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The Patriot Parliament is the name commonly used for the Irish Parliament session called by King James II during the Williamite War in Ireland which lasted from 1688 to 1691. The first since 1666, it
Portrait of James II by Godfrey Kneller, 1684
Earl of Tyrconnell, member of the Old English Catholic elite whose main objective was Irish autonomy
Williamite War in Ireland
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The Williamite War in Ireland took place from March 1689 to October 1691. Fought between Jacobite supporters of James II and those of his successor, William III, it resulted in a Williamite victory. I
Patriot Parliament
…The Patriot Parliament is the name commonly used for the Irish Parliament session called by King James II during the Williamite War in Ireland which lasted from 1688 to 1691. The first since 1666, it held only one session, which lasted from 7 May 1689 to 20 July 1689. Irish nationalist historian…
Battle of the Boyne by Jan van Huchtenburg
Schomberg (1615–1690), Williamite commander in Ireland; immensely experienced, he was a Marshal of France, England and Portugal.
French envoy d'Avaux, whose relationship with the Irish was one of mutual mistrust and dislike
The Boyne; a narrow Williamite victory, in which Schomberg was killed (bottom right)