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Name: Irish Confederate Wars
Type: Event
Start: 1641 AD
End: 1652 AD
Parent: Wars of the Three Kingdoms
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Irish Confederate Wars
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Was the Irish theatre of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, a series of civil wars in the Kingdoms of Ireland, England and Scotland - all ruled by Charles I.
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1. Irish Rebellion of 1641
The revolt began as an attempted coup d'état by Irish Catholic gentry, who tried to seize control of the English administration in Ireland to force concessions for Catholics. The coup failed and the rebellion developed into an ethnic conflict between Irish Catholics on one side, and English and Scottish Protestants on the other.
2. Cromwellian conquest of Ireland
Was the re-conquest of Ireland by the forces of the English Parliament, led by Oliver Cromwell, during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
