Noun: battle of Boyne
- A battle in the War of the Grand Alliance in Ireland in 1690; William III defeated the deposed James II and so ended the Catholicism that had been reintroduced in England by the Stuarts
- Battle of the Boyne, Boyne
Type of: pitched battle
Part of: Nine Years' War, War of the Grand Alliance, War of the League of Augsburg
Encyclopedia: Battle of Boyne