The Treaty of Limerick ends the Irish war
1691 · Event
After the Boyne and Aughrim, the Jacobite army in Ireland surrenders on terms: the 'Wild Geese' may sail for France, and Irish Catholics are promised toleration. Parliament breaks the promise within a decade with the Penal Laws — the 'broken treaty' Irish memory holds against the settlement.
On these timelines: Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, The Glorious Revolution, United Kingdom (combined), Master
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