Comments on: Battle of the Boyne: King William III's Victory in Ireland http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-the-boyne-king-william-iiis-victory-in-ireland.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=battle-of-the-boyne-king-william-iiis-victory-in-ireland From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:15:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: lebe http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-the-boyne-king-william-iiis-victory-in-ireland.htm#comment-787892 lebe Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:46:44 +0000 #comment-787892 it amazes me how people cant just read up on these things without being insulting or just plain arrogant, you cant admit wether your wrong and half of this is opinion based. it amazes me how people cant just read up on these things without being insulting or just plain arrogant, you cant admit wether your wrong and half of this is opinion based.

]]> By: chuckee57 http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-the-boyne-king-william-iiis-victory-in-ireland.htm#comment-786998 chuckee57 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:01:46 +0000 #comment-786998 i think that king william lived a bizzy life of his own chuesing and how. i think that king william lived a bizzy life of his own chuesing and how.

]]> By: Jacobite Ireland http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-the-boyne-king-william-iiis-victory-in-ireland.htm#comment-784243 Jacobite Ireland Sun, 11 Dec 2011 20:20:43 +0000 #comment-784243 ohhhhh how hindsight does bend the few of history, the Boyne would not cause Jacobite Ireland to go quietly into the night. A untrained force (with 3 regiments that were left in England, rapparees and some regiments being disbanded by Tyroconnell due to lack of resources) vs a European veteran army has the Williamite cause tied up for ‘three years of war in Ireland cost in excess of six million pounds'. Jacobite Ireland would further to enlist for the armies of France and Spain. William came to England of the fear of a Catholic English monarch who looked to copy that of his cousin Louis "the sun king". If England entered the war on the side of the France, William would have to face the largest land power (France) and the largest naval power (England). The question also come to mind what of the Irish Protestant Jacobites? This is just a popular history, i would at the revival of Jacobite studies and look to a three kingdom and European approach to the conflict. ohhhhh how hindsight does bend the few of history, the Boyne would not cause Jacobite Ireland to go quietly into the night. A untrained force (with 3 regiments that were left in England, rapparees and some regiments being disbanded by Tyroconnell due to lack of resources) vs a European veteran army has the Williamite cause tied up for ‘three years of war in Ireland cost in excess of six million pounds'. Jacobite Ireland would further to enlist for the armies of France and Spain. William came to England of the fear of a Catholic English monarch who looked to copy that of his cousin Louis "the sun king". If England entered the war on the side of the France, William would have to face the largest land power (France) and the largest naval power (England). The question also come to mind what of the Irish Protestant Jacobites? This is just a popular history, i would at the revival of Jacobite studies and look to a three kingdom and European approach to the conflict.

]]> By: ICM http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-the-boyne-king-william-iiis-victory-in-ireland.htm#comment-582720 ICM Thu, 02 Jun 2011 03:51:57 +0000 #comment-582720 "you Orangemen are as stupid and pigheaded as you are abusive and destructive." Either this person is stupid or he is pretending to be stupid! In the same sentence he calls Orangemen "stupid and pigheaded" and "abusive!" As the good book says, "First take out the mote that is in your own eye." "you Orangemen are as stupid and pigheaded as you are abusive and destructive."

Either this person is stupid or he is pretending to be stupid! In the same sentence he calls Orangemen "stupid and pigheaded" and "abusive!" As the good book says, "First take out the mote that is in your own eye."

]]> By: SPARTACUS http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-the-boyne-king-william-iiis-victory-in-ireland.htm#comment-322022 SPARTACUS Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:55:15 +0000 #comment-322022 YOU ARE TWITS, DID YOU NOT KNOW THAT KING WILLIAM WAS SUPPORTED BY THE POPE, AS THEY WERE BOTH AGAINST THE FRENCH KING LOUIS XIV WHO WANTED TO CONTROL MOST OF EUROPE AND IRELAND, READ YOUR HISTORY, AND GROW UP. YOU ARE TWITS, DID YOU NOT KNOW THAT KING WILLIAM WAS SUPPORTED BY THE POPE, AS THEY WERE BOTH AGAINST THE FRENCH KING LOUIS XIV WHO WANTED TO CONTROL MOST OF EUROPE AND IRELAND, READ YOUR HISTORY, AND GROW UP.

