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
Date	22 July [O.S. 12 July] 1691
Location	Aughrim, County Galway, Ireland53°17′42″N 8°18′43″W / 53.295°N 8.312°W
Result	Williamite and Allied victory
Belligerents
Williamites; Dutch Republic	Jacobites; France
Commanders and leaders
Godert de Ginkell; 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
Casualties and losses
3,000 killed	4,000 killed; 4,000 missing; 581 captured
	class=notpageimage\| Location within Ireland 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]

^ Hayes-McCoy, Gerard Anthony (1964). The Irish at war. Mercier Press. p. 55.
^ Grant, James (1873). British battles on land and sea, Volume 1. Cassell, Petter, Galpin. p. 417.
^ Bodart 1908, p. 114.
^ 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.
^ G.A. Hayes McCoy, p. 244

[A._Hayes_McCoy_p55-1] 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.

[FOOTNOTEBodart1908114-3] 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.

[A._Hayes_McCoy_p244-5] G.A. Hayes McCoy, p. 244

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