This is a list of conflicts in Ireland, including wars, armed rebellions, battles and skirmishes. Irish Warriors participated in many wars in Europe and “England” as well and are not completely recognized on this page.
Year(s) | Conflict | Notes |
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917–1014 | Viking wars in Ireland | |
1169–75 | Norman invasion of Ireland | |
1315–18 | Bruce campaign in Ireland | Part of the First War of Scottish Independence |
1333–38 | Burke Civil War | A conflict among the House of Burke |
1534 | Kildare Rebellion | |
1569–73 | First Desmond Rebellion | Part of the Tudor conquest of Ireland |
1579–83 | Second Desmond Rebellion | Part of the Tudor conquest of Ireland |
1594–1603 | Nine Years' War | Part of the Tudor conquest of Ireland |
1641–42 | Irish Rebellion of 1641 | Part of the Eleven Years' War |
1642–49 | Confederate War | Part of the Eleven Years' War |
1649–53 | Cromwellian conquest of Ireland | Part of the Eleven Years' War |
1689–91 | Williamite–Jacobite War | Part of the War of the Grand Alliance |
1798 | Irish Rebellion of 1798 | |
1803 | Irish Rebellion of 1803 | |
1831–36 | Tithe War | |
1848 | Young Irelander Rebellion | |
1867 | Fenian Rising | |
1870–93 | Land War | |
1916 | Easter Rising | Part of the Irish revolutionary period |
1919–22 | Irish War of Independence | Part of the Irish revolutionary period |
1922–23 | Irish Civil War | Part of the Irish revolutionary period |
1942–44 | Northern Campaign | Irish republican campaign against the state of Northern Ireland |
1956–62 | Border Campaign | Irish republican campaign against the state of Northern Ireland |
1968–98 | The Troubles |
c. 1570–1583, between the sons of Richard Burke, 2nd Earl of Clanricarde
First Desmond Rebellion (1569–1573)
Second Desmond Rebellion (1579–1583)
Several fragments of the rebel armies of the Summer of 1798 survived to fight on both in the hope of the rebellion breaking out again and of French aid. The main guerrilla groupings were:
Only the major engagements of this period are listed below.
John O'Donovan, ed. (1856). Annála Rioghachta Éireann. Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters... with a Translation and Copious Notes. 7 vols. Translated by O'Donovan (2nd ed.). Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. CELT editions. Full scans at Internet Archive: Vol. 1; Vol. 2; Vol. 3; Vol. 4; Vol. 5; Vol. 6; Indices.