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--- ins_siege_of_limerick [2019/04/25 20:35]
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+++ ins_siege_of_limerick [2024/01/29 01:48] (current)
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 ====== The Siege of Limerick ======
-, commemorating the two assaults by William of Orange on the Jacobite
-stronghold of Limerick in 1690 and 1691\\
+ Playford in 1695.. \\
-duple minor, longways \\
+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 |}}
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-Part         Bars        Description
+Part     Bars        Description
 A1       2        1st man cast below as 2nd man dances up
         1st man pass CW around 2nd woman to progressed place
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+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
+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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