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List of wars and rebellions in Ireland

List of battles in Ireland

Prehistoric era

5th century

*459 – Ath Dara *464 – First Battle of Dumha Aichir *468 – Bri Ele *470 – Second Battle of Dumha Aichir *476 – First Battle of Granard *478 – Ocha *480 – Second Battle of Granard *483 – Battle of Ochae *489 – Tailtin *491 – Cell Losnaid *492 – Sleamhain, in Meath *493 –

Battle for the Body of St. Patrick Saint Patrick ( la, Patricius; ga, Pádraig ; cy, Padrig) was a fifth-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland. Known as the "Apostle of Ireland", he is the primary patron saint of Ireland, the other patron saints be ...

*494 – Ceann Ailbhe *496 – Druim Lochmaighe *497 – Inde Mor, in Crioch Ua nGabhla *499 – Seaghais

6th century

*500 – Lochmagh *501 – Freamhain, in Meath *506 – Luachair *507 – Druim Deargaighe *528 – Luachair *531 – Claenloch *537 – Sligeach *544 – Cuil Conaire *546 – Cuilne *556 – Cuil Uinnsenn *561 – Cul Dremne *563 – Moin Dairi Lothar *571 – Battle of Tola *572 – Battle of Doete *579 – Druim Mic Earca *585 – Kalketh *590 – Eadan Mor *594 – Dun Bolg *597 – Battle of Sleamhain *598 – Eachros

7th century

*600 – Loch Semhedidhe *601 – Battle of Slaibhre *622 – Carn Fearadhaigh *622 – Lethed Midinn *624 – Ard Corainn *626 – Leathairbhe *628 – Ath Goan *634 – Magh Rath *637 – Battle of Moira *645 – Carn Conaill *648 – Cuil Corra *656 – Fleasach *660 – Ogamhain *666 – Battle of Aine *681 – Bla Sléibe *685 – Cenn Conn *686 – Leach Phich *688 – Imlech *696 – Tulach Garraisg

8th century

*701 – Corann *702 – Claen Ath *713 – Cam Feradaig *718 – Battle of Almhain *719 – Delgean *721 – Druim Fornocht *724 – Cenn Deilgden *727 – Magh Itha *730 – Bealach Ele *732 – Fochart *733 – Battle of Ath Seanaith *738 – Ceanannus *744 – Ard Cianachta *749 – Ard Naescan *751 – Bealach Cro *759 – Dun Bile *762 – Caill Tuidbig *769 – Bolg Boinne *781 – Ath Liacc Finn *787 – Ard Mic Rime

9th century

*800 – Ardrahan *820 – Carn Conain *845 – Dunamase *848 – Battle of Skryne *851 – Battle of Dundalk *877 –

Battle of Strangford Lough The Battle of Strangford Lough was fought in 877 between two groups of rival Vikings described by the Irish Annals as the "fair heathens" and the "dark heathens". The ''Annals of Ulster'' describe "Albann", a figure usually identified with Halfd ...

10th century

*908 –

Battle of Bellaghmoon The Battle of Ballaghmoon ( ga, Cath Bealaigh Mughna) took place on 13 September 908 at Ballaghmoon, near Castledermot in the south of modern County Kildare. It pitted the forces of Cormac mac Cuilennáin, king of Munster against an alliance comp ...

*917 –

Battle of Confey The Battle of Confey or Cenn Fuait was a battle fought in Ireland in 917 between the Vikings of Dublin and the Irish King of Leinster, Augaire mac Ailella. It led to the recapture of Dublin by the Norse dynasty that had been expelled from the ci ...

*919 – Battle of Islandbridge *967/8 –

Battle of Sulcoit The Battle of Sulcoit was fought in the year 968 between the Irish of the Dál gCais, led by Brian Boru, and the Vikings of Limerick, led by Ivar of Limerick. It was a victory for the Dál gCais and marked the end of Norse expansion in Ireland ...

*967/8 –

Burning of Luimnech The Burning of Luimneach was the looting and destruction of the Viking stronghold of Limerick (''Luimneach'') by the Irish Dál gCais tribe of Munster. The Dál gCais were led by the two warrior brothers, Brian Boru and Mathgamain mac Cennéti ...

*977/8 –

Battle of Cathair Cuan The Battle of Cathair Cuan refers to a perhaps extended conflict fought in or between 977 and 978, or simply to a single battle in one or the other year, in Munster in Ireland. Attacking were Brian Bóruma and the Dál gCais, while defending wer ...

*978 –

Battle of Belach Lechta The Battle of Belach Lechta or Bealach Leachta was a major battle fought in Munster in 978 between Máel Muad mac Brain, King of Munster, and Brian Bóruma. In the battle, the king was killed and Bóruma took over the role as the ''de facto'' K ...

*980 – Battle of Tara *994 – Sack of Domhnach Padraig *994 – Sack of Aenach Thete *999 –

Battle of Glenmama The Battle of Glenn Máma or Glenmama ( ga, Cath Ghleann Máma, The Battle of "The Glen of the Gap") took place most probably near Lyons Hill in Ardclough, County Kildare, Ireland, in AD 999The Battle of Glenn Mama, Dublin and the High Kings ...

11th century

*1014 –

Battle of Clontarf The Battle of Clontarf ( ga, Cath Chluain Tarbh) took place on 23 April 1014 at Clontarf, near Dublin, on the east coast of Ireland. It pitted an army led by Brian Boru, High King of Ireland, against a Norse-Irish alliance comprising the for ...

