Category Archives: War

Ireland’s Wars: Liscarroll

Posted on May 22, 2013 by

If the war was going poorly for the Confederates in Ulster and Leinster, and was locked in an apparent stalemate in Connacht, it at least appeared to be going a great deal better in Munster. Initial setbacks for the rebels … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: The War In Galway

Posted on May 15, 2013 by

We’ve looked at Leinster, Ulster and Munster in the course of the first year of the Confederate Wars. But we haven’t really looked across the Shannon to Connacht. The reasons are many. Connacht was no stranger to the general tumult … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: Glenmaquin

Posted on May 8, 2013 by

Phelim O’Neill still seemed to be the leader of the rebellion, in the absence of any other stand-put candidate. He was the chief conspirator of the initial uprising still standing, and he controlled significant military forces. But those forces were … Continue reading →

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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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