New Release: The Battle of the Boyne 54mm Scale Soldiers

The Battle of the Boyne is controversial in the sense that its the foundation stone of the Protestant Ascendancy in many ways, and is often thought of as a clear victory of one side over the other. So depending on your background you might think that's an unqualified good or an unqualified evil. Of course history is much more complicated than that kind of thinking allows, and sensible people treat it with a bit more dispassion. (Just checked "dispassion" in an online dictionary. First recorded use supposedly; 1692. Now there's an irony.)

However if it bears a real characteristic it might better be described as a subject of ignorance, just like any other battle. Persons of a nationalist bent might, like the Gauls of Asterix claiming not to know where Alesia is, prefer not to look to closely. Persons of a unionist bent would likely know more, but I recall an interview with an Orangeman on TV, where it was stated that King James and the Pope were present and leading the Republican army.

The commemoration of the battle can be the subject of controversy in Northern Ireland through parades, but that carries with it all the political baggage of the time since. Back in the 90s parades were an issue that lead to big problems of governance, with rioting and blocked roads etc, but much of the heat has gone out of it in recent years. Few in the Republic much care about the subject.

There is an increasing trend toward tolerance of each other's (indeed necessarily shared)cultural heritage.
A prime example; link
I come from a background which would not have encouraged study of the Boyne, but regardless I find it an interesting period, and have always loved it. There will always be some level of political sensitivity about it among some people, but certainly not so much as to make Prince August's efforts a problem. I think its great to see more figures available for the subject.