*1086 – Breach of Crinach *1087 – Conachail, in

Corann Corann was an ancient Irish túath in northwest Connacht represented now by the present barony of Corran in County Sligo. The name is derived in legend from Corann, the harper of Dian Cecht of the Tuatha Dé Danann. Organisation Ballymote beca ...

*1087 – Rath Edair *1088 – Corcach *1090 – Magh Lena, in Meath *1094 – Bealach Gort an Iubhair *1094 – Fidhnacha *1095 – Ard Achad *1098 – Fearsat-Suilighe *1099 – Craebh Tulla

12th century

*1101 – Battle of Grianan *1103 – Battle of Magh Cobha *1132 – Siege of Dún Béal Gallimhe *1149 – Siege of Dún Béal Gallimhe *1151 – Battle of Móin Mhór *1169/05 – Beginning of the

Norman invasion of Ireland The Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland took place during the late 12th century, when Anglo-Normans gradually conquered and acquired large swathes of land from the Irish, over which the kings of England then claimed sovereignty, all allegedly san ...

*1169/05 – Battle of Duncormac, County Wexford – Norman victory over a combined Irish-Norse force *1169/05 –

Siege of Wexford The Sack of Wexford took place from 2 to 11 October 1649, during the campaign known as the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. It was part of the wider 1641 to 1653 Irish Confederate Wars, and an associated conflict of the Wars of the Three Kingdo ...

– Norman victory over a combined Irish-Norse force *1169/05 – Battle of

Gowran Gowran (; ) is a town located on the eastern side of County Kilkenny, Ireland. The historic St. Mary's Collegiate Church is located in the centre of Gowran close to Gowran Castle. Gowran Park race course and Golf Course is located one km from ...

– Norman defeat *1170/05 – Battle of Dundonnell (aka

Battle of Baginbun A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force ...

), County Wexford – Norman victory over a combined Irish-Norse force *1170/08 – Battle of

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– Norman victory over a combined Irish-Norse force *1170/09 – Sack of

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 ...

– Norman victory over a combined Irish-Norse force *1171/08 – Siege of Dublin – Norman victory *1171 – Battle of Carrick – Norman defeat *1173 – Battle of Kilkenny – Norman defeat *1174 –

Battle of Thurles The Battle of Thurles took place in October 1174 near Thurles in County Tipperary, and was a significant engagement of the Norman invasion of Ireland. The forces of an alliance of Irish led by the High King Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair defeated an ...

– Norman defeat *1175 – Battle of Meath – Norman victory *1175 – Battle of Athlone – Norman victory *1175 – Battle of Drogheda – Norman victory *1176 – Battle of Meath – Norman defeat *1176 – Battle of Armagh – Norman defeat *1192 – Aughera – Norman defeat

13th century

*1224 – Sack of Ard Abla *1225 – Sack of Loch Nen *1225 – Sack of Ardrahan *1230 – Siege of Dún Béal Gallimhe *1230 – Findcairn *1232 – Siege of Dún Béal Gallimhe *1234 –

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*1235 – Siege of Dún Béal Gallimhe *1247 – Battle of Ballyshannon *1247 – Siege of Dún Béal Gallimhe *1249 –

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*1256 –

Battle of Magh Slecht The Battle of Magh Slécht took place at Magh Slécht in Ireland in 1256. The battle was part of a wider conflict between the O'Rourke rulers of Breifne and their traditional O'Reilly vassals over control of the kingdom. Both sides were assi ...

*1257 –

Battle of Creadran Cille The Battle of Creadran Cille was fought in 1257 between the Gaels of Tír Chonaill, led by Gofraidh Ó Domhnaill, and the Normans, led by Maurice FitzGerald. It took place at Ros Ceide ( Rosses Point) in the territory of Cairbre Drom Cliabh, n ...

*1257 – Sack of Sligo *1260 – Battle of Druim Dearg *1261 –

Battle of Callann The Battle of Callann was fought in August 1261 between the Hiberno-Normans, under John FitzGerald, and three Gaelic clans: MacCarthy, who held the Kingdom of Desmond, under Fínghin Mac Carthaigh, King of Desmond, ancestor of the MacCar ...

*1270 – Battle of Áth-an-Chip

14th century

Bruce Campaign

*1315 – Battle of Carrickfergus *1315 – Battle of Moiry Pass (June) *1315 – First battle of Dundalk (June) *1315 –

Battle of Connor The Battle of Connor was fought on 10 September 1315, in the townland of Tannybrake just over a mile north of what is now the modern village of Connor, County Antrim. It was part of the Bruce campaign in Ireland. Background Edward Bruce land ...

(September) *1315 – Second battle of Dundalk (November) *1315 –

Battle of Kells A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and for ...

(December) *1316 – Battle of Skerries (January) *1316 –

Second Battle of Athenry The Second Battle of Athenry ( ) took place at Athenry ( gle, Áth na Ríogh) in Ireland on 10 August 1316 during the Bruce campaign in Ireland. Overview The collective number of both armies are unknown, and can only be estimated. Martyn bel ...

(August) *1317 –

Battle of Lough Raska The Battle of Lough Raska ( ga, Loch Rasca) or Battle of Corcomroe ( ga, Corca Mrua) took place on 15 August 1317 near Corcomroe Abbey in north County Clare, Ireland. It was part of a fight for control of the Uí Briain chieftaincy and part ...

(August) *1318 –

Battle of Dysert O'Dea The Battle of Dysert O'Dea took place on 10 May 1318 at Dysert O'Dea near Corofin, Ireland. It was part of the Bruce campaign in Ireland. The Norman Richard de Clare attacked the Gaelic Irish chieftain Conchobhar Ó Deághaidh, chief of th ...

