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battle of Boyne
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Noun1.battle of Boyne - a battle in the War of the Grand Alliance in Ireland in 1690battle of Boyne - a battle in the War of the Grand Alliance in Ireland in 1690; William III defeated the deposed James II and so ended the Catholicism that had been reintroduced in England by the Stuarts
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War of the Grand Alliance, War of the League of Augsburg - an aggressive war waged by Louis XIV against Spain and the Holy Roman Empire and England and Holland and other states (1689-1697)
Emerald Isle, Hibernia, Ireland - an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
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Byline: DAVID YOUNG A HISTORIC logbook documenting the arrival of King William of Orange and his army in Ireland ahead of the Battle of the Boyne in 1690 has been uncovered during renovation work at Belfast City Hall.
King Billy book a Hall of a find; DISCOVERY by The Mirror (London, England)
CAPTION(S): BURNING WITH DELIGHT: A reveller waves the Union flag as a bonfire burns in Belfast on the eve of the celebrations marking William Ill's victory at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690.
500,000 ON THE MARCH by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
There were also 58 arrests - five for sectarian breach of the peace - as the Orange Order marked the Battle of the Boyne anniversary.
200 fined at Orange walk by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
 
 
 
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