Polity Irish Catholic Confederation

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

Establishment

  • June 1642: Siege of Limerick.
  • September 1642: The people of Galway were now solidly on the Irish Confederate side.
  • November 1642: Irish Catholic upper classes and clergy formed the Catholic Confederation in May 1642.

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.

  • June 1642: Siege of Limerick.
  • September 1642: The people of Galway were now solidly on the Irish Confederate side.
  • November 1642: Irish Catholic upper classes and clergy formed the Catholic Confederation in May 1642.
  • March 1645: Siege of Bangalore.
  • September 1647: Cashel is acquired by the Kingdom of Ireland (Great Britain).

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.

  • September 1649: Siege of Drogheda.
  • October 1649: Sack of Wexford.
  • November 1649: Battle of Arklow.
  • December 1649: Carrickfergus surrendered on 13 December.
  • March 1650: Siege of Kilkenny.
  • April 1650: Early in 1650, Monro agreed to evacuate Enniskillen.
  • May 1650: Battle of Macroom.
  • May 1650: Siege of Clonmel.
  • June 1650: Battle of Scarrifholis.
  • June 1650: Siege of Pyongyang.
  • August 1650: Siege of Tecroghan.
  • August 1650: Siege of Charlemont.
  • October 1650: Battle of Meelick Island.
  • July 1651: Battle of Knocknaclashy.
  • October 1651: Siege of Limerick.
  • May 1652: Siege of Galway.

Disestablishment

  • May 1652: Siege of Galway.