(May) *1318 –

Battle of Faughart The Battle of Faughart (or Battle of Dundalk) was fought on 14 October 1318 between a Hiberno-Norman force led by John de Bermingham (later created 1st Earl of Louth) and Edmund Butler, Earl of Carrick, and a Scottish and Irish army command ...

(October) ---- *1328 –

Battle of Thomond The Battle of Thomond ( ga, Áth an Urchair) was fought in Ireland on 14 July 1328 between the forces of William de Burgh and an army led by Brian Bán Ó Briain, Lord of Thomond. It was fought near Thurles in modern County Tipperary and featur ...

*1329 –

Braganstown massacre The Braganstown massacre took place on 9 June, 1329 in Braganstown, modern County Louth, Ireland. A mob of angry tenants attacked and killed the local lord, John de Bermingham, and around 160 of his relatives and followers. Background Born ...

*1329 –

Battle of Ardnocher The Battle of Ardnocher or Ardnurcher ( ga, Áth an Urchair) was fought in Ireland on 10 August 1329 between the Normans and the MacGeoghegans of Cenel Fiachaigh or Kenaleagh in modern County Westmeath. The Norman force was defeated. The ''Anna ...

*1330 – Battle of Fiodh-an-Átha *1333–1338 –

Burke Civil War The Burke/de Burgh Civil War was a conflict in Ireland from 1333 to 1338 between three leading members of the de Burgh ( Burke/ Bourke) Anglo-Norman family resulting in the division into three clans. Background Twenty-year-old William Donn d ...

*1336 – Castlemore-Costello besieged and demolished by the King of Connacht *1340 – Battle of the O Cellaig's *1341 – Battle of the Clan Maurice *1342 – Battle of Beal-atha-Slisen – King of Connacht defeats the King of Moylurg *1343 – Battle of Hy-Many – MacFeorais and Clanricarde soundly defeat a small force from the Uí Maine. Achadhmona; battle between the O'Donnells, in

Tirhugh Tirhugh (; ) is a barony in County Donegal, Republic of Ireland. Baronies were mainly cadastral rather than administrative units. They acquired modest local taxation and spending functions in the 19th century before being superseded by the Loc ...

*1345 – Battle of Lough Neagh – naval battle between Hugh O'Neill and the Clann Hugh Buidhe *1346 – Calry-Lough-Gill – O Rourke soundly defeated by the O Connors. Brian Mag Mathgamna defeats and kills 300 English somewhere in Thomond *1348 – Ballymote besieged and burned by MacDermot, O Connor defeated *1349 – O Melaghlin of Meath defeated in battle by the English *1355 – The English of West Connaught defeated Mac William Burke, and killed many of his people Clanricarde defeats the Mayo Bourkes and the Siol Anmchadha *1356 – Baile-Locha-Deacair *1358 – Hugh O Neill defeats the Fer Managh and Orial. O More defeats the English of Dublin in battle *1359 – Ballyshannon *1366 – Srath-Fear-Luirg *1368 – Oriel *1369 – Blencupa *1369 – Lough Erne – English of Munster and Desmond soundly defeated by O Brian, possibly at Limerick *1373 – Annaly *1374 – Niall O Neill defeats the English *1375 – Downpatrick – Niall O Neill defeats the English *1377 – Clann-Cuilein – Clanricarde and his allies defeated *1377 – Roscommon – Ruaidri O Conchobhair defeats the Mayo Burkes and the Uí Maine *1379 – Dreach – O Neill Mor defeats Maguire *1380 – Atha-leathann – Clanricarde defeated by Bourke of Mayo *1381 – Athlone *1383 – Trian Chongail – Hugh O Neill and Robin Savage kill each other in a cavalry charge *1384 – Carrickfergus "burned by Niall O'Neill, who thereupon acquired great power over the English" *1385 –

Battle of Tochar Cruachain-Bri-Ele The Battle of Tochar Cruacháin Brí Eile or Cruachán Brí Eile took place in 1385 near what is now the village of Croghan in County Offaly, Ireland. The battle pitted the Gaelic forces of Uí Failghe, led by Murchadh Ó Conchobhair, against t ...

– O Conchobhair, King of Uí Falighe, soundly defeats the English of Meath *1389 – Caislen an Uabhair *1391 – Bealach-an-Chrionaigh *1392 – Ceann-Maghair *1394 – Battle of Ros-Mhic-Thriúin *1395 – Cruachain – the King of Uí Failghe defeats an English expedition. O Donnell defeats and captures the sons of Henry O Neill *1396 – Creag – O Conchobhair Roe defeats O Conchobhair Donn. O Tuathail of Lenister inflicts a severe defeat on the Anglo-Irish *1396 – Sligo – O Donnell and O Connor besiege and burn the town *1397 – Machaire Chonnacht *1397 – Bun-Brenoige *1398 – Eachdruim Mac n-Aodha – the O Tooles and O Byrnes defeat the Anglo-Irish, killing the Earl of March *1398 – Magh-Tuiredh – O Conchobair Roe and allies defeated by McDonagh *1399 –

Battle of Tragh-Bhaile The Battle of Tragh-Bhaile was fought in Ireland in 1399 between the forces of Henry O'Neill's sons and the Anglo-Irish. The Anglo-Irish were victorious. The O'Neill forces, led by Donal MacHenry of Tyrone, attacked the English at Tragh-Bhail ...

