Battle of Aughrim

Battle of Aughrim
Part of the Williamite War in Ireland and the Nine Years' War

Contemporary sketch of Aughrim, viewed from the Williamite lines, by Jan Wyk
Date22 July [O.S. 12 July] 1691
Location
Aughrim, County Galway, Ireland
53°17′42″N 8°18′43″W / 53.295°N 8.312°W / 53.295; -8.312
Result Williamite and Allied victory[1][2]
Belligerents
Williamites
Dutch Republic Dutch Republic		 Jacobites
 France
Commanders and leaders
Godert de Ginkell
Dutch Republic Duke of Wurttemberg
Thomas Tollemache
Henri de Massue
Hugh Mackay		 Charles Chalmot de Saint-Ruhe †
Chevalier de Tessé
William Dorrington
John Hamilton †
Dominic Sheldon
Strength
20,000 20,000–25,000[3]
Casualties and losses
3,000 killed 4,000 killed
4,000 missing
581 captured
Battle of Aughrim is located in Ireland
Battle of Aughrim
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Location within Ireland
Battle of Aughrim is located in County Galway
Battle of Aughrim
Battle of Aughrim (County Galway)

The Battle of Aughrim (Irish: Cath Eachroma) was the decisive battle of the Williamite War in Ireland. It was fought between the largely Irish Jacobite army loyal to James II and the forces of William III on 12 July 1691 (old style, equivalent to 22 July new style), near the village of Aughrim, County Galway.

The battle was one of the bloodiest ever fought in the British Isles: 7,000 people were killed.[4] The Jacobite defeat at Aughrim meant the effective end of James's cause in Ireland, although the city of Limerick held out until the autumn of 1691.[5]

  1. ^ Hayes-McCoy, Gerard Anthony (1964). The Irish at war. Mercier Press. p. 55.
  2. ^ Grant, James (1873). British battles on land and sea, Volume 1. Cassell, Petter, Galpin. p. 417.
  3. ^ Bodart 1908, p. 114.
  4. ^ Childs, John (2007). The Williamite wars in Ireland, 1688–91. London; New York: Hambledon Continuum. p. 337. ISBN 978-1-85285-573-4. OCLC 73957187.
  5. ^ G.A. Hayes McCoy, p. 244