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Sep 25, 2017 · Erected A.D. 1884 to the memory of James Bellew of Drogheda who died in 1803 aged 78 years. His wife died 1804 aged 83 years. Their son James, 1830 aged 75 years. Patrick, 1838 aged 46 years. His wife Mary, 1858 aged 56 years. And their son James Bellew of Killineer, Drogheda who died 1889 aged 46 years. Also Mary Bellew, the beloved wife of
May 14, 2018 · Boyne, Battle of the (July 11, 1690) Engagement near Drogheda, Ireland, which confirmed the Protestant succession to the English throne. The forces of the Protestant William III of England defeated those of the Catholic James II. The battle led to the restoration of English power in Ireland. World Encyclopedia.
It seems that Cromwell came to Ireland not to crush Catholicism but Royalism. How does this square with Cromwell’s justification of the killing of 3552 combatants and civilians at Drogheda (the figure given by his chaplain, Hugh Peter, who will have buried them).
Jun 3, 2024 · The 10th Earl was the last Lord-Lieutenant of County Kildare, from 1918 until 1922. MOORE ABBEY, near Monasterevin, County Kildare, was the large and luscious demesne of the Marquesses of Drogheda. It was erected on the site of a medieval abbey.
William of Drogheda (died 1245) was an Irish academic and ecclesiastical lawyer. Life. A native of Drogheda, Ireland, William was the best known Oxford lawyer of the 13th century. He seems to have often pleaded cases at the University Church of St Mary the Virgin.
Jun 10, 2010 · King William of Orange's mace, a symbol of Royal authority, is on public display after a clean-up, but not in the UK. The mace and a ceremonial sword were gifts to the County Louth town...
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No Irish battle is more famous than William III's victory over James II at the River Boyne, a few miles west of Drogheda. James, a Roman Catholic, had lost the throne of England in the bloodless "Glorious Revolution" of 1688.