– the Anglo-Irish defeat the sons of Henry O Neill

15th century

*1400 – Dunamon. *1406 – Battle of Cluain Immorrais *1444 – Duibhthrian; Sligo burned by the O Donnells, Maguires and O Connors. *1446 – Cuil Ua bh-Fionntain *1449 – Muintir-Maelmora *1452 – Cloch-an-bhodaigh; Coirrshliabh na Seaghsa *1453 – Ardglass (naval battle) *1454 – Inis *1455 – Athlone: ''The castle of Athlone was taken from the English, having been betrayed by a woman who was in it.'' *1456 – Cuil Mic an Treoin (Friday 18 May) *1457 – Druim da Ethiar *1460 – Corca Bhaiscinn (naval battle) *1461 – Ceann Maghair *1462 – Waterford taken by the Butlers in a war with the FitzGeralds. *1462 – Lancastrian Butlers defeated by Yorkist FitzGeralds at

Battle of Piltown The Battle of Piltown took place near Piltown, County Kilkenny in 1462 as part of the Wars of the Roses. It was fought between the supporters of the two leading Irish magnates Thomas FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Desmond, head of the government in Dub ...

Wars of the Roses The Wars of the Roses (1455–1487), known at the time and for more than a century after as the Civil Wars, were a series of civil wars fought over control of the throne of England, English throne in the mid-to-late fifteenth century. These w ...

. *1464 – Sliabh Lugha *1465 – Carn Fraoich *1466 – Offaly; Anglo-Irish army defeated by O Connor *1467 – CrosMoighe-Croin *1468 – Beann-uamha; Scormor, in Clann Chathail mic Murray *1469 – Baile-an-Duibh; The Defeat of Glanog *1473 – Doire-Bhaile-na-Cairrge *1475 – Baile-Locha-Luatha *1476 – Beal Feirste (Belfast) *1478 – Sligo, and the siege of Carrig Lough Ce *1482 – Ath-na-gCeannaigheadh *1483 – Traghbhaile of Dundalk *1484 – Moin-Ladhraighe *1486 – Tirawley *1488 – two sieges of Carraig Lough Ce *1489 – Belfast castle demolished by O Donnell; Ballytober Bride sacked by O Connor Roe *1490 – Maigh Croghan *1493 – Glasdromainn; Beanna Boirche; *1494 – O Donnell besieges Sligo for several months in the summer, but is unsuccessful *1495 – O Donnell besieges Sligo again; battle of Beal an Droichit; siege of Ballyshannon; battle of Termon-Daveog; Siege of Waterford *1497 – Bealach-Buidhe; Beal Ath Daire. *1498 – Cros-Caibhdeanaigh. Dungannon. *1499 – Tulsk. First recorded death in Ireland from a bullet.

16th century

*1504 –

Battle of Knockdoe The Battle of Knockdoe took place on 19 August 1504 at Knockdoe, in the Parish of Lackagh (Irish ''Leacach''), County Galway, between two Anglo-Irish lords— Gerald FitzGerald, Earl of Kildare, the Lord Deputy of Ireland, and Ulick Fionn Bur ...

– Fitzgeralds of Kildare defeat the Clanricarde Burkes *1522 –

Battle of Knockavoe The Battle of Knockavoe (''Cnoc-Buidhbh'') was fought in 1522 between the O'Donnells, led by Hugh Dubh O'Donnell and Manus O'Donnell, both sons of Sir Hugh Dubh O'Donnell, against the O'Neills, in which the O'Neills and their supporters were su ...

– Clash between O'Donnells and O'Neills *1534 – Battle of Salcock Wood- A force from Dublin is defeated by a coalition of the O'Tooles and Fitzgerald supporters. *1534 – Siege of

Dublin Castle Dublin Castle ( ga, Caisleán Bhaile Átha Cliath) is a former Motte-and-bailey castle and current Irish government complex and conference centre. It was chosen for its position at the highest point of central Dublin. Until 1922 it was the s ...

by 'Silken' Thomas Fitzgerald in Kildare *1535 – Siege of

Maynooth Castle Maynooth Castle is a ruined 12th century castle in Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland which stands at the entrance to the South Campus of Maynooth University. Constructed in the early 13th century, it became the primary residence of the Kildare ...

, the chief residence of Fitzgerald, by English forces *1539 – Battle of Bellahoe Ford – A force led by

Leonard Grey Leonard Grey, Lord Deputy of Ireland (1479/149228 July 1541), known as Lord Leonard Grey prior to 1536, served as Lord Deputy of Ireland from 1536 to 1540. Family Leonard Grey was a younger son of Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset and Cecily ...

routs an O'Donnell/O'Neill force *1559 –

Battle of Spancel Hill The Battle of Spancel Hill took place in 1559 in County Clare, Ireland close to modern Kilraghtis when a force led by Sir Donnell O'Brien defeated his rival for leadership of the O'Briens Connor O'Brien, 3rd Earl of Thomond and his ally Richa ...

, a conflict over the O'Brien succession *1565 – Battle of Glentasie – Shane O'Neill defeats the MacDonnells of Clan Iain Mor *1565 –

Battle of Affane The Battle of Affane (Irish: ''Cath Áth Mheáin'') was fought in County Waterford, in south-eastern Ireland, in 1565, between the forces of the Fitzgerald Earl of Desmond and the Butler Earl of Ormond. The battle ended in the rout of the Desmo ...

– Fitzgeralds of Desmond defeated by Butlers of Ormond *1567 –

Battle of Farsetmore The Battle of Farsetmore was fought near Letterkenny in County Donegal, north-western Ireland, on 8 May 1567, between the O'Neill and O'Donnell Túath. Shane O'Neill, chief of the O'Neills of Tír Eoghain, was defeated by Aodh mac Maghnusa ...

