Charles MacCarthy More was an Irish Jacobite soldier of the seventeenth century known for his service during the

Williamite War in Ireland The Williamite War in Ireland took place from March 1689 to October 1691. Fought between Jacobitism, Jacobite supporters of James II of England, James II and those of his successor, William III of England, William III, it resulted in a Williamit ...

. Following the landing of

Marshal Schomberg Frederick Herman de Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg (6 December 1615 – 1 July 1690) was a German-born army officer who served as the English Master-General of the Ordnance from 1689 to 1690. Having fought in the French, Portuguese, Dutch ...

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expeditionary force at

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in August 1689 the Jacobite commander of the area Thomas Maxwell decided to withdraw most of his soldiers southwards towards

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. Maxwell appointed MacCarthy More to command at

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with his own regiment, as well as elements of Colonel Cormac O'Neill's. His orders were to delay Schomberg as long as possible while the main

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was readied to defend

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. After a week-long

Siege of Carrickfergus The siege of Carrickfergus took place in August 1689 when a force of Williamite troops under Marshal Schomberg landed and laid siege to the Jacobite garrison of Carrickfergus in Ireland. After a week the Jacobites surrendered, and were allo ...

the garrison surrendered, and were allowed to march out to Jacobite-controlled Newry with the honours of war. The following year MacCarthy More was Governor of

Youghal Youghal ( ; ) is a seaside resort town in County Cork, Ireland. Located on the estuary of the Munster Blackwater, River Blackwater, the town is a former military and economic centre. Located on the edge of a steep riverbank, the town has a long ...

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. In 1691 he was active around

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.Childs p.330

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Bibliography

* Childs, John. ''The Williamite Wars in Ireland''. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2007. 17th-century Irish people Irish Jacobites Irish soldiers Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Irish soldiers in the army of James II of England {{Ireland-bio-stub