The spot where St. Ruth supposedly fell is marked by a bush, imaginatively named "St. Ruth's Bush"- pictured above #AughrimLive

St Ruth is up on the ridge observing the scene below. Sheldon and Luttrell are ineffectively holding off the Williamite advance and so the Marquis makes a move that will seal Ireland's fate for the next few centuries: he begins to move down the hill to his left #AughrimLive

Whether this is true, or the men were ill supplied, or keeping their heads down from the Williamite fire, something is holding the men back at the castle #AughrimLive

Losing patience with his men, who are understandably reluctant to cross, Mackay mounts his horse and rides across. Thrown from his horse, Mackay remounts, and Ruvigny crosses under heavy fire followed by Oxford's, Langston's, Byerly's, Leveson's, and Wynne's #AughrimLive

This journey is hellish; in heavy woollen coats, carrying a stone of musket alone - never mind the rest of their kit- the men have slowly crossed the bog up to their waists in mud and water #AughrimLive

By now, Earle, Herbert, Creighton, and Brewer advance into the bog towards the northern end of Aughrim Hill. The sight that meets them beyond the bog is a series of field bounderies and hedges. #AughrimLive

At around this time, the battle begins in earnest, and Huguenot troops are sent through the bog into an area that will become known as The Bloody Hollow #AughrimLive

Around this time, skirmishing begins at the Tristaun crossing with Danish troops and Cunningham’s Enniskillen dragoons clashing with the Jacobites. Casualties at this point are low, although there is a steady amount of troops being sent in from either side.
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The Williamites have reached the battlefield by this time and drawn up into their battle lines. The fog that has shrouded the field for most of the day begins to lift, and the artillery begins to fire. The sound of the cannons will be a constant noise for approximately the next 7 hours. #AughrimLive

Meanwhile, the Jacobite forces encamped at #Aughrim are celebrating mass.
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