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The raid on Newry took place in November 1689 during the Williamite War in Ireland when a Franco-Irish force loyal to James II attacked the Williamite...

Newry (/ˈnjʊəri/; from Irish An Iúraigh) is a city in Northern Ireland, standing on the Clanrye river in counties Down and Armagh. It is near the border...

November 1689, Boisseleau led a Jacobite force in the unsuccessful Raid on Newry. The following summer he was present at the Battle of the Boyne. Although...

of Larache August – 11 November – Morocco takes Larache from Spain. Raid on Newry 24 November – Williamite victory over France and the Jacobites Battle...

Leif Newry Fitzroy Crozier (11 June 1846 – 25 February 1901), commonly known as L. N. F. Crozier, was a Canadian Militia officer and a superintendent...

of Orange during the conflict. Purcell was in command of the garrison of Newry in 1689, when it was attacked by a Jacobite force led by the French General...

list him on two occasions as a "gentleman", meaning a landowner. He is listed as being present at the siege of Limerick, the Raid on Newry in County...

"Ingoldsby, Richard (died 1712)" Dictionary of National Biography Buried on 9 February 1712 on the north side of the altar- the Registers of Christ Church Cathedral...

settlement is Bangor, a city on the northeast coast. Three other large towns and cities are on its border: Newry lies on the western border with County...

In addition to the city of Armagh and the western portion of the city of Newry, notable towns in the county include Lurgan, Portadown and Craigavon. The...

Newry near Kilcoo with burnt-out vehicles. Hugh Orde defended the police action as "proportionate"; Sinn Féin MP Michelle Gildernew claimed the raids...

experiences within it. In January 1999 he was waylaid on a public road and murdered near his home in Newry in Northern Ireland. He was born in Camlough, County...

up the Newry Canal lock with gelignite that they had stolen. Their military campaign saw the destruction of several customs posts and raids on police...

fortunes were instead to be sought in the Americas, which would lead to the Raid on Cartagena de Indias the next year. British historian John Childs argued...

The raid on Cartagena de Indias was a successful attack by the French on the fortified city of Cartagena de Indias, on 6 May 1697, as part of the War of...

members in the Newry area launched a "re-founded" Official Republican Movement (ORM). This group was believed to have engaged in attacks on drug dealers...

months. On the day of the 1918 Irish general election, the Camlough Company of the Irish Volunteers travelled by train from Newry to Carlingford. On arrival...

The Belfast Blitz consisted of four German air raids on strategic targets in the city of Belfast in Northern Ireland, in April and May 1941 during World...

and some commentators identify the location as being a few miles outside Newry, County Down in the vicinity of the townlands of Sheeptown and Derrylecklagh...

Armagh is part of the Newry and Armagh Assembly constituency. Together with part of the district of Newry and Mourne, it forms the Newry & Armagh constituency...