Derry and Enniskillen in the Year 1689
The Story of Some Famous Battle-Fields in Ulster
by
Thomas Witherow, D.D.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
- How Matters Stood in 1688
- The Shutting of the Gates
- The Investment
- The Siege:—
- First Sally
- Surrender of Culmore
- Skirmish at Pennyburn
- Battle at the Windmill
- Murray's Father
- Fight at Creggan
- Council of Fourteen
- Second Battle at the Windmill
- The Bombs
- Arrival of the English Ships
- The Boom
- The Boat-Fight
- General Rosen
- Governor Mitchelburn
- Attempt at Communication
- Lord Clancarty
- Rosen's Stratagem
- Hamilton's Proposals
- The Jacobite Camp
- Hardships of the Garrison
- Talk of Surrender
- Hopes from Inch
- The Council in the Irish Camp
- The Last Fight
- The Relief
- The Defence of Enniskillen:—
- They Show Fight
- Governor Hamilton
- Interview with Mountjoy
- Preparations
- Sir Gerard Irvine
- William and Mary Proclaimed
- Letter from Lundy
- Cavan in Retreat
- Siege of Crom
- Galmoy's Perfidy
- Lundy's Aid and Counsel
- Trillic and Augher
- Break of Belleek
- The Fort at Enniskillen
- Raid into Cavan and Meath
- Visit to Omagh
- Failure to Relieve Derry
- Battle of Belturbet
- News from the Fleet
- Duke of Berwick
- Visit to Kirke
- Lisnaskea
- Newtownbutler
- Conclusion
- Thanksgiving and Congratulations
- Governor Walker
- The Reward
- Reflections
APPENDIX OF PAPERS
- The Letter to the Society at London, sent from Derry by Mr. Cairns
- The Declaration
- Lord Mountjoy's Articles, with the City of Derry, 21st December, 1688
- By the Lord-Deputy and Council—A Proclamation
- The King's Letter to Ireland, by Capt. Leighton
- Mr. Hamilton's Instructions
- Instructions to Mr. David Cairns
- Orders to John Cunningham and Col. Solomon Richards
- Proposals of Articles to be made to the Right Honourable Lieutenant-General Hamilton
- The Commission
- Daniel Eccles, of Clones, to Enniskillen
- Dane to MacCarmick
- Letter from Belfast to Lord Blayney
- Commission from Enniskillen to Hamilton and Cathcart
- Appointment of Council for North-East
- Appointment of Commander-in-Chief
- The Oath of the Private Soldiers at Enniskillen
- Derry Address to King William
- Address from Enniskillen
- Derry to King William
Derry and Enniskillen in the Year 1689
Thomas Witherow's thoroughly researched and well-annotated work is a classic account of the Siege of Derry, from the shutting of the gates against the Jacobite forces by the thirteen apprentice boys to the relief of the city by Major-General Kirke's fleet in July 1689. The defence of Enniskillen and the counteroffensive actions of the Enniskilleners is also ably documented.
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Fighters of Derry
William R. Young’s Fighters of Derry has for decades been one of the most overlooked works on the Siege of Derry and as a local genealogical resource. First published in 1932, the book was the product of ten years’ research into identifying participants at the siege which the author undertook when suffering from ill-health in the latter part of his life.
The book is essentially divided into two parts: the first contains 1660 biographical entries relating to the defenders of Derry, tracing, where possible, the family lineage; and the second part includes 352 entries on the Jacobite side. Apart from individual accounts of eminent protagonists in the siege, such as David Cairnes, Rev. George Walker, the Duke of Schomberg, Patrick Sarsfield, etc., there is also background given to many of the most influential families involved in the conflict.
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The Actions of the Enniskillen-men
While the epic siege of Derry is usually accorded its proper place in history, the contemporaneous exploits of the Enniskillen men are often overlooked. This is manifestly unjust because the Enniskilleners demonstrated bravery and heroism in battle at least equal to that of the defenders of Londonderry. Some, of course, rate the actions of the Enniskillen men more highly. As far as Revd Andrew Hamilton, the Rector of Kilskeery and author of A True Relation of the Actions of the Inniskilling Men (1690), was concerned ‘The Derry men saved a city but the Enniskilleners saved a kingdom.’
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