– Shane O'Neill defeated by O'Donnell clan *1570 – Battle of Shrule *1575 – Rathlin Island Massacre *1583 –

Battle of Aura The Battle of Aura (Battle of Slieve-na-Aura), was fought in the middle of the sixteenth century between the MacDonnells, led by Sorley Boy MacDonnell, against the McQuillans and O'Neills, in which the MacQuillans and O'Neills were defeated.Wr ...

*1586 –

Battle of Ardnaree The Battle of Ardnaree, was a battle in the Tudor conquest of Ireland fought at Ardnaree (now a suburb of Ballina, County MayoIn 1586, Ardnaree was in County Sligo. The River Moy was the county boundary from the shiring of Connacht in 1585 until t ...

– Mercenary Scots entering Connacht are surprised and destroyed by Bingham's army *1590 – Battle of Doire Leathan – part of the O'Donnell Succession dispute

Mac an Iarla War

c. 1570–1583, between the sons of

Richard Burke, 2nd Earl of Clanricarde Richard Burke, 2nd Earl of Clanricarde (; ; died 24 July 1582) was an Irish noble who succeeded his father Ulick na gCeann Burke, 1st Earl of Clanricarde as chief of a Gaelicised Norman family with authority over much of what is now County Ga ...

Desmond Rebellions

First Desmond Rebellion (1569–1573) *1569 – Siege of Kilkenny *1569 – First Battle of Killamock *1571 – Second Battle of Kilmallock

Second Desmond Rebellion The Second Desmond Rebellion (1579–1583) was the more widespread and bloody of the two Desmond Rebellions in Ireland launched by the FitzGerald Dynasty of Desmond in Munster against English rule. The second rebellion began in July 1579 whe ...

(1579–1583) *1579 – Aenachbeg *1579 –

Sack of Youghal The sack of Youghal was the capture of the English-held town of Youghal by Irish rebel forces under the command of the Gerald FitzGerald, the 14th Earl of Desmond on 13 November 1579 as part of the Second Desmond Rebellion. Youghal, a town in t ...

*1579 – Sack of Kinsale *1580 – Battle of Glenmalure *1580 –

Siege of Carrigafoyle Castle The siege of Carrigafoyle Castle took place on Easter in 1580 near modern-day Ballylongford, County Kerry, Ireland, on the southern bank of the Shannon estuary. The engagement was part of the English crown's campaign against the forces of Geral ...

*1580 –

Siege of Smerwick The siege of Smerwick took place at (known in English as Smerwick) in November 1580, during the Second Desmond Rebellion in Ireland. A force of between 400 and 700 Papal freelance soldiers, mostly of Spanish and Italian origin, landed at Smerw ...

*1582 – Allhallowtide

Spanish Armada

*1588 – Crown mobilisation to capture survivors

Nine Years' War

*1593 –

Battle of Belleek The Battle of Belleek, also known as the Battle of the Erne Fords, was fought on the River Erne near Belleek in Fermanagh, Ireland, on 10 October 1593. It was part of the buildup to the Nine Years' War. The battle was fought between a Gaelic I ...

*1594 – Siege of Enniskillen *1594 –

Battle of the Ford of the Biscuits The Battle of the Ford of the Biscuits took place in Fermanagh, Ireland on 7 August 1594, during the Nine Years' War. A column of almost 650 English troops led by Sir Henry Duke was ambushed and defeated by a Gaelic Irish force under Hugh Magu ...

*1595 –

Battle of Clontibret The Battle of Clontibret was fought in County Monaghan in May 1595, during the Nine Years' War in Ireland. A column of 1,750 English troops led by Henry Bagenal was ambushed near Clontibret by a larger Gaelic Irish army led by Hugh O'Neill, Ear ...

*1596 – Third Sack of Athenry *1596 –

Siege of Galway The siege of Galway took place from August 1651 to 12 May 1652 during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. Galway was the last city held by Irish Catholic forces in Ireland and its fall signalled the end to most organised resistance to t ...

, Sack of Bohermore *1597 – Battle of Casan-na-gCuradh *1597 – Battle of Carrickfergus *1598 –

Battle of the Yellow Ford The Battle of the Yellow Ford was fought in County Armagh on 14 August 1598, during the Nine Years' War in Ireland. An English army of about 4,000, led by Henry Bagenal, was sent from the Pale to relieve the besieged Blackwater Fort. Marching f ...

*1599 –

Siege of Cahir Castle The siege of Cahir Castle took place in Munster, in southern Ireland in 1599, during the campaign of the Earl of Essex against the rebels in the Nine Years War (1595-1603). Although the castle was considered the strongest fortress in the count ...

*1599 – Battle of Deputy's Pass *1599 –

Battle of Curlew Pass A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force ...

*1600 –

Battle of Moyry Pass The Battle of Moyry Pass was fought during September and October 1600 in counties Armagh and Louth, in the north of Ireland, during the Nine Years' War. It was the first significant engagement of forces following the cessation of arms agreed ...

*1600 – Battle of Lifford *1601 –

Battle of Castlehaven The Battle of Castlehaven was a naval battle that took place on 6 December 1601 in the bay off Castlehaven on the south coast of Ireland during the Nine Years' War between a Spanish naval convoy of six ships and an English fleet, commanded by ...

*1601 –

Siege of Donegal The siege of Donegal took place in August 1601 during the Nine Years' War in Ireland, when a Gaelic Irish army led by Hugh Roe O'Donnell laid siege to the town of Donegal.McGurk p.113-16 The garrison of the town was a mixture of English troo ...

*1601 –

Battle of Kinsale The siege of Kinsale, or Battle of Kinsale ( ga, Léigear/Cath Chionn tSáile), was the ultimate battle in England's conquest of Gaelic Ireland, commencing in October 1601, near the end of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, and at the climax of t ...

