FITZGIBBON’s book is an in-depth and fascinating account of William of Orange’s war against his father-in-law, the deposed James II, a Catholic, on Irish shores.

MICK O’DWYER however briefly, showed every one of his legendary 75 years in Aughrim on Saturday as the wind whipped at the snowy hair and the seamed face that had just watched Armagh knock his Wicklow charges out of the championship.

The site of the country’s bloodiest battle between Catholics and Protestants should be developed as an international tourist attraction, according to Community Minister Eamon O Cuiv.