| After King James II was deposed he fled to France, | | | | in command of the main Jacobite army, blocked |
| King Louis XIV of France granted him money and | | | | further progress south but did not attack, the two |
| troops to aid him in regaining his throne. On 12 March | | | | armies entered a stalemate that lasted throughout |
| 1689 James landed at Kinsale, his main aim in Ireland | | | | the winter of 1689. |
| was as a springboard to regaining the throne, the | | | | Impatient with Schomberg's lack of progress, William |
| Irish in turn saw in James a way of altering the | | | | arrived in Ireland in June of 1690. The two kings met |
| Cromwellian land settlements and securing the | | | | at the River Boyne where James sat with his French |
| position of the Catholic Church. | | | | and Irish troops on the southern bank. William routed |
| The conflict commenced with the armed resistance | | | | the Jacobite army although militarily it was not a |
| of the Ulster colonists in Enniskillen and more | | | | decisive victory as the Irish losses were small but it |
| predominately in Derry where they held out, dealing a | | | | had a huge psychological impact, the Jacobites fled to |
| fatal blow to James as the way was clear for a | | | | the Shannon and the eastern part of the country fell |
| Williamite landing under Marshal Schomberg. After | | | | into William's hands. William presumed that the war |
| capturing Carrickfergus, Schomberg's forces marched | | | | was over and demanded an unconditional surrender, |
| unopposed to Dundalk. James' viceroy Tyrconnell was | | | | Tyrconnell and the French took much the same view. |