*1602 –

Siege of Dunboy The siege of Dunboy took place at Dunboy Castle between 5 June and 18 June 1602, during the Nine Years' War in Ireland. It was one of the last battles of the war. An English army of up to 5,000 under Sir George Carew besieged the castle, wh ...

*1602 –

Burning of Dungannon The Burning of Dungannon took place in June 1602 when Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, abandoned and set fire to Dungannon, the traditional capital of the O'Neills. It marked the beginning of the final stage of Tyrone's Rebellion when the Earl ...

17th century

O'Doherty's Rebellion

*1608-

Burning of Derry The Burning of Derry took place on 19 April 1608 during O'Doherty's Rebellion when Sir Cahir O'Doherty led a force of rebels to storm Derry in Ulster. He launched his rebellion with an attack on the garrison town of Derry, which was taken tha ...

*1608-

Battle of Kilmacrennan The Battle of Kilmacrennan was a skirmish fought near Kilmacrennan, County Donegal in 1608 during O'Doherty's Rebellion. Sir Cahir O'Doherty was a traditional supporter of the Crown whose treatment at the hands of local officials had led him to ...

: Ends

Cahir O'Doherty Sir Cahir O'Doherty ( ga, Cathaoir Ó Dochartaigh or ga, label=none, Caṫaoir Ó Doċartaiġ; 1587–5 July 1608) was the last Gaelic Chief of the Name of Clan O'Doherty and Lord of Inishowen, in what is now County Donegal. O'Doherty was a ...

's brief rebellion. *1608-

Siege of Tory Island The siege of Tory Island took place in 1608 during O'Doherty's Rebellion when some of the remaining rebels made a last stand against Crown forces on Tory Island off the northern coast of Ireland. Following their defeat at the Battle of Kilmac ...

Irish Confederate Wars

*1641 –

Portadown Massacre The Portadown massacre took place in November 1641 at Portadown, County Armagh, during the Irish Rebellion of 1641. Irish Catholic rebels, likely under the command of Toole McCann, killed about 100 Ulster Protestants by forcing them off the b ...

*1641 –

Siege of Drogheda The siege of Drogheda or the Drogheda massacre took place 3–11 September 1649, at the outset of the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. The coastal town of Drogheda was held by the Irish Catholic Confederation and English Royalists und ...

*1641 –

Battle of Julianstown The Battle of Julianstown was fought on 27 November 1641 near Julianstown in County Louth during the Irish Rebellion of 1641. A force sent by the Dublin government to reinforce the garrison of Drogheda was ambushed by Irish rebels and nearly d ...

*1642 – Battle of Swords *1642 –

Battle of Liscarroll The Battle of Liscarroll was fought on 3 September 1642 in northern County Cork, Munster, between Catholic Irish insurgents and government troops. The battle was part of the Irish Rebellion, which had started in the north in 1641 reac ...

*1642 – Battle of Kilrush *1642 –

Battle of Glenmaquin The Battle of Glenmaquin also known as Battle Burn was a relatively brief engagement that occurred on 16 June 1642 during the Eleven Years' War. It was fought between the Royalist Laggan Army commanded by Sir Robert Stewart and Irish Con ...

*1642 – Sack of the Claddagh *1642 –

Siege of Limerick 1642 The city of Limerick was besieged five times during the 17th century. Two of these sieges took place during the Irish Confederate Wars, Eleven Years' War The first of these sieges occurred during the spring of 1642 when Confederate Irelan ...

*1643 –

Battle of New Ross (1643) The Battle of New Ross also known as the Battle of Ballinvegga occurred on 18 March 1643 during the Irish Confederate Wars when the Leinster Confederates commanded by Thomas Preston were routed at Ballinvegga in County Wexford by Royal ...

*1643 –

Battle of Cloughleagh The Battle of Cloghleagh, Cloghlea, Cloughleagh, Cloughleigh also known as the Battle of Funcheon Ford or the Battle of Manning Water, was a battle fought between a Royalist force and an Irish Confederate force during the Irish Confederat ...

*1643 – Battle of Clones *1643 – Battle of Portlester *1643 – Siege of Forthill *1645 –

Siege of Duncannon The siege of Duncannon took place in 1645, during the Irish Confederate Wars. An Irish Catholic Confederate army under Thomas Preston besieged and successfully took the town of Duncannon in County Wexford from an English Parliamentaria ...

*1646 –

Battle of Benburb The Battle of Benburb took place on 5 June 1646 during the Irish Confederate Wars, the Irish theatre of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It was fought between the Irish Confederation under Owen Roe O'Neill, and a Scottish Covenanter and Anglo-I ...

*1646 – Siege of Bunratty *1647 –

Battle of Dungans Hill The Battle of Dungan's Hill took place in County Meath, in eastern Ireland on 8 August 1647. It was fought between the armies of Confederate Ireland and the English Parliament during the Irish Confederate Wars. The Irish army was intercep ...

*1647 –

Sack of Cashel The Sack of Cashel, also known as the massacre of Cashel, took place on 15 September 1647 during the Irish Confederate Wars, when Cashel Castle in County Tipperary was taken by an Protestant Parliamentarian army commanded by the Earl ...

*1647 – Battle of Knocknanauss *1649 - Siege of Dublin *1649 –

Battle of Rathmines The Battle of Rathmines was fought on 2 August 1649, near the modern Dublin suburb of Rathmines, during the Irish Confederate Wars, an associated conflict of 1638 to 1651 Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It has been described as the 'decisive battl ...

*1649 –

Sack of Wexford The Sack of Wexford took place from 2 to 11 October 1649, during the campaign known as the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. It was part of the wider 1641 to 1653 Irish Confederate Wars, and an associated conflict of the Wars of the Three Kingdo ...

