Boyne

[ boin ]

noun

1. a river in E Ireland: William III defeated James II near here 1690. 70 miles (110 km) long.

Boyne

/ bɔɪn /

noun

1. a river in the E Republic of Ireland, rising in the Bog of Allen and flowing northeast to the Irish Sea: William III of England defeated the deposed James II in a battle ( Battle of the Boyne ) on its banks in 1690, completing the overthrow of the Stuart cause in Ireland. Length: about 112 km (70 miles)

Example Sentences

In Northern Ireland “the past” starts, at the latest, with the Battle of the Boyne in 1690.

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Eighteen months later, that brigade had been the first to plunge into the waters of the Boyne.

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Boyne looked at the sheaf of certificates in Fogg's hand; he bent frightened gaze on the documents stacked on the desk.

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With a fine affectation of grief and surprise, he snapped the transmitter upon the hook and whirled on Boyne.

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Ten minutes later the record had been mailed and the flustered Boyne was trotting around town with Mr. Fogg.

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Her age was eighty-three, and she had survived the fatal Battle of the Boyne forty years!

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