Great upload. I was actually there, 12th was a Sunday that year, so they had it on the Saturday (11th) instead. There with my dad, but my granddad also marched (not played just marched) and I see him in this, so thanks so much for uploading it :)
at the boyne both armies were mixed william had 5000 catholic troops in his army and the jacobite army had many protestants in their ranks so it was more of a political battle rather than a religious one
Far from it. The glorious revolution really was a religious battle. Yes there were mixed troops but a vast majority of Williams troops where protestant. A bit of background needed so I shall provide it. The williamite war was just one front of a much larger war (the nine year's war) against Louis the 14th. The grand alliance was formed AFTER william had already invaded England (at parliaments behest) and upon landing in brixham harbour he uttered the words "the liberties of england and the protestant religion I will maintain" and he did just that as he gave consent to the protestant parliament to draw up the english bill of rights the toleration act 1689 and the mutiny act. William and England only joined the grand alliance in December 1689. william had already begun the liberation of ireland he sent the navy to break the siege of derry in July 1689. So yes the glorious revolution was a religious war It was already commencing before the Pope got involved but the only reason he did so is because he feared fighting on two fronts he was doing the old "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" thing and he spectacularly backfired.
@@colhughes3892 yes you are correct to an extent but it transpired that it did not prevent devision among the plantation community in Ireland my heritage is mostly scots presbyterian and like the Catholics their marriages were not legally accepted by the Anglican rulling class hence it contributed to the scots Irish migration to the Carolinas and the southern states of the USA so the war did not end discrimination even within the protestant population
