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The Irish Confederate Wars, also called the Eleven Years' War (Irish: Cogadh na hAon-déag mBliana), took place in Ireland between 1641 and 1653. It 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 .
Presented below is a chronology of the major events of the Irish Confederate Wars from 1641 to 1653. This conflict is also known as the Eleven Years War. The conflict began with the Irish Rebellion of 1641 and ended with the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland (1649–53).
January 20–March 18 – Siege of Duncannon: Confederate general Thomas Preston takes Duncannon. April 23 ( Saint George's Day ) – English Civil War : one hundred and fifty Irish soldiers bound for service with King Charles I of England are captured at sea by Parliamentarians and killed at Pembroke in Wales .
The Irish infantry then assaulted the town, but were beaten off with some losses. The following day, St Patricks Day, Preston tried again and this time his troops succeeded in taking the town's outer, more modern walls but were stopped at Duncannon's inner, medieval ramparts. They had succeeded in occupying one of the town's towers for an hour ...
Irish Confederate Wars: Lord Inchiquin defeats the Confederates and secures Munster for the King: 09: 03: 1642: Liscarroll: Irish Confederate Wars: The Irish Confederates siege Fort-Hill garrison in Galway: 09: 04: 1642: 06: 20: 1643: Galway 2nd (Siege Continues) Irish Confederate Wars: The Parliamentarians capture Portsmouth after a siege and ...
It forms part of the 1641 to 1652 Irish Confederate Wars, and wider 1639 to 1653 Wars of the Three Kingdoms. Modern estimates suggest that during this period, Ireland experienced a demographic loss totalling around 15 to 20% of the pre-1641 population, due to fighting, famine and bubonic plague.
Given their large notional power base, the Confederates ultimately failed to manage and reorganise Ireland so as to defend the interests of Irish Catholics. The Irish Confederate Wars and the ensuing Cromwellian conquest of Ireland (1649–53) caused massive loss of life and ended with the confiscation of almost all Irish Catholic-owned land in ...
2.14.3 Irish Confederate Wars. 2.14.4 Williamite War. 2.15 18th century. ... 1760 – Battle of Carrickfergus – Carrickfergus seized by the French for five days.