The final act of the Williamite War. After Aughrim, Sarsfield led the remnant of the Jacobite army back to Limerick. After a second siege, the Treaty of Limerick was negotiated. It guaranteed Catholics religious toleration and allowed the Jacobite army to go to France (the Flight of the Wild Geese — c.12,000 soldiers). The penal laws subsequently enacted made a mockery of the treaty's promises. The Wild Geese became legendary Irish brigades in French, Spanish and Austrian service for the next century.
Relatively few in the siege itself; the real loss was the exodus of the Wild Geese
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