tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062377461026943825.post6311107012658666373..comments2023-10-19T22:49:15.517+01:00Comments on Ulster's Doomed!: Yes to the Boyne ObeliskHorsemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16655806346968204169noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062377461026943825.post-55259635876280245022010-01-21T12:07:33.565+00:002010-01-21T12:07:33.565+00:00Kieron says,
Horseman, I agree entirely. It is a ...Kieron says,<br /><br />Horseman, I agree entirely. It is a fascinating period in history, (wasnt the pope on the side of King Billy?) and I still cant quite get my head around how the British, the religion issue notwithstanding, could welcome a Dutch King as Monarch. The Sun wouldnt stand for it these days, so luckily for King Billy that Murdoch wansn't around then. There is a suggestion, that rather than religion being the key to understanding Johhny Foreigner being invited to take the throne becuase he was a 'Prod' the real reson was London's leading merchants wishing to have access to the trade in spice. But perhaps that is a papish, left wing revisionism. <br /><br />An interesting fact which I only stumbled across (possibly because I never bothered to read about this period until recently) was that it was a Churchill ancestor (John Churchill Duke of Marlborough) switching sides from James to Billy (something that Winston was quite adept at, which his brilliant quip of rat and re-rat highlighted) that persuaded James the game was up and to flee the country.<br /><br />Perhaps I move in the wrong circles but I find it strange that said Duke is not more of an Unionist/Orange Order hero to go along with Randolph?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com