Irish Confederate Wars

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civil war conflict in Ireland war

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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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil war → conflict in Ireland → war →
alsoKnownAs	Eleven Years' War →
cause	Irish Rebellion of 1641 → land ownership disputes in Ireland → religious tensions between Catholics and Protestants in Ireland →
commander	Henry Ireton → James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond → Murrough O'Brien, 1st Earl of Inchiquin → Oliver Cromwell → Owen Roe O'Neill → Thomas Preston →
conflict	English Parliamentarians → English Royalists → Irish Catholic Confederation → Scottish Covenanters →
country	Ireland →
endTime	1653 →
hasEffect	Cromwellian land confiscations in Ireland → implementation of the Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652 → mass displacement of Irish Catholic landowners → severe population loss in Ireland →
hasPart	Cromwellian conquest of Ireland → Irish Rebellion of 1641 → Parliamentarian reconquest phase → Royalist–Confederate alliance phase →
languageOfBelligerents	English → Irish → Scottish Gaelic →
location	Connacht → Kingdom of Ireland → Leinster → Munster → Ulster →
mainBelligerent	Confederate Catholics of Ireland → English Parliament → Royalists → Scottish Covenanter forces →
partOf	Wars of the Three Kingdoms →
religiousAspect	Catholic–Protestant conflict →
result	Cromwellian conquest of Ireland → Parliamentarian control of Ireland → defeat of Irish Catholic Confederation →
significantEvent	Battle of Benburb → Battle of Dungan's Hill → Battle of Knocknanuss → Siege of Clonmel → Siege of Drogheda → Siege of Limerick (1651) → Siege of Wexford →
startTime	1641 →
timePeriod	17th century →

Referenced by (40)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Dungan's Hill → Battle of Knocknanuss → Charles I of England → Irish Confederate Wars ("Irish Catholic Confederation") → Siege of Limerick (1651) →	conflict
Battle of Knocknanuss ("Cromwellian conquest of Ireland") → Bishops' Wars → Irish Rebellion of 1641 → Irish Rebellion of 1641 ("Cromwellian conquest of Ireland") → Royalist–Confederate alliance phase ("Cromwellian conquest of Ireland") →	followedBy
Battle of Benburb → Battle of Dungan's Hill → Irish Rebellion of 1641 → Royalist–Confederate alliance phase → Siege of Wexford →	partOf
Irish Confederate Wars ("Cromwellian conquest of Ireland") → Third English Civil War ("Cromwellian conquest of Ireland") → Wars of the Three Kingdoms → Wars of the Three Kingdoms ("Cromwellian conquest of Ireland") →	hasPart
Battle of Benburb ("Ulster theater of the Irish Confederate Wars") → Royalist–Confederate alliance phase → Siege of Clonmel →	militaryTheater
Henry Ireton ("Cromwellian conquest of Ireland") → James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond → Owen Roe O'Neill →	participatedIn
Battle of Benburb ("Battles of the Irish Confederate Wars") → Battle of Dungan's Hill ("Battles of the Irish Confederate Wars") →	category
Irish Rebellion of 1641 ("Confederate Wars in Ireland") → Irish Rebellion of 1641 ("Cromwellian conquest of Ireland") →	hasEffect
Battle of Dungan's Hill ("Irish Confederate Wars (1641–1653)") → Battle of Knocknanuss ("Irish Confederate Wars (1641–1653)") →	historicalPeriod
Murrough O'Brien, 1st Earl of Inchiquin → Thomas Preston →	militaryConflict
Oliver Cromwell → Oliver Cromwell ("Cromwellian conquest of Ireland") →	notableEvent
Siege of Drogheda ("Cromwellian conquest of Ireland") →	conflictOf
Siege of Limerick (1651) →	laterStageOf
Siege of Limerick (1651) →	relatedEvent
Royalist–Confederate alliance phase ("Cromwellian conquest of Ireland") →	relatedTo
Munster →	wasSceneOf