The Battle of the Boyne
Following the relief of Londonderry and their defeat at Newtownbutler by the Enniskilleners the Jacobites withdrew from the west of Ulster. The forces of the Duke of Schomberg landed in Bangor August 1689 O.S. and quickly laid siege to and took Carrickfergus Castle. Being unsatisfied with Schomberg’s slow progress King William III landed in Carrickfergus…