Associations to the word «Boyne»

Wiktionary

BOYNE, proper noun. A river in Ireland.

Dictionary definition

BOYNE, noun. 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.

Wise words

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