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The Battle of the Boyne was fought in 1690 between two rival claimants of the English, Scottish, and Irish thrones - the Catholic James VII and II and the Protestant William III and II (who, with his wife, Mary II, James's daughter, had deposed James in 1688) - across the River Boyne near Drogheda on the east coast of Ireland. The battle, won by William, was a turning point in James's unsuccessful attempt to regain the crown and ultimately helped ensure the continuation of Protestant ascendancy in Ireland.
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