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Editor says, what if Jacobite victory on the Boyne? Please note that the opinions expressed in this post do not necessarily reflect the views of the author(s). This story was published in the August 2012 edition of Changing the Times Magazine.
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In 1689, on this day deposed English monarch James II landed in Kinsale with six thousand French soldiers and set about establishing a new Kingdom, a Catholic Stuart Ireland.
Jacobite Rule Established in the Kingdom of IrelandEver since the Reformation, the English feared that the Catholic Powers would use Ireland as an invasion bridgehead. When Cromwell led an Irish campaign, he had granted land to discharge his Protestant Army. After the restoration, it was hoped that the Stuarts would return that disputed land. And when James II was overthrown by the Williamites, it became clear that the violent clash between Protestants and Catholics would be fought to a decision in Ireland.
During the early skirmishes, acts of religious violence forced the Protestant population to flee for their lives. But of course the Catholic victory was a close run thing. Days before the Battle of the Boyne, the Earl of Tyrconnell (commander in chief of the Jacobite forces in Ireland) recognised William and opened fire. One shot grazed William's shoulder, causing him to slump over his horse which then threw him. The wild jubilation that followed was an unmistakeable sign that only the death of William could have prevented an eventual Protestant victory.
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Permalinks: Post, Day. Browse Thread: Religion Source: Wikipedia Labels: Prince of Orange, Stuart, James II, Glorious Revolution, Restoration. Editor says, in reality James II lost the Williamite Role. In authoring this article we have repurposed content from Wikipedia and the
~ If William is killed, then one has to question the whole "Glorious Revolution" enterprise. Without William, Patrick Sarsfield and the Earl of Tyrconnell could have swept Ireland clean of Williamite forces, perhaps in a single campaign. This also has implications for Scotland, once news of the Jacobite victory reached the Highland clans. Without Dundee, the Highland revolt in Scotland would have taken its lumps, but if James sends Sarsfield to Scotland in Claverhouse's stead.....we have one HUGE "what if..."
Oh, and Bakerloo Junction has the best song EVER about the Boyne: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZr3hVuV0qg
~ Charlie Stuart would have been out of a job. :D
~ Mary is still on the throne in London. England is still the larger, richer nation. The Dutch will still back England as part of the anti-French coalition. So presuming James has Ireland and Scotland, then what?
~ And, I ask any chance anyone could have been tolerant in those days? No, doesn't seem so.
Sad that one has to look as far back as the Convivencia of Moorish Spain to see tolerance in Europe.
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~ The English _could not_ have tolerated any hostile power in Ireland. Look at a map. A hostile Ireland would be an easy stepping-stone to Britain, and once an invading army is ashore in Britain, the island is practically indefensible.
~ A weaker England might have allowed it, but not by choice. Could be the devolution of the whole empire, and the lot of us would be speaking French these days.
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