Confederate Catholic army

E936530

early modern army military organization

The Confederate Catholic army was the main military force of the Irish Catholic Confederation during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms in the mid-17th century, fighting to defend Catholic interests and Irish autonomy.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Confederate Catholic army canonical	2
Confederate Munster army	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	early modern army ⓘ military organization ⓘ
activeYearsEnd	1649 ⓘ
activeYearsStart	1642 ⓘ
allegiance	Irish Catholic Confederation NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Confederate army NERFINISHED ⓘ Irish Confederate army NERFINISHED ⓘ
commandStructure	under authority of the Confederate Supreme Council at Kilkenny ⓘ
conflict	Irish Confederate Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ Wars of the Three Kingdoms NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Irish Catholic Confederation NERFINISHED ⓘ
disbandedBy	English Parliamentarian regime NERFINISHED ⓘ
disbandedFollowing	Cromwellian conquest of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
engagement	Battle of Benburb NERFINISHED ⓘ Siege of Derry (1649 attempt by Confederate and Royalist forces) NERFINISHED ⓘ various sieges and battles across Ireland 1642–1649 ⓘ
goal	obtain recognition of Irish self-government under the king ⓘ reverse Protestant land confiscations ⓘ secure religious freedom for Catholics in Ireland ⓘ
headquarters	Kilkenny NERFINISHED ⓘ
ideology	Irish political autonomy ⓘ defence of Catholic interests in Ireland ⓘ
legacy	important force in Irish Catholic nationalist memory ⓘ
militaryType	infantry and cavalry field army ⓘ
notableCommander	Garret Barry NERFINISHED ⓘ Owen Roe O’Neill NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Butler, 3rd Viscount Mountgarret NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Preston NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Preston, 1st Viscount Tara NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatedIn	Kingdom of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
organizedBy	Supreme Council of the Irish Catholic Confederation NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Irish Confederate Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryOpponents	English Parliamentarian forces ⓘ Royalist forces in certain phases of the war ⓘ Scottish Covenanter forces ⓘ
provinceCommand	Connacht army ⓘ Leinster army NERFINISHED ⓘ Munster army ⓘ Ulster army NERFINISHED ⓘ
recruitmentBase	Irish Catholic gentry ⓘ Irish Catholic peasantry ⓘ Irish mercenaries returning from continental Europe ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
structure	divided into provincial armies ⓘ
supportedBy	Irish Catholic clergy ⓘ
supportedMonarch	Charles I of England in various treaties ⓘ
usedLanguage	English ⓘ Irish ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Irish Confederates → militaryBranch → Confederate Catholic army ⓘ

Irish Catholic Confederation → militaryBranch → Confederate Catholic army ⓘ

Munster Parliamentarian army → notableEnemy → Confederate Catholic army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Confederate Munster army