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There was a generation of calm in Ireland until another war broke out in 1689, again due to political conflict closely aligned with ethnic and religious differences.

The Williamite war in Ireland ( 1689 – 91 ) was fought between Jacobites who supported the restoration of the Catholic James II to the throne of England and Williamites who supported the Protestant William of Orange.

The Protestant Ulster community, including the Scots, fought on the Williamite side in the war against Irish Catholics and their French allies.

The fear of a repeat of the massacres of 1641, fear of retribution for religious persecution, as well as their wish to hold onto lands which had been confiscated from Catholic landowners, were all principal motivating factors.