Irish Catholic Confederation

This article is about the specific polity Irish Catholic Confederation and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

If you are looking for the page with the statistics about this polity you can find it here:All Statistics

An independent Irish state formed after the Irish Rebellion of 1641 and that existed through the Eleven Years' War.

Establishment

Chronology

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1. European wars of religion

Were a series of wars in Europe (and the overseas possessions of European countries) the 16th, 17th and early 18th that started after the Protestant Reformation. Although the immediate causes of the wars were religious, the motives were complex and also included territorial ambitions.

1.1.Wars of the Three Kingdoms

Were a series of intertwined conflicts fought between 1639 and 1653 in the kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland, then separate entities united in a personal union under Charles I. They resulted in victory for the Parliamentarian army, the execution of Charles I, the abolition of monarchy, and founding of the Commonwealth of England, a Unitary state which controlled the British Isles until the Stuart Restoration in 1660.

1.1.1.Irish Confederate Wars

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.

1.1.1.1.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.

Disestablishment