a battle in the War of the Grand Alliance in Ireland in 1690, where William III of England defeated the deposed James II and so ended Stuart Catholicism in England.

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

The Boyne was a 1,403 ton, Nourse Line sailing ship built by T.R. Oswald of Southhampton in 1877. It was referred to as the Hoodo Ship for the number of mishaps that occurred to it, finally running agroung in 1886.