Top X Posts (formerly Tweets) for Battle of Boyne / Orangemen's Day in 2022
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King William of Orange, the English king who won the Battle of the Boyne in 1690, the first Brexit from European control and domination! Today, 1 million loyalists in Northern Ireland celebrate this mighty British victory against an earlier version of the EU! No surrender! OCS https://t.co/1YrWCoPWxT
331 years ago today, the Battle of Aughrim (Cath Eachroma) was fought in Galway. Around 7,000 were killed, making it one of the bloodiest verifiable death tolls from a battle in Ireland. This was the decisive battle of the Williamite War, happening a year after the Boyne. https://t.co/PjPIZCZT69
Arriving at the field at Magheragall, a lovely morning to parade and Commemorate the 332nd anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne 🟠🟣🇬🇧 https://t.co/Q6AGqOe2Fk
Unionist fascists celebrate the Battle of the Boyne, the last battle before William of Orange became King of England, Scotland and Ireland, where Catholics were made second class citizens in their own country (Ireland). Bonfire has Irish and Palestinian flags https://t.co/elmRl532LD
OTD in 1691, Williamite forces defeated their Jacobite foes at the Battle of Aughrim to effectively end the Williamite War in Ireland in favor of William III (Orange). Unionist Orangemen in N. Ireland annually commemorate it and the Battle of the Boyne.
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The Twelfth is an Ulster Protestant celebration held on 12 July. It began in the late 18th century. It celebrates the Glorious Revolution (1688) & victory of Protestant King William of Orange over Catholic King James II at the Battle of the Boyne (1690)
#GloriousTwelfth https://t.co/S75O0ZWpDe
Jan Van Huchtenberg’s ‘The Battle of the Boyne’ is part of the collection of the Merrion Hotel, Dublin. One of two paintings by the artist on this subject, the other is in the Rijksmuseum. https://t.co/okrtkiyRtW