Confederate Ireland

Confederate Ireland refers to a brief period of Irish self-government between the Rebellion of 1641 and the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland in 1649. During this time, two-thirds of Ireland was governed by the Irish Catholic Confederation, also known as the 'Confederation of Kilkenny' (based in the city of Kilkenny). The remaining Protestant enclaves in Ulster, Munster and Leinster were held by armies loyal to the royalists, parliamentarians or Scottish Covenanters during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. The Confederates failed to defeat the British armies in Ireland in 1642–1649 in a conflict known as the Irish Confederate Wars and joined a royalist alliance in 1648 against the Rump Parliament.

Related Topics:
Rebellion of 1641 - Cromwellian conquest of Ireland - 1649 - Ireland - Kilkenny - Ulster - Munster - Leinster - Royalist - Parliamentarian - Scottish - Covenanters - Wars of the Three Kingdoms - 1642 - Irish Confederate Wars - 1648 - Rump Parliament

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