Irish Confederates

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Catholic political movement confederation historical organization

The Irish Confederates were a coalition of Irish Catholic nobles, clergy, and military leaders who governed much of Ireland and fought to defend Catholic interests and Irish autonomy during the mid-17th-century conflicts known as the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Irish Confederates canonical	12
Irish Confederate forces	9
Confederate Catholics of Ireland	3
Army of the Irish Confederation	1
Irish Confederate Army	1
Irish Confederate Army in Ulster	1
Irish Confederate Ulster Army	1
Irish Confederate army	1
Irish Confederate army of Leinster	1
Irish Confederate troops	1
Irish Confederates attacked late in the day with the sun and wind at their backs	1
Irish Confederates used a strong defensive position before counterattacking	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic political movement ⓘ confederation ⓘ historical organization ⓘ
activeInPeriod	1640s ⓘ 17th century ⓘ
alliedWith	Royalists ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Irish Confederates ⓘ surface form: Confederate Catholics of Ireland Irish Catholic Confederation ⓘ surface form: Confederation of Kilkenny
capital	Kilkenny ⓘ
conflict	Battle of Benburb ⓘ Siege of Derry ⓘ surface form: Siege of Derry (1649)
country	Island of Ireland ⓘ surface form: Ireland
dissolvedFollowing	Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
endTime	1649 ⓘ
establishedFollowing	Irish Rebellion of 1641 ⓘ
formedDuring	Irish Confederate Wars ⓘ
goal	defend Catholic interests in Ireland ⓘ reverse Protestant land confiscations ⓘ secure Irish autonomy ⓘ
governingBody	Supreme Council of the Irish Confederation ⓘ
governmentType	confederal government ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Kilkenny Castle ⓘ
historicalRegion	Early Modern Ireland ⓘ surface form: Early modern Ireland
ideology	Counter-Reformation Catholicism ⓘ
issued	own coinage ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Irish ⓘ Latin ⓘ
legalSystem	mixture of English law and traditional Irish practices ⓘ
legislativeBody	General Assembly of the Irish Confederation ⓘ
militaryBranch	Confederate Catholic army ⓘ
notableClericalLeader	Giovanni Battista Rinuccini ⓘ
notableLeader	Donagh MacCarthy, Viscount Muskerry ⓘ Owen Roe O'Neill ⓘ Thomas Preston ⓘ
opposedTo	Parliamentarians ⓘ surface form: English Parliamentarians Scottish Covenanters ⓘ
partOf	Wars of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ
recognizedBy	Papacy ⓘ surface form: Papacy (de facto support via nuncio)
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
signedTreaty	Ormond Peace of 1646 ⓘ Ormond Peace of 1646 ⓘ surface form: Second Ormond Peace of 1648
signedTreatyWith	Charles I of England ⓘ
startTime	1642 ⓘ
supportedBy	Irish Catholic clergy ⓘ Irish Catholic gentry ⓘ Irish Catholics ⓘ surface form: Irish Catholic nobility
territoryControlled	most of Ireland ⓘ

Referenced by (33)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wars of the Three Kingdoms → mainBelligerent → Irish Confederates ⓘ

Irish Rebellion of 1641 → hasParticipant → Irish Confederates ⓘ

Royalist–Confederate alliance phase → hasParticipant → Irish Confederates ⓘ

Royalist–Confederate alliance phase → hasAlly → Irish Confederates ⓘ

Siege of Drogheda → hasBelligerent → Irish Confederates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irish Confederate forces

Battle of Knocknanuss → belligerent → Irish Confederates ⓘ

Battle of Benburb → belligerent → Irish Confederates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irish Confederate Ulster Army

Battle of Benburb → notableTactic → Irish Confederates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irish Confederates attacked late in the day with the sun and wind at their backs

Battle of Benburb → notableTactic → Irish Confederates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irish Confederates used a strong defensive position before counterattacking

Murrough O'Brien, 1st Earl of Inchiquin → allegiance → Irish Confederates ⓘ

Battle of Dungan's Hill → belligerent → Irish Confederates ⓘ

Battle of Dungan's Hill → combatant1 → Irish Confederates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irish Confederate army of Leinster

Siege of Wexford → hasParticipant → Irish Confederates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irish Confederate troops

Siege of Clonmel → belligerent → Irish Confederates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irish Confederate forces

Siege of Limerick (1651) → countryInvolved → Irish Confederates ⓘ

Siege of Limerick (1651) → belligerent → Irish Confederates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irish Confederate forces

Irish Confederates → alsoKnownAs → Irish Confederates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Confederate Catholics of Ireland

Irish Catholic Confederation → alsoKnownAs → Irish Confederates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Confederate Catholics of Ireland

Alasdair MacColla → militaryBranch → Irish Confederates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irish Confederate forces

Munster campaign of 1647 → hasParticipant → Irish Confederates ⓘ

Battle of Clones → belligerent → Irish Confederates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irish Confederate forces

Battle of Clones → hasParticipant → Irish Confederates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irish Confederate Army in Ulster

Ormondist faction within Confederate Ireland → partOf → Irish Confederates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Confederate Catholics of Ireland

Munster Parliamentarian army → opposedBy → Irish Confederates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irish Confederate forces

Eoghan Ruadh Ó Néill → servedIn → Irish Confederates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Army of the Irish Confederation

Battle of Portlester → participant → Irish Confederates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irish Confederate forces

Battle of Knocknacross → belligerent → Irish Confederates ⓘ

Battle of Knocknacross → side2 → Irish Confederates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irish Confederate army

Siege of Waterford → belligerent → Irish Confederates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irish Confederate forces

Cromwellian conquest of Ireland → belligerent → Irish Confederates ⓘ

Garrett Barry → allegiance → Irish Confederates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irish Confederate forces

Garrett Barry → servedIn → Irish Confederates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irish Confederate Army

Garrett Barry → sideInConflict → Irish Confederates ⓘ