Irish Rebellion of 1641

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf conflict
event in Irish history
rebellion
uprising
followedBy Cromwellian conquest of Ireland
Irish Confederate Wars
hasAlternateName Great Irish Rebellion
Irish Rising of 1641
hasCause Plantation of Ulster
fears of anti-Catholic policies by English Parliament
land confiscations in Ireland
political marginalization of Irish Catholic elite
religious discrimination against Catholics
hasEffect Confederate Wars in Ireland
Cromwellian conquest of Ireland
escalation of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms
formation of the Irish Catholic Confederation
massacres of Protestant settlers
reprisal killings of Catholics
hasEndYear 1653
hasKeyFigure Charles I of England
Felim O'Neill of Kinard
James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond
Owen Roe O'Neill
Phelim O'Neill
Rory O'Moore
Sir William Parsons
hasMainLocation Connacht
Leinster
Munster
Ulster
hasNotableDocument 1641 Depositions
hasObjective obtain greater political autonomy for Irish Catholics
reverse or halt Protestant plantations
secure religious freedom for Catholics
hasParticipant Charles I of England
English and Scottish Protestant settlers
English government in Ireland
Gaelic Irish
Irish Catholic gentry
Irish Confederates
Old English Catholics
hasPoliticalContext reign of Charles I of England
tensions between Charles I and English Parliament
hasReligionAspect Catholic–Protestant conflict
hasStartDate 1641-10-23
hasStartYear 1641
partOf Irish Confederate Wars
Wars of the Three Kingdoms
precededBy Plantation of Ulster
tookPlaceIn Ireland
Kingdom of Ireland


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