Boyne
a battle in the War of the Grand Alliance in Ireland in 1690; William III defeated the deposed James II and so ended the Catholicism that had been reintroduced in England by the Stuarts • Syn: battle of Boyne • Regions: Ireland, Hibernia, Emerald Isle • Instance Hypernyms: pitched battle • Part Holonyms: War of the Grand Alliance, War of the League of Augsburg
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