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Celebrate What?

Answer-The Victory of William III of England over James II

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The sound defeat of the tyranical intentions of an absolute ruler. A step toward the evolution of Democracy and freedom!  Read more of the battle on the main page -see below!  The battle saved Ireland from Louis XIV and his excesses!

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WHEN?

It was a bright and cloudless morning....

Answer:July 1 1690 (Old Calendar) (July 12 Our Calendar)

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WHERE?

- On the Boyne River-Ireland

On the green grassy banks to be exact!

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WHY?

James II invaded Ireland then a part of England to further the ambitions of world dominance promoted by King Louis XIV of France. 
The Irish Chieftain Warlords who supported James did not look forward to the progressive development of a constitutional monarchy but backward to the tyranny of warlords such as Hugh O'Neill who lorded over the many clans and lands other than their own which they dominated by force of arms.
Even in the late 17th century warlords such as Neill O'Neill styled themselves as tyrannical Celtic Chieftains Here is Neill himself as he wished others to view him Look at Neill! 
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(Note especially his record on Tolerance and respect for Sovereignty) Following the conquest of England James hoped to return to the throne from which he had been evicted by the English Parliament (one of the first important acts of that body during the evolution of English Government from an Absolutist Monarchy to a Constitutional Monarchy) .The defeat of James II was of twofold significance. The progress made toward constitutional monarchy was safeguarded. The Irish escaped the exploitation and dominance of the French Monarchy which would have come for its quest for world domination. 

The people of Ireland may also have been spared as a result the chaos caused by the abrupt fall of Absolutism visited upon the 

French in the form of the French Revolution- constitutional devolution being perhaps the lesser of the two evils. Many historians view the evolution of the English Parliament described above as an essential foundation for the maturation of Democratic institutions in the 18th century-a process which was in turn to lead to the liberation of the peasantry and of religious minorities in Ireland as well as to the formation of the Irish Republic. 

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BY WHOM:

Anyone can celebrate and everyone should celebrate but, in the Battle the two opposing armies were led by these two men. One was the King of England (William III), the other was an agent of King Louis XIV of France, the former King of England JamesII.They are Shown Here:

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The Battle itself!

A colorful and exciting event!

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AND THE WINNER WAS...

 King William III of England 

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Political Consequences:

Sheemas-a-Cacagh- Dirty James and 1/2 a million Wild Geese

Se tigheacht Righ Seamas do chain dinn Eire

It is the coming of King James that took Ireland from us,

With his one shoe English and his one shoe Irish.

He would neither strike a blow, nor would he come to terms

And that has left, so long as they shall exist,

misfortune upon the Irish-An Irish Poet

The power a conqueror gets over those he overcomes in a just war, is perfectly despotic: he has an absolute power over the lives of those, who, by putting themselves in a state of war, have forfeited them;-John Locke, Second Treatise of Government,1690 

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