Irish Rebellion of 1641

The Irish Rebellion of 1641 began as an attempted coup d'état by Irish Catholic gentry, but rapidly degenerated into bloody intercommunal violence between native Irish Catholics and English and Scottish Protestant settlers. The rising was sparked off by Catholic fears of an impending invasion of Ireland by anti-Catholic forces of the English Long Parliament and the Scottish Covenanters. In turn, the rebels' association with the King of England Scotland and Ireland, Charles I, helped to trigger the start of the English Civil War. The Irish rebellion broke out in October 1641 and was followed by several months of violent chaos in Ireland before the Irish Catholic upper classes and clergy formed the "Catholic Confederation" in the summer of 1642. The Confederation was a de facto government of Ireland that was loosely aligned with the Royalist side in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. The subsequent war continued in Ireland until the 1650s, when Oliver Cromwell?s New Model Army decisively defeated the Irish Catholics and Royalists and re-conquered the country.

Related Topics:
Coup d'état - Catholic - English - Scottish - Protestant - Long Parliament - Covenanters - Charles I - English Civil War - Ireland - Catholic Confederation - Wars of the Three Kingdoms - War - Oliver Cromwell - New Model Army - Royalists - Re-conquered

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