*1649 –

Siege of Waterford The city of Waterford in southeastern Ireland was besieged twice during 1649 and 1650 during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. The town was held by Irish Confederate Catholic under General Richard Farrell and English Royalist troops u ...

*1649 – Battle of Arklow/Glascarrick *1649 –

Battle of Lisnagarvey The Battle of Lisnagarvey was fought on 6 December 1649, near Lisnagarvey, County Antrim, during the Irish Confederate Wars, an associated conflict of the 1638 to 1651 Wars of the Three Kingdoms. Forces loyal to the Commonwealth of England defeat ...

*1649 – Siege of Derry (1649) *1650 –

Siege of Kilkenny The siege of Kilkenny was the isolation and capture of the fortified capital of the Irish Confederates by the New Model Army of the English Parliamentarians in March 1650 during the conquest of Ireland by Oliver Cromwell. Background In Au ...

*1650 –

Siege of Clonmel The Siege of Clonmel, from 27 April to 18 May 1650, took place during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, when Clonmel in County Tipperary was besieged by 8,000 men from the New Model Army under Oliver Cromwell. The garrison of 1,500 comm ...

*1650 – Battle of Tecroghan *1650 –

Battle of Scarrifholis The Battle of Scarrifholis, also spelt Scariffhollis was fought on 21 June 1650, near Letterkenny in County Donegal during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. A force loyal to the Commonwealth of England commanded by Charles Coote defeated ...

*1650 –

Siege of Charlemont The siege of Charlemont took place in July – 14 August 1650 during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland when the fortress of Charlemont, County Armagh, Charlemont in County Armagh Ireland was besieged by Charles Coote, 1st Earl of Mount ...

*1650 –

Battle of Macroom The Battle of Macroom was a skirmish fought on 10 May 1650, near Macroom, County Cork, in southern Ireland, during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. An English Parliamentarian force under Roger Boyle, (Lord Broghill), defeated an Iri ...

*1650 –

Battle of Meelick Island The Battle of Meelick, County Galway, Meelick Island took place on Meelick Island in the River Shannon, on the border between Connacht and Leinster in Ireland on 25 October 1650. It was fought between the Confederate Ireland, Irish Con ...

*1651 –

Siege of Limerick (1650–1651) Limerick, in western Ireland was the scene of two sieges during the Irish Confederate Wars. The second and largest of these took place during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland in 1650–51. Limerick was one of the last fortified cities ...

*1651 –

Battle of Knocknaclashy The battle of Knocknaclashy (also known as Knockbrack), took place in County Cork in southern Ireland in 1651. In it, an Irish Confederate force led by Viscount Muskerry was defeated by an English Parliamentarian force under Lord Broghill. ...

*1652 –

Williamite War

*1689 –

Break of Dromore The Break of Dromore took place on 14 March 1689 near Dromore, County Down in the early stages of the Williamite War in Ireland. It featured Catholic Jacobite troops under Richard Hamilton and Protestant Williamite militia led by Hugh Mon ...

*1689 –

Siege of Derry The siege of Derry in 1689 was the first major event in the Williamite War in Ireland. The siege was preceded by a first attempt against the town by Jacobite forces on 7 December 1688 that was foiled when 13 apprentices shut the gates ...

*1689 – Battle of Bantry Bay *1689 –

Battle of Newtownbutler The Battle of Newtownbutler took place near Enniskillen in County Fermanagh, Ireland, in 1689 and was part of the Williamite War in Ireland between the forces of William III and Mary II and those of King James II. The war in Western Ulst ...

*1689 –

Siege of Carrickfergus The siege of Carrickfergus took place in August 1689 when a force of Williamite troops under Marshal Schomberg landed and laid siege to the Jacobite garrison of Carrickfergus in Ireland. After a week the Jacobites surrendered, and were allow ...

*1689 –

Raid on Newry The raid on Newry took place in November 1689 during the Williamite War in Ireland when a Franco-Irish force loyal to James II attacked the Williamite garrison of Newry in County Down. The raid was carried out by the French Major General Al ...

*1690 –

Battle of Cavan The Battle of Cavan took place in Cavan, Ireland on 11 February 1690 between forces of Williamite and Jacobite troops during the Williamite War in Ireland. It ended in a victory for the Williamites who captured, sacked and burned the town of ...

*1690 – Capture of Sligo *1690 –

Battle of the Boyne The Battle of the Boyne ( ga, Cath na Bóinne ) was a battle in 1690 between the forces of the deposed King James II of England and Ireland, VII of Scotland, and those of King William III who, with his wife Queen Mary II (his cousin and ...

*1690 –

Capture of Waterford The Capture of Waterford took place in July 1690 during the Williamite War in Ireland when a force under the command of Percy Kirke captured the town of Waterford from its Jacobite Irish Army garrison. Full control of the town was not secured ...

*1690 –

Siege of Limerick (1690) Limerick, a city in western Ireland, was besieged twice in the Williamite War in Ireland in 1689-1691. On the first occasion, in August to September 1690, its Jacobite defenders retreated to the city after their defeat at the Battle of the Bo ...

*1690 –

Siege of Cork The siege of Cork took place during the Williamite war in Ireland in the year of 1690, shortly after the Battle of the Boyne when James II attempted to retake the English throne from King William III. In a combined land and sea operation, W ...

*1690 – Siege of Kinsale (1690) *1691 –

Siege of Athlone Athlone was besieged twice during the Williamite War in Ireland (1689–91). The town is situated in the centre of Ireland on the River Shannon and commanded the bridge crossing the river into the Jacobite-held province of Connacht. For this r ...

