Note 9 — Chapter III
Reading edition
It is quite apocryphal that Macklin was two months old when his father was killed at the Battle of the Boyne. When he was in full possession of his faculties he said he was born in November 1699. As he died in 1797 he had accomplished ninety-seven years, the age stated on his coffin-lid, and was in his ninety-eighth year.—Doran MS.
Dr. Doran no doubt means that Macklin's father was not killed at the Battle of the Boyne.