The Battle of the Boyne 1690, Ireland.
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Every year on the 12th July, Northern Ireland’s loyalist, protestant community celebrate the battle of the Boyne.
A battle fought in 1690 between 2 kings involving nearly 60,000 troops, on the banks of a river in Ireland.
One representing Irish Catholic hopes and the other, representing Protestant aspirations.
But what actually happened at the Battle of the Boyne,?
And why were they fighting at all?
Following a recent poll here on YouTube, I know that it is a question that many of you are keen to find out about.
So, It’s time to explore the battle that still shapes Ireland to this day.
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:37 Story Begins
1:09 Protestant hopes & fears
2:58 The Glorious Revolution
4:28 Ireland
6:38 International Dimension
8:00 The Siege of Londonderry
9:34 Tide Turns
11:19 William takes charge
12:08 The Armies
15:04 Battle of the Boyne begins
16:14 James makes a mistake
17:22 William attacks
19:24 Jacobite cavalry
20:35 William crosses the Boyne
21:12 End of the battle
23:41 Battle of the Boyne celebrations
24:56 Jacobites
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My name is Chris Green and I love to share stories from British history. Not just because they are interesting but because, good or bad, they have shaped the world we live in today.
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Great video. Have been to the battle site a few times. Only about 15 miles from where I live here in County Meath.
The battle of Beachy Head would be good to know about as you've now brought it to our attention 😁
Really enjoyed this. Please do Culloden! My regiment 27th Foot were there but where in the rear forming the third government line. We had disgraced ourselves at Falkirk earlier in the campaign and Billy Cumberland was none to pleased with Blakeneys Regiment! My Murray ancestors fought on the other side with the Prince in Lord George Murray’s Athol Brigade.
Who painted the horse with those eyes😂
Some of my distant ancestors were in the north of Ireland before moving to what became Scotland. Best information was they were Danish Vikings.
Brilliant 😊
I'm recommending this video all around. Well done mr. Green!
The Fourth of July has a different meaning for me.
Hi Chris a great presentation of an extremely pivotal Battle in world history. Have you ever considered that had King James defeated king William at the Battle of the Boyne how the world as we know it would be so much different. King Louis the 14th hated any religious dissent, and indeed the 17th century was a century of ongoing religious wars. King James I believe would have been a yes man to his cousin King Louis the 14th, there would most certainly be no United States of America, no British Empire/ Commonwealth . A French dominated world, with only one religion, executions by various means. King James did try to change by force the faith of British citizens, before he was deposed by the Glorious Revolution. It's strange that this pivotal Battle layed the foundation for two of the world's greatest nation's. Regarding your presentation of the Battle of the Boyne, top marks all round. On a slightly stranger topic, in the Bible Almighty God promise Abraham that his descendants would become a Great Nation and a company of Nation's. There's no other Nation's on Earth that fit that description except the United States and the British Empire. There's a book called the United States and Britain in Prophecy. Check it out. It's free to get from the Philadelphia Church of God. Happy reading.🇬🇧
Another great video Chris! Would love to see you cover the American Revolution from the British perspective.
What about Cromwell's depredations in Ireland?
600,000 killed?
Some say he went mad toward the end of his life, and threrein lies the explanation.
What do you say?
There is very little information on the internet about the East Africa campaign during the second world war. So many colonial troops from all over the empire contrbuted to the British victory over the Italins.
It would be great if you would do a few episodes about this neglected campaign. I enjoy all your work very much well done.
Fascinating!!!
Because Protestantism is ridiculous
Chris, My historical knowledge of the Pike and Shot period is woefully thin. My personal family history was already firmly in America by this time. A member of my family has participated in every American conflict since (for us) Queen Anne's war. Anything dealing with Randolph Churchill would be wonderful.
Now, of course, it is the Catholics who fear for their lives on Battle of the Boyne Day.
Because since the end of the troubles its a valid reason to strip the shelves in tescos of buckfast,bash the sash and fight among themselves.😂
With the easter uprising so-called celebrations being something of a damp squib to nationalists they are only jealous that the loyalists put them to shame on drinking & partying 😂😂😂
Not by the Irish it`s not mate
Thanks for telling this story. I had absolutely no idea. I have long known of the historical conflicts between Catholics and Protestants in Ireland but did not know of this battle. This battle is one of the many reasons the practice of both Christian faiths must be tolerated for the sake of getting along.
You make history so accessible 👌
Technically isn't it England, Scotland and Wales?
Great video btw.
