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unusual facts about Williamite War



Dillon's Regiment

Dillon's Regiment (French: régiment de Dillon) was first raised in Ireland in 1688 by Theobald, 7th Viscount Dillon, for the Jacobite side in the Williamite War.

Ireland in the Wars of the Coalition

By this time, several wars had occurred, including the Nine Years' War, the Cromwellian conquest, and the Williamite War (part of the larger War of the League of Augsburg).


see also

Battle of Dromore

Break of Dromore a battle fought during the Williamite War in Ireland on March 14, 1689.

Justin McCarthy

Justin McCarthy, Viscount Mountcashel (died 1694), Jacobite general in the Williamite War in Ireland

Tulrush

These fords also proved useful in 1691 for the large army of Marquis de St Ruth (General Charles Chalmont), the French Jacobite general, moving from the siege of Athlone, to Aughrim where he was defeated by Godert de Ginkell, the Williamite's Dutch general in the decisive battle of the Williamite War in Ireland.