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Its place in history is assured as it was here that the Marquis de St Ruth prepared the Irish troops for the Battle of Aughrim during the Williamite war in Ireland was fought on 12 July 1691.
While he supported the Jacobite side in during the Williamite War in Ireland, he surrendered on terms to General Ginkel, was pardoned, and was allowed to hold his property.
Break of Dromore a battle fought during the Williamite War in Ireland on March 14, 1689.
Justin McCarthy, Viscount Mountcashel (died 1694), Jacobite general in the Williamite War in Ireland
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.