Irish tradition came to refer to the battle as "Eachdhroim an áir" - "Aughrim of the slaughter" - after a line in a poem by Irish language poet Séamas Dall Mac Cuarta, the "Elegy for Sorley MacDonnell". The Battle of Aughrim (Irish: Cath Eachroma) was the decisive battle of the Williamite War in Ireland.It was fought between the largely Irish Jacobite army loyal to James II and the forces of William III on 12 July 1691 (old style, equivalent to 22 July new style), near the village of Aughrim, County Galway.. Sarsfield continued to inspire the Irish throughout the winter of 1690/91, and ensured that the Williamites would not cross the Shannon. In committing almost everything he had, Saint-Ruhe risked all. The remnants of the Jacobite army retreated to the mountains before regrouping under Sarsfield's command at Limerick. FROM THE BATTLE OF AUGHRIM Poem by Richard Murphy. Patrick Sarsfield and the Battle of Aughrim. Autoplay next video. Lord Gregory’s mother tricks the young woman into telling her everything about the woman’s and Gregory’s relationship. add their voice to the historical record. Saint-Ruhe’s command was confined behind the Shannon to Connacht following the 1690 campaign in which William of Orange had failed to end the war. O'Kennedy replied that he was on his way to Nenagh. First American edition. That it happened was due to the Frenchman Charles Chalmont, Marquis de Saint-Ruhe, generally referred to as Saint Ruth who assumed the post of Marshal-General of Ireland, in May 1691. Macariae Excidium, Dublin: Irish Archaeological Society, p.443O'Callaghan (ed.) Read reviews from world’s largest community for readers. ... poem on pages 95 and 96 has been crossed out and there are frequent.

Charles Chalmot de Saint-Ruhe † William Dorrington John Hamilton † Dominic Sheldon Godert de Ginkell Hugh Mackay Thomas Tollemache Henri de Massue Ernst von Tettau The Battle of Aughrim (Irish: Cath Eachroma) was the decisive battle of the Williamite War in Ireland. The core of the Jacobite army was formed around James's old The composition of Ginkel's army is better documented than that of the Jacobites: in addition to English regiments, it included a large number of According to witnesses of the battle the Jacobite lines at Aughrim occupied a strong defensive position extending over two miles.After heavy mist all morning, Ginkel's forces moved into position by about two o'clock in the afternoon, and both sides cannonaded each other for the next few hours.Battle was joined in earnest between five and six o'clock.
In the centre, the largely English and Scots regiments under Mackay attempted a frontal assault on Dorrington's infantry on Kilcommadan Hill. By Samuel J. Maguire.
15 Oct. 2015. The Williamite assault in this area, led by St John's and Tiffin's regiments and the Huguenot foot, was driven back into the bog by the Irish foot fighting with clubbed (reversed) The Jacobite right and centre holding firm, Ginkel tried to force a way across the causeway on the Jacobite left, where any attack would have to pass along a narrow lane covered by Walter Burke's regiment from their positions in Aughrim castle.Most commentators, even those sympathetic to William, judged that the Irish foot had fought exceptionally well, and some accounts including James II's After Saint-Ruhe's death the Jacobite left, devoid of a senior commander, collapsed very quickly: the regiment of Horse Guards left the field almost immediately, followed shortly by the cavalry and dragoon regiments of Luttrell, Sarsfield and Galmoy briefly tried to organise a rearguard action but as in many battles of the period most of the Jacobite casualties occurred in the pursuit, which was ended only by darkness and the onset of mist and rain.In addition to the rank and file the Jacobite casualties and prisoners included many of its most experienced infantry officers: the dead included brigadiers Barker, O'Neill and O'Connell, and colonels Moore, An eyewitness with the Williamite army, George Story, wrote that "from the top of the Hill where [the Jacobite] Camp had been," the bodies "looked like a great Flock of Sheep, scattered up and down the Countrey for almost four Miles round. Show Details. In the centre, the largely English and Scots regiments under Mackay attempted a frontal assault on Dorrington's infantry on Kilcommadan Hill. Battle of Aughrim book. Macariae Excidium, Dublin: Irish Archaeological Society, p.440O'Callaghan (ed.)

The Irish were confident: Mass had been celebrated and crusading fervour permeated them.Saint-Ruhe created divisions under William Dorrington, John Hamilton, Patrick Sarsfield and Dominic Sheldon. The young woman states that linen, rings, and her virginity are the three tokens of their relationship that have led her to Lord Gregory’s door. But the Irish had pulled back to the next defensive line. Fighting continued with the Williamites being bested by the Irish in every effort to advance. THE BATTLE OF AUGHRIM & THE SIEGE OF LIMERICK Background to The Battle of Aughrim.

With this small force Ruvigny and Villiers moved forward.It seems that, on that left flank of the infantry, the second line had been removed thus weakening opposition to the English cavalry. giving them a chance to be heard, remembered and to Macariae Excidium, Dublin: Irish Archaeological Society, p.440O'Callaghan (ed.)

to build an extensive database reflecting Irish lives, The Irish defences had been designed to protect against a frontal, not a flank, assault, and the cavalry arrived so suddenly that there was no time to change positions, nor did the training and experience of the Irish infantry allow battalions to form platoons or squares to meet the cavalry, even had there been time. Macariae Excidium, Dublin: Irish Archaeological Society, p.453O'Callaghan (ed.) Macariae Excidium, Dublin: Irish Archaeological Society, p.453O'Callaghan (ed.) The Battle of the Boyne was one of the most important and decisive battles in world history. "After the Battle of Aughrim, in Galway, in 1691, the defeat of the chieftans, many of them went and joined the forces of King Louis in France.