]]> By: Marc with a C http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-the-boyne-king-william-iiis-victory-in-ireland.htm#comment-66068 Marc with a C Wed, 27 May 2009 03:50:23 +0000 #comment-66068 That's a laugh. You can't apply 21st century conceptions of democracy and freedom to the 17th century! Basically, James represented French-style absolutist monarchy and the divine right of kings. William represented a constitutional monarchy, tempered by and ruling in accordance with the rules of a democratically elected parliament. If you want to know how that played out, compare England's social and political developments in the 18th century to France's, especially circa 1789. That's a laugh.

You can't apply 21st century conceptions of democracy and freedom to the 17th century!

Basically, James represented French-style absolutist monarchy and the divine right of kings.

William represented a constitutional monarchy, tempered by and ruling in accordance with the rules of a democratically elected parliament.

If you want to know how that played out, compare England's social and political developments in the 18th century to France's, especially circa 1789.

]]> By: Orangemen are fools http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-the-boyne-king-william-iiis-victory-in-ireland.htm#comment-55554 Orangemen are fools Sat, 25 Apr 2009 20:24:48 +0000 #comment-55554 "Don’t slag King Billy because he is the defender of the fenians and he’s the one who has made Northern Ireland the beautiful way it is. " Well, in MY country, we have something called free speech, so get over your ignorance, you fool. So there. Northern Ireland beautiful? LOL Good God, you Orangemen are as stupid and pigheaded as you are abusive and destructive. "Don’t slag King Billy because he is the defender of the fenians and
he’s the one who has made Northern Ireland the beautiful way it
is.
"

Well, in MY country, we have something called free speech, so get over your ignorance, you fool.

So there.

Northern Ireland beautiful? LOL Good God, you Orangemen are as stupid and pigheaded as you are abusive and destructive.

]]> By: br andon squires http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-the-boyne-king-william-iiis-victory-in-ireland.htm#comment-14789 br andon squires Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:52:02 +0000 #comment-14789 Don't slag King Billy because he is the defender of the fenians and he's the one who has made Northern Ireland the beautiful way it is. Don't slag King Billy because he is the defender of the fenians and
he's the one who has made Northern Ireland the beautiful way it
is.

]]> By: Truth http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-the-boyne-king-william-iiis-victory-in-ireland.htm#comment-6236 Truth Mon, 18 Aug 2008 01:07:51 +0000 #comment-6236 Sorry, Ron, but "King Billy" was not on the side of liberty, if anything it was King James efforts, both for his country and beyond, that showed that HE was the TRUE model for religious tolerance and fairness. William invaded England with paid mercenaries and slave labour. Of course, Winston Churchill would have respect for him, but then again, he practically hero-worshipped his own ancestor, John Churchill, who was a amoral man whose greed and selfishness not only caused him to betray his King and benefactor, but his very own troops and countrymen. What freedoms did King Billy make possible for today's english and americans? Racial and religious tolerance. Thanks for the laugh. Sorry, Ron, but "King Billy" was not on the side of liberty, if anything it was King James efforts, both for his country and beyond, that showed that HE was the TRUE model for religious tolerance and fairness.

William invaded England with paid mercenaries and slave labour. Of course, Winston Churchill would have respect for him, but then again, he practically hero-worshipped his own ancestor, John Churchill, who was a amoral man whose greed and selfishness not only caused him to betray his King and benefactor, but his very own troops and countrymen.

What freedoms did King Billy make possible for today's english and americans? Racial and religious tolerance. Thanks for the laugh.

]]> By: Truth http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-the-boyne-king-william-iiis-victory-in-ireland.htm#comment-6234 Truth Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:59:00 +0000 #comment-6234 Since when was an "invitation" to invade one's country and harm one's citizens in the name of bigotry and greed not TREASON? Since when was an "invitation" to invade one's country and harm one's citizens in the name of bigotry and greed not TREASON?

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