List of conflicts in Ireland

This is a list of conflicts in Ireland, including wars, armed rebellions, battles and skirmishes. Irish Warriors participated in many wars in Europe and “England” as well and are not completely recognized on this page.

List of wars and rebellions in Ireland edit

Year(s) Conflict Notes
917–1014 Viking wars in Ireland
1169–75 Norman invasion of Ireland
1315–18 Bruce campaign in Ireland Part of the First War of Scottish Independence
1333–38 Burke Civil War A conflict among the House of Burke
1534 Kildare Rebellion
1569–73 First Desmond Rebellion Part of the Tudor conquest of Ireland
1579–83 Second Desmond Rebellion Part of the Tudor conquest of Ireland
1594–1603 Nine Years' War Part of the Tudor conquest of Ireland
1641–42 Irish Rebellion of 1641 Part of the Eleven Years' War
1642–49 Confederate War Part of the Eleven Years' War
1649–53 Cromwellian conquest of Ireland Part of the Eleven Years' War
1689–91 Williamite–Jacobite War Part of the War of the Grand Alliance
1798 Irish Rebellion of 1798
1803 Irish Rebellion of 1803
1831–36 Tithe War
1848 Young Irelander Rebellion
1867 Fenian Rising
1870–93 Land War
1916 Easter Rising Part of the Irish revolutionary period
1919–22 Irish War of Independence Part of the Irish revolutionary period
1922–23 Irish Civil War Part of the Irish revolutionary period
1942–44 Northern Campaign Irish republican campaign against the state of Northern Ireland
1956–62 Border Campaign Irish republican campaign against the state of Northern Ireland
1968–98 The Troubles

List of battles in Ireland edit

Prehistoric era edit

5th century edit

6th century edit

7th century edit

8th century edit

9th century edit

10th century edit

11th century edit

12th century edit

13th century edit

14th century edit

Bruce Campaign edit


15th century edit

16th century edit

Mac an Iarla War edit

c. 1570–1583, between the sons of Richard Burke, 2nd Earl of Clanricarde

Desmond Rebellions edit

First Desmond Rebellion (1569–1573)

Second Desmond Rebellion (1579–1583)

Spanish Armada edit

  • 1588 – Crown mobilisation to capture survivors

Nine Years' War edit

17th century edit

O'Doherty's Rebellion edit

Barbary Slave Trade edit

Irish Confederate Wars edit

Williamite War edit

18th century edit

United Irishmen Rebellion edit

Several fragments of the rebel armies of the Summer of 1798 survived to fight on both in the hope of the rebellion breaking out again and of French aid. The main guerrilla groupings were:

19th century edit

20th century edit

Irish revolutionary years edit

Only the major engagements of this period are listed below.

Irish War of Independence
Irish Civil War

IRA Northern Campaigns edit

The Troubles edit

Dissident Irish Republican Campaign edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ The Annals of Inisfallen, Year 459
  2. ^ The Annals of Ulster, AD 431–1201, Year 461
  3. ^ John O'Donovan 1856, p. M544.3.
  4. ^ Bartlett, A Military History of Ireland, Ch 3, pg 59
  5. ^ Bartlett, A Military History of Ireland, Ch 6, pg 129
  6. ^ Bartlett, A Military History of Ireland, Ch 6, pg 130
  7. ^ Lennon, Sixteenth-Century Ireland: The Incomplete Conquest, pg 151
  8. ^ "Battle of Shrule, 1570". Shrule.com. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
  9. ^ Lennon, Sixteenth-Century Ireland: The Incomplete Conquest, pg 255
  10. ^ Connolly, Contested Island, pg 267
  11. ^ Connolly, Contested Island, pg 276
  12. ^ Tinniswood, The Verneys, pg 180
  13. ^ Meehan, Confederation of Kilkenny, pg 76
  14. ^ "Exploring the secret history of Derry's Walls". Derry Journal. 1 October 2008. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
  15. ^ Scott-Wheeler, Cromwell in Ireland, pg 135
  16. ^ "Garda chief pledges to halt the Real IRA". Irish Independent. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  17. ^ Keogh, Elaine. "Gardai arrest 10 over arms find in bunker". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2021-11-09.

Secondary references edit

External links edit

  • CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork includes the Annals of Ulster, Tigernach, the Four Masters and Innisfallen, the Chronicon Scotorum, the Lebor Bretnach (which includes the Duan Albanach), Genealogies, and various Saints' Lives. Most are translated into English, or translations are in progress.