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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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
legislativeBody General Assembly of the Irish Confederation
surface form: General Assembly of the Irish Catholic Confederation
locatedInTime Early Modern Ireland
surface form: Early modern Ireland
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
Ormond Peace of 1646
surface form: Second Ormond Peace of 1648
startTime 1642
supportedBy Papacy
territoryClaimed most of Ireland

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Wars of the Three Kingdoms opposingForce Irish Catholic Confederation
Royalist–Confederate alliance phase allianceBetween Irish Catholic Confederation
this entity surface form: Irish Catholic Confederation and English Royalists
Battle of Knocknanuss combatantSide Irish Catholic Confederation
Battle of Knocknanuss primaryOpposingForce Irish Catholic Confederation
this entity surface form: Munster Confederate army
Battle of Benburb side1Affiliation Irish Catholic Confederation
this entity surface form: Irish Confederation of Kilkenny
Owen Roe O'Neill militaryBranch Irish Catholic Confederation
this entity surface form: Irish Confederate Army
Owen Roe O'Neill allegiance Irish Catholic Confederation
this entity surface form: Confederate Ireland
Owen Roe O'Neill allegiance Irish Catholic Confederation
Battle of Dungan's Hill relatedTo Irish Catholic Confederation
this entity surface form: Irish Confederate Leinster army
Siege of Clonmel defender Irish Catholic Confederation
this entity surface form: Irish Confederate forces
Siege of Clonmel combatantSide Irish Catholic Confederation
this entity surface form: Irish Confederate and Royalist alliance
Thomas Preston allegiance Irish Catholic Confederation
this entity surface form: Confederate Catholics of Ireland
Nine Years' War in Ireland belligerent Irish Catholic Confederation
this entity surface form: Irish Confederates of Ulster
Irish Confederates alsoKnownAs Irish Catholic Confederation
this entity surface form: Confederation of Kilkenny
Munster campaign of 1647 opponent Irish Catholic Confederation
this entity surface form: Irish Confederates
Munster campaign of 1647 belligerent Irish Catholic Confederation
this entity surface form: Confederate Ireland
Battle of Clones side Irish Catholic Confederation
this entity surface form: Irish Confederates
Ormondist faction within Confederate Ireland country Irish Catholic Confederation
this entity surface form: Confederate Ireland
Munster Parliamentarian army opposedTo Irish Catholic Confederation
Rory O'Moore politicalAlignment Irish Catholic Confederation
Eoghan Ruadh Ó Néill allegiance Irish Catholic Confederation
this entity surface form: Irish Confederate Catholics
Battle of Rathmines belligerent Irish Catholic Confederation
this entity surface form: Irish Confederates
Siege of Waterford combatant Irish Catholic Confederation