Irish Confederate Wars

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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 Wars of the Three Kingdoms
surface form: 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 Parliament of England
surface form: English Parliamentarians

English Royalists
Irish Confederate Wars self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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 Irish Confederate Wars self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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 Scottish Covenanters
surface form: Confederate Catholics of Ireland

Parliament of England
surface form: English Parliament

Royalists
Scottish Covenanters
surface form: Scottish Covenanter forces
partOf Wars of the Three Kingdoms
religiousAspect Catholic–Protestant conflict
result Siege of Drogheda
surface form: 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

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Irish Catholic Confederation conflict Irish Confederate Wars
Alasdair MacColla participatedIn Irish Confederate Wars
Theobald Taaffe, 1st Viscount Taaffe conflict Irish Confederate Wars
Theobald Taaffe, 1st Viscount Taaffe conflict Irish Confederate Wars
this entity surface form: Wars of the Three Kingdoms in Ireland
Munster campaign of 1647 conflict Irish Confederate Wars
Battle of Clones conflict Irish Confederate Wars
Battle of Clones partOf Irish Confederate Wars
Munster Parliamentarian army conflict Irish Confederate Wars
Michael Jones participatedIn Irish Confederate Wars
Blackwater River associatedConflict Irish Confederate Wars
subject surface form: Blackwater River (Northern Ireland)
Eoghan Ruadh Ó Néill conflict Irish Confederate Wars
Earl of Ormond conflictInvolvement Irish Confederate Wars
Battle of Portlester partOf Irish Confederate Wars
Battle of Portlester hasCause Irish Confederate Wars
this entity surface form: Wars of the Three Kingdoms in Ireland
Battle of Rathmines conflict Irish Confederate Wars
Battle of Rathmines theatre Irish Confederate Wars
this entity surface form: Irish Confederate Wars – Leinster theatre
David Sinnott participatedIn Irish Confederate Wars
Battle of Knocknacross partOf Irish Confederate Wars
Battle of Knocknacross conflict Irish Confederate Wars
Siege of Waterford conflict Irish Confederate Wars
Robert Monro participatedIn Irish Confederate Wars
Robert Monro conflict Irish Confederate Wars
James Stafford conflict Irish Confederate Wars
James Stafford partOf Irish Confederate Wars
subject surface form: Siege of Wexford
Cromwellian conquest of Ireland conflictIn Irish Confederate Wars
Garrett Barry participatedIn Irish Confederate Wars
Butler family historicalInfluence Irish Confederate Wars
Duke of Ormonde associatedWith Irish Confederate Wars
Nugent family involvedIn Irish Confederate Wars