Irish Catholic Confederation
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The Irish Catholic Confederation was a 17th-century self-governing Catholic political and military alliance in Ireland that controlled much of the country during the Confederate Wars and sought to defend Irish Catholic interests against English and Protestant rule.
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Target entity: Irish Catholic Confederation Context triple: [Wars of the Three Kingdoms, opposingForce, Irish Catholic Confederation]
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Society of United Irishmen
The Society of United Irishmen was a late 18th-century revolutionary organization in Ireland that sought to unite Catholics, Protestants, and Dissenters in the cause of Irish independence and republican reform.
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Irish Confederate Wars
The Irish Confederate Wars were a series of interconnected conflicts in 17th-century Ireland involving Irish Catholic Confederates, English Royalists, and Parliamentarians, forming the Irish theater of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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Irish Republican Brotherhood
The Irish Republican Brotherhood was a secret oath-bound revolutionary organization founded in the 19th century that sought to establish an independent Irish republic, playing a central role in planning the 1916 Easter Rising.
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Irish Rebellion of 1641
The Irish Rebellion of 1641 was a major uprising by Irish Catholics against English and Protestant rule that sparked widespread violence and helped trigger the broader Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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Council of Ireland
The Council of Ireland was a short-lived inter-parliamentary body intended to coordinate and potentially unify the separate administrations of Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland within the United Kingdom in the early 1920s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Irish Catholic Confederation Target entity description: The Irish Catholic Confederation was a 17th-century self-governing Catholic political and military alliance in Ireland that controlled much of the country during the Confederate Wars and sought to defend Irish Catholic interests against English and Protestant rule.
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A.
Society of United Irishmen
The Society of United Irishmen was a late 18th-century revolutionary organization in Ireland that sought to unite Catholics, Protestants, and Dissenters in the cause of Irish independence and republican reform.
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Irish Confederate Wars
The Irish Confederate Wars were a series of interconnected conflicts in 17th-century Ireland involving Irish Catholic Confederates, English Royalists, and Parliamentarians, forming the Irish theater of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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Irish Republican Brotherhood
The Irish Republican Brotherhood was a secret oath-bound revolutionary organization founded in the 19th century that sought to establish an independent Irish republic, playing a central role in planning the 1916 Easter Rising.
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Irish Rebellion of 1641
The Irish Rebellion of 1641 was a major uprising by Irish Catholics against English and Protestant rule that sparked widespread violence and helped trigger the broader Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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Council of Ireland
The Council of Ireland was a short-lived inter-parliamentary body intended to coordinate and potentially unify the separate administrations of Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland within the United Kingdom in the early 1920s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic confederation
ⓘ
Irish political alliance ⓘ historical political organization ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Irish Confederates
ⓘ
surface form:
Confederate Catholics of Ireland
Supreme Council of the Irish Confederation ⓘ
surface form:
Confederation of Kilkenny
|
| capital | Kilkenny ⓘ |
| conflict |
Irish Confederate Wars
ⓘ
Wars of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ |
| controlledTerritory | large parts of Ireland ⓘ |
| country |
Island of Ireland
ⓘ
surface form:
Ireland
|
| dissolutionReason | defeat by English Parliamentarian forces ⓘ |
| dissolvedFollowing | Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ |
| endTime | 1649 ⓘ |
| establishedAsResultOf | Irish Rebellion of 1641 ⓘ |
| executiveBody |
Supreme Council of the Irish Confederation
ⓘ
surface form:
Supreme Council of the Irish Catholic Confederation
|
| goal |
defend Irish Catholic interests
ⓘ
reverse Protestant land confiscations ⓘ secure religious freedom for Catholics in Ireland ⓘ |
| governmentForm | confederal government ⓘ |
| hasCause |
confiscation of Catholic-owned land in Ireland
ⓘ
discrimination against Irish Catholics ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Supreme Council of the Irish Confederation
ⓘ
surface form:
Supreme Council of the Irish Catholic Confederation
|
| headquartersLocation | Kilkenny ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
| ideology | Catholicism ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
English
ⓘ
Irish ⓘ Latin ⓘ |
| leader |
Supreme Council of the Irish Confederation
ⓘ
surface form:
Supreme Council of the Irish Catholic Confederation
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| legislativeBody |
General Assembly of the Irish Confederation
ⓘ
surface form:
General Assembly of the Irish Catholic Confederation
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| locatedInTime |
Early Modern Ireland
ⓘ
surface form:
Early modern Ireland
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| militaryBranch | Confederate Catholic army ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Giovanni Battista Rinuccini
ⓘ
Nicholas Plunkett ⓘ Owen Roe O'Neill ⓘ
surface form:
Owen Roe O’Neill
Richard Bellings ⓘ Thomas Preston ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
Parliament of England
ⓘ
surface form:
English Parliament
English Protestant settlers ⓘ Royalist forces at times ⓘ |
| partOf | Irish Confederate Wars ⓘ |
| receivedEnvoyFrom | Pope Innocent X ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| signedTreaty |
Ormond Peace of 1646
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Ormond Peace of 1646 ⓘ
surface form:
Second Ormond Peace of 1648
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| startTime | 1642 ⓘ |
| supportedBy | Papacy ⓘ |
| territoryClaimed | most of Ireland ⓘ |
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Subject: Irish Catholic Confederation Description of subject: The Irish Catholic Confederation was a 17th-century self-governing Catholic political and military alliance in Ireland that controlled much of the country during the Confederate Wars and sought to defend Irish Catholic interests against English and Protestant rule.
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