The siege of Derry in 1689 was the first major event in the Williamite War in Ireland. The siege was preceded by an attempt against the town by Jacobite forces on 7 December 1688 that was foiled when 13 apprentices shut the gates. This was an act of rebellion against James II.
Cannons on the walls of Derry
The wall at the Royal Bastion in 2009. Note the plinth of Walker's Pillar on the bastion.
View of Derry during the siege. The Bishops Gate with its drawbridge is in the centre. Note the newly built ravelin before it.
HMS Dartmouth fires at shore batteries while Mountjoy rams through the boom.
Williamite War in Ireland
The Williamite War in Ireland took place from March 1689 to October 1691. Fought between supporters of James II and his successor, William III, it resulted in a Williamite victory. It is generally viewed as a related conflict of the 1688 to 1697 Nine Years' War.
Battle of the Boyne between James II and William III, 11 July 1690, 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)
