, which could also be described as the Jacobite war in Ireland and is known in Ireland as Cogadh an Dá Rí or The War of the Two Kings, was the opening conflict following the deposition of James VII of Scotland and II of England and Ireland in 1688 when he attempted to regain the throne of his Three Kingdoms from his daughter Mary II who replaced him jointly with her husband William of Orange. It influenced the Jacobite Rising in Scotland led by Bonnie Dundee which started at about the same time. While William successfully defeated Jacobitism in Ireland and ……