Brilliant as always, im going up to NI to celebrate the twelth and to remember these battles this year 🇬🇧
Another great video, thank you for sharing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1yA6Zu-Ll8
Thanks for making the distinction that James was was the VIIth of Scotland. When the Queen died in 2022 there were some on social media getting angry that many Scots referred to her as Queen Elizabeth and not Elizabeth II as she was in England. What's good for the goose…
William sailed from here on the wirral at hoylake with his army camped all the way to meols we have a road called the kings gap
While the 12 July Is a time for celebration with the loyalist community for the nationalists , it is an insult and a time of bitterness and resentment due to blatant discrimination. I pray that the peace process will continue in the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland.🇬🇧🇮🇪
Wow that was great Chris. This part of British History has always confused me. I still say the last Great King was Alfred the Great!
Another excellent factual account Chris, keep up the good work !!
Live and let live I say…native of Limavady now an adopted son of Birkenhead….my family have fought for the crown stretching back to the Regiment of foot ( O,Cahan) ,led by the Marquis of Montrose..and of course there is the Rebel branch of the family…I have a brother in law who used to play in an Orange Lodge band….I,m not bad on the Bhodran….😅😅😅
Great video!
Excellent video
The people of Eire doesn’t have a good word to say about the British.
Interference in other countries created centuries of resentment and bloodshed.
If the UK didn’t interfere in the present GAZA conflict by supplying arms and logistics, the people of Gaza and Israel would have made peace in November 23 on their own terms.
The British 🇬🇧 should learn.
Historically, you always wonder whether James was deliberately obtuse.
His father met a terrible 😞 end. ☠️
Charles 2nd was secretly catholic, he was given last rites by a Catholic priest.
Charles always advised his brother James not to annoy the English public.
Chris, as usual im not going to make any suggestions as to what subject i would like you to teach me about. I did manage to scrape an o level but didnt actually love the subject until my early forties when i ( occasionaly put jack higgins, wilbur smith and tom sharpe down and got back into non lit books) and then came u tube.
You pick the subject and i will always watch.
If you ever explained the role of the fleet air arm in korea then i would be personally very interested as my father flew fireflys of hms glory in that conflict.
I love reading your viewers comments as some of them are from folks with far more knowledge than me and i love it when they challenge you!
If you were my history teacher 45 years ago i believe i would have chosen history as an A level…. still contemplating taking an online history a level at the age of 60 because of you and drachinefel
❤
An excellent video as always! Thank you!
A nice musical start to the video 😄
When Marshal Schomberg spied the French troops in the Jacobite army, he turned to his Huguenot soldiers whilst pointing at the Frenchmen and said, "Gentleman, there are your oppressors!".
Marshal Schomberg is still remembered and honoured to this day by the Unionist community of Northern Ireland.
It may be a little biased to say that Protestant nobles feared Catholic tyranny. It would probably be more fair and accurate to say they feared Catholic retaliation, and perhaps the loss of preferential treatment they had enjoyed under a Protestant monarchy. After all, both sides were guilty of religious repression/discrimination at some point.
Please do a history of the Malayan emergency!
Excellent presentation of a difficult history. Helps in the present to better understand sectarianism, especially the origins.
Fascinating well done ✌
This battle is engrained in the local mind-set so much where I live, that some people revere certain random locations where William of Orange reputedly camped for a night or briefly visited on his way to the Boyne…
Can I remind you that the Boyne is now in the Republic of Ireland and soon all of our Ulster province will be reunified with us too.
No Surrender. GSTK 🇬🇧
An interesting video as usual, Chris: informed, clear and well told
Some thinks: A) The war of 1689-91 was at least more savage that the Irish wars of the time of Elizabeth I and Cromwell. This, at least in part, happened thanks to James II and William III. To resolve the Irish question obviously was another matter.
B) William of Orange was undobetabely a lucky men and an an able politician. In this matter he outmatched his Stewart adwersary and, after the final victory, he avoided bloody revenges in Ireland and de facto was quite tolerant whit the Catholics in his domains. Perhaps he was helped by his experience in Low Countries, a Protestant land with almost 1/3 of his population Roman Catholic.
C) Louis XIV, in my opinion, wasn' t wise in don't commit more resources ( who he had: French army numbered over 350.000 men ) in Ireland. The alliance betwen Britain, Low Countries and Habsburgic Empire caused his final eclipse but if James II won no such alliance was possible….
Bye and be well!
While not Boyne related, when I went on holiday last year to Torquay and then did a day trip to Brixham, I was rather surprised by how involved it was with William of Orange and the Glorious Revolution.
Good .