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-The Siege of Limerick ​    1698    ​duple minor, longways ​+====== ​The Siege of Limerick ​====== 
 + 
 + ​Playford in 1695.. \\ 
 +Adapted by Cecil Sharp in 1922. \\ 
 +duple minor proper, longways ​\\ 
 +Recordings: {{ ::​music:​siege_of_limerick--036.mp3.zip |}}\\ 
 +{{ ::​music:​siege_of_limerick--037.mp3.zip |}}
        
 <​code>​ <​code>​
-   Part         ​Bars        Description +Part     ​Bars        Description 
-   ​A1        2        1st man cast below as 2nd man dances up +A1       ​2        1st man cast below as 2nd man dances up 
-           ​           1st man pass CW around 2nd woman to progressed place +         ​       1st man pass CW around 2nd woman to progressed place 
-   ​A2        4        1st woman similarly on her side +A2       ​4        1st woman similarly on her side 
-   ​B        2        1's cast up +B        2        1's cast up 
-           ​2        All back to back partners +         ​2        All back to back partners 
-           ​4        Circular hey, 4 changes, beginning with partner +         ​4        Circular hey, 4 changes, beginning with partner 
-           ​1        1's lead down middle, turn +         ​1        1's lead down middle, turn 
-           ​1        1's lead back up middle +         ​1        1's lead back up middle 
-           ​2        1's cast down to progressed place</​code>​+         ​2        1's cast down to progressed place 
 +</​code>​
  
 +Video: https://​www.youtube.com/​watch?​v=9BP24xQBKbQ&​t=18s\\
 +commemorating the two assaults by William of Orange on the Jacobite
 +stronghold of Limerick in 1690 and 1691
  
 +By then, it was late August. Winter was approaching, ​
 +and William wanted to finish the war in Ireland so 
 +that he could return to the Netherlands and get 
 +on with the main business of the War of the Grand 
 +Alliance against the French. For that reason, he 
 +decided on an all-out assault on Limerick.
 +William'​s men had suffered about 3,000 casualties, ​
 +including many of their best Dutch, Danish, German ​
 +and Huguenot troops. The Jacobites had lost only 
 +400 men in the battle. The worsening weather made 
 +William call off the siege and put his troops into 
 +winter quarters, where another 2,000 of them died 
 +of disease. William himself left Ireland shortly ​
 +afterwards and returned to London.
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