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THIS HIGHLY HISTORIC VALUE JUG IS A COMMEMORATIVE PIECE IN RECOGNITION OF THE BATTLE OF BOYNE FOUGHT IN 1690. THE BASE OF THE JUG HAS BEEN MARKED "MADE IN ENGLAND FOR Wm BRIDGETT & SONS, 96 GT. VICTORIA STREET, BELFAST" THE JUG SEEMS TO DATE BETWEEN 1880 AND 1917. DUE TO THE AGE OF THE JUG, IT HAS SEEN SOME WEAR AND TEAR, BUT NOT BAD FOR A 100+ YEAR OLD PIECE.
FACTS: THE BATTLE OF THE BOYNE (IRISH: CATH NA BÓINNE) WAS FOUGHT IN 1690 BETWEEN TWO RIVAL CLAIMANTS OF THE ENGLISH, SCOTTISH, AND IRISH THRONES – THE CATHOLIC KING JAMES AND THE PROTESTANT KING WILLIAM (WHO 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’ UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO REGAIN THE CROWN AND ULTIMATELY HELPED ENSURE THE CONTINUATION OF PROTESTANT ASCENDANCY IN IRELAND.
THE BATTLE TOOK PLACE ON 1 JULY 1690 IN THE "OLD STYLE" (JULIAN) CALENDAR. THIS WAS EQUIVALENT TO 11 JULY IN THE "NEW STYLE" (GREGORIAN) CALENDAR, ALTHOUGH TODAY ITS COMMEMORATION IS HELD ON 12 JULY. WILLIAM'S FORCES DEFEATED JAMES' ARMY OF MOSTLY RAW RECRUITS. THE SYMBOLIC IMPORTANCE OF THIS BATTLE HAS MADE IT ONE OF THE BEST-KNOWN BATTLES IN BRITISH-IRISH HISTORY AND IT IS A KEY PART OF THE FOLKLORE FOR THE ORANGE ORDER. ITS COMMEMORATION TODAY IS PRINCIPALLY BY THE PROTESTANT ORANGE INSTITUTION.
BRIDGETT -- IN LOVING MEMORY OF SERGEANT WILLIAM H. BRIDGETT, 17TH ROYAL IRISH RIFLES (ULSTER DIVISION), KILLED IN ACTION AT MESSINES, JUNE 7, 1917. INTERRED IN SPANBROCKMOLEN CEMETERY. YOUNGEST SON OF WILLIAM AND THE LATE ANNIE BRIDGETT, 96 AND 98 GREAT VICTORIA STREET, BELFAST. (COURTECY OF EDDIES NEWS EXTRACTS)
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