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Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
William and James; Or, The Revolution of 1688
Author: William and James; or the Revolution of 1688. An historical tale, in which the leading ... events of ... 1688-89, etc. are ... related. By a Lady
Author: The History of the British Revolution of 1688 - 89
Author: Thomas MooreChapters in Irish History
Author: William B. KirkpatrickPublisher:
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Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Their Cry was "no Surrender"
Author: Peter D. RobinsonPublisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
The Siege of Derry 1689
Author: Richard DohertyPublisher: The History Press
ISBN: 075098063X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
The Protestant war cry of 'No Surrender!' was first used in 1689 by the Mayor of Londonderry as James II's army laid siege to the city for 105 days, during which half the city's population died. There were many acts of courage, from the heroic death of Captain Browning to the anonymous, apprentice boys who played signal roles in the defence of the city. The book examines how the Jacobites might have achieved success, and the far reaching impact of the siege as a crucial event in the second British civil war. This is a military study of one of the most iconic episodes in Irish history, based on contemporary accounts, official records of the day, and published works on the siege. With an understanding of seventeenth-century warfare, especially siegecraft, the author probes many of the myths that have grown up around the siege and sets it in its proper context. Its ramifications for the consequent history of Ireland cannot be over emphasised.
The Picture of Dublin
Author: Curry, William, jun. and co., pubPublisher:
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Category : Dublin (Ireland)
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
The Battle of Aughrim 1691
Author: Michael McNallyPublisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752496581
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
With over 60,000 combatants, the Battle of the Boyne, which took place on 1 July 1690 was the largest battle ever fought on Irish soil, and has long been regarded as the pivotal event of the Williamite War. But despite the Boyne's celebrated place in Irish protestant folklore, the critical engagement of the campaign was to take place the following year outside the village of Aughrim, in County Galway. Here the outnumbered and outgunned Jacobites, their backs to the wall, faced the Williamite army in a battle that was to decide the course of Irish, and indeed European history. In the first major history of the battle in forty years, Michael McNally brings vividly to life the personalities and events of the bloodiest day in Irish history. Placing the battle firmly in the context of the wider campaign, and of early modern European power politics, he uses evocative eyewitness testimony to reconstruct the events of that fateful encounter, and reveal just how close to defeat the Williamites came.
The Siege of Derry in Ulster Protestant Mythology
Author: Ian McBridePublisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
The Siege of Derry (1688-9) is the key political myth in Loyalist culture. This study looks at the Siege, reconstructing the ways in which the defence of Derry has been commemorated and interpreted over the last 300 years. Celebrated by historians, artists, poets and preachers, re-enacted in anniversary demonstrations and parades, the Siege provides a unique insight into the mixture of triumphalism and insecurity that lies behind the slogan 'No Surrender!'
The Scotch-Irish
Author: James G. LeyburnPublisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 9780807842591
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Dispelling much of what he terms the 'mythology' of the Scotch-Irish, James Leyburn provides an absorbing account of their heritage. He discusses their life in Scotland, when the essentials of their character and culture were shaped; their removal to Northern Ireland and the action of their residence in that region upon their outlook on life; and their successive migrations to America, where they settled especially in the back-country of Pennsylvania, Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia, and then after the Revolutionary War were in the van of pioneers to the west.