“In commemoration of King William III and his victory at the Battle Of The Boyne, 1st July 1690.” King William and images of Carrickfergus and the Boyne are included on the left of the board: in Ireland, William in person travelled from Carrickfergus to Drogheda and – after the victory at the Boyne – to Dublin, from which he left to pursue the war in Europe; his troops, on the other hand, after landing in Groomsport (1689) and Carrickfergus (1690) and fighting at the Boyne, continued on southward, to Cork and then to Limerick, and westward, to Athlone, Aughrim, and (again) Limerick. The campaign ended in October, 1691, with the signing of the Treaty Of Limerick. The information is available in pdf format from the Schomberg House Museum.
King William’s Corner joins Queen’s Corner and King’s Corner (and first of them all, Conor’s Corner –Conor’s ‘The Twelfth In Wellington Place, Belfast 1918’ is included to the left of the map, under a few lines from The Sash – “It is old but it is beautiful, and its colours they are fine/It was worn at Derry, Aughrim, Enniskillen and the Boyne” – and “The Boyne Standard [a.k.a. the flag of the Orange Order] with the heraldic crest of King William”).
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X12764 [X12763] X12762 [X12761] X12765 “This artwork was commissioned by ACT Initiative [web] – Protecting Our Community.”
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