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Ireland’s Wars: Early Departures In 1649
James Butler had re-appeared in Ireland at the end of 1648, with the Confederation split and the Parliamentarian star in the ascendant throughout the rest of Great Britain. For the moment, large scale combat actions, due in no small part … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1649, charles, coote, history, inchiquin, ireland, londonderry, o'neill, ormonde, rinuccini, second ormonde peace, war
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Ireland’s Wars: The Five Factions In 1648
1647 had been a year of cascading disasters for the Confederation of Kilkenny. Following the failed Siege of Dublin, the political divides within the Supreme Council had led to the faltering of the war effort, until both the Leinster and … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1648, confederates, covenanters, history, inchiquin, ireland, jones, kilkenny, o'neill, ormonde, parliamentarians, rinuccini, war
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Ireland’s Wars: Parliament On The Rise, Royalists In Retreat
1647 dawned in Ireland. The island had seen five years and two months of warfare, with bitter defeat mixed with glorious triumph. The coming months would see little all out warfare, a sort of calm before the greater storm in … Continue reading
Ireland’s Wars: The Dublin Campaign of 1646
Rinuccini, whose presence had so altered the dynamics of the Confederation of Kilkenny, now stood as its undisputed master. Having bankrolled the success of Owen Roe O’Neill up to and after his stunning victory at Benburb and having managed to … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1646, confederates, dublin, history, ireland, o'neill, ormond, preston, rinuccini, war
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Ireland’s Wars: Rinuccini’s Coup
On the 5th of June 1646, Owen Roe O’Neill led his Ulster Army of Confederate Ireland to a decisive victory over Robert Monro at the Battle of Benburb, a victory almost unmatched in the history of Ireland. 105 days later, … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1646, confederation, coup, history, ireland, mountgarrett, o'neill, ormond, owen roe, preston, rinuccini, war
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Ireland’s Wars: Bunratty And Roscommon
While Owen Roe O’Neill was winning one of the greatest Irish victories over British opposition in history, the Confederation of Kilkenny was also fighting elsewhere, campaigns against Inchiquin in Munster and Coote in Sligo. Rinuccini, when drawing his plans in … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged bunratty, confederates, coote, history, inchiquin, ireland, muskerry, parliamentarians, preston, rinuccini, roscommon, war
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Ireland’s Wars: Benburb
What we call the Irish Confederate Wars were in their fifth year, which is all the more surprising given that the Confederates were yet to really land a really significant victory in the course of the war. When it came … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1646, benburb, confederates, covenanter, history, ireland, monro, owen roe, rinuccini, tyrone, war
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Ireland’s Wars: Spring 1646
1646 would be a momentous year for the Irish Confederates, bringing victories, defeats, political triumphs and in-fighting disaster. But the year did not start off in any great rush of military expeditions of large battles, with the important events largely … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1646, confederates, covenanters, english civil war, history, ireland, monro, ormonde peace, rinuccini, war
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Ireland’s Wars: Rinuccini, Glamorgan And Coote In Sligo
In order to understand the next phase of the Irish Confederate Wars, and the way that the war in Ireland could alter the way things were going in England, we need briefly discuss some of the foreign powers that were … Continue reading