Category Archives: Ireland’s Wars

Ireland’s Wars: The 1642 Siege Of Limerick

Posted on May 1, 2013 by

The Confederate War, throughout its duration but especially in its early phases, would be a regional conflict, a fight where campaigns would be fought in provinces quite removed from one another, with armies and goals of a very different nature … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: Monro’s Arrival And Kilrush

Posted on April 24, 2013 by

The Irish had fallen back from the failed assault on Drogheda, and while they continued to control very large swaths of territory in Ireland (the amount does bear repeating, over 80% of Irish territory was not in English control by … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: The First Confederate Victory And Defeat

Posted on April 17, 2013 by

One of the things I feel I should state here is that I cannot hope to cover everything. Starting around this point, the military history of Ireland begins to become better recorded and more complex, far more than earlier days … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: The Bloodshed Of 1641

Posted on April 10, 2013 by

The plot of the 23rd of October had gone off, with great success in the north, and the shockwave that it caused would reach all over Ireland. It would take a few months for it turn into a recognisable war, … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: The Road To The Confederate Wars

Posted on April 3, 2013 by

So, we come to the Irish Confederate Wars, also sometimes known as the Eleven Years War or the 1641 Rebellion, one facet of the War of the Three Kingdoms, a flowery title for the English Civil War (all three of … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: The Sack Of Baltimore

Posted on March 27, 2013 by

Ireland in 1631, like the rest of the British Isles, was a place edging slowly towards conflict. Tensions between native Catholic Irish and Protestant “Planters” were on the rise in most parts of the country. But the most intriguing flashpoint … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: Mountjoy’s Peace

Posted on March 20, 2013 by

From the signing of the Treaty of Mellifont in 1603 to the outbreak of a new rebellion in 1641, Ireland was largely peaceful. There were exceptions to that throughout the 38 year period, not least the brief rebellion of Cahir … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: The Rebellion Of Cahir O’Doherty

Posted on March 13, 2013 by

Finally we move on from the Nine Years War and its immediate aftermath, but before advancing forward some years, we will discuss a brief rebellion, little more than a coda to the large scale fighting that preceded it, which broke … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: COIN In The Nine Years War

Posted on March 6, 2013 by

This will be the last thing I write on the Nine Years War, promise. The Nine Years War was an insurgency war for the most part. Save for the handful of bigger engagements and the sieges that took place (mostly … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: A Summary Of The Nine Years War

Posted on February 27, 2013 by

The Nine Years War was a brutal contest, and I hope that I have done something to make that clear in the mind of the reader. Such a long and drawn out affair requires some reflection and more elaborated final … Continue reading →

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