*1691 – Capture of Athenry *1691 –

Battle of Aughrim The Battle of Aughrim ( ga, Cath Eachroma) was the decisive battle of the Williamite War in Ireland. It was fought between the largely Irish Jacobite army loyal to James II and the forces of William III on 12 July 1691 (old style, equivale ...

*1691 –

Siege of Limerick (1691) The siege of Limerick in western Ireland was a second siege of the town during the Williamite War in Ireland (1689–1691). The city, held by Jacobite forces, was able to beat off a Williamite assault in 1690. However, after a second siege in ...

18th century

*1760 – Battle of Carrickfergus – Carrickfergus seized by the French for five days. *1795 –

Battle of the Diamond The Battle of the Diamond was a planned confrontation between the Catholic Defenders and the Protestant Peep o' Day Boys that took place on 21 September 1795 near Loughgall, County Armagh, Ireland. The Peep o' Day Boys were the victors, killin ...

– a sectarian faction fight in

County Armagh County Armagh (, named after its county town, Armagh) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. Adjoined to the southern shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of and ha ...

, that led to the founding of the

Orange Order The Loyal Orange Institution, commonly known as the Orange Order, is an international Protestant fraternal order based in Northern Ireland and primarily associated with Ulster Protestants, particularly those of Ulster Scots heritage. It also ...

United Irishmen Rebellion

*24 May – Ballymore-Eustace,

Naas Naas ( ; ga, Nás na Ríogh or ) is the county town of County Kildare in Ireland. In 2016, it had a population of 21,393, making it the second largest town in County Kildare after Newbridge. History The name of Naas has been recorded in th ...

, Prosperous,

Kilcullen Kilcullen (), formally Kilcullen Bridge, is a small town on the River Liffey in County Kildare, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Its population of 3,473 at the 2011 census made it the 12th largest settlement in County Kildare and the fastest growi ...

*25 May –

Carlow Carlow ( ; ) is the county town of County Carlow, in the south-east of Ireland, from Dublin. At the 2016 census, it had a combined urban and rural population of 24,272. The River Barrow flows through the town and forms the historic bounda ...

*26 May – Tara Hill *27 May – Oulart Hill *28 May –

Enniscorthy Enniscorthy () is the second-largest town in County Wexford, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. At the 2016 census, the population of the town and environs was 11,381. The town is located on the picturesque River Slaney and in close proximity to the ...

*30 May – Three Rocks *1 June –

Bunclody Bunclody (), formerly Newtownbarry (until 1950), is a small town on the River Slaney in Wexford, Ireland. It is located near the foot of Mount Leinster. Most of the town is in County Wexford; a small area at the north end of town is in Count ...

*4 June – Tuberneering *5 June –

New Ross New Ross (, formerly ) is a town in southwest County Wexford, Ireland. It is located on the River Barrow, near the border with County Kilkenny, and is around northeast of Waterford. In 2016 it had a population of 8,040 people, making it the ...

*7 June – Antrim *9 June –

Saintfield Saintfield () is a village and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is about halfway between Belfast and Downpatrick on the A7 road. It had a population of 3,381 in the 2011 Census, made up mostly of commuters working in both south ...

*9 June –

Arklow Arklow (; ; , ) is a town in County Wicklow on the southeast coast of Ireland. The town is overlooked by Ballymoyle Hill. It was founded by the Vikings in the ninth century. Arklow was the site of one of the bloodiest battles of the 1798 re ...

*13 June – Ballinahinch *19 June – Ovidstown *20 June – Foulksmills *21 June –

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*30 June – Ballyellis *27 August –

Castlebar Castlebar () is the county town of County Mayo, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Developing around a 13th century castle of the de Barry family, de Barry family, from which the town got its name, the town now acts as a social and economic focal poi ...

*5 September –

Collooney Collooney or Coloony () is a town in County Sligo, Ireland. Toponymy Collooney is thought to derive from . Reverend Terrence O'Rorke has previously also suggested ''Culmaine'', as Collooney is designated this way in such works as ''the annals ...

*7 September – Ballinamuck 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: *June – November 1798 –

Joseph Holt Joseph Holt (January 6, 1807 – August 1, 1894) was an American lawyer, soldier, and politician. As a leading member of the Buchanan administration, he succeeded in convincing Buchanan to oppose the secession of the South. He returned to Ke ...

*23 July 1803 –

Robert Emmet Robert Emmet (4 March 177820 September 1803) was an Irish Republican, orator and rebel leader. Following the suppression of the United Irish uprising in 1798, he sought to organise a renewed attempt to overthrow the British Crown and Prote ...

*1798 -1803 –

Michael Dwyer Michael Dwyer (1772–1825) was an insurgent captain in the Irish Rebellion of 1798, leading the United Irish forces in battles in Wexford and Wicklow., Following the defeat and dispersal of the rebel hosts, in July 1798 Dwyer withdrew into ...

*1798 – 1804 –

James Corcoran James Corcoran (c.1780 – 1804) was an Irish rebel leader who following the suppression of the United Irish insurrection of 1798, maintained a guerrilla resistance to the British Crown forces in counties Wexford and Kilkenny until his final ...

19th century

*1831–1836 –

Tithe War The Tithe War ( ga, Cogadh na nDeachúna) was a campaign of mainly nonviolent civil disobedience, punctuated by sporadic violent episodes, in Ireland between 1830 and 1836 in reaction to the enforcement of tithes on the Roman Catholic majority ...

: a period of rural insurgency over the payment of tithes to the Established Church. *1867 –

Fenian Rising The Fenian Rising of 1867 ( ga, Éirí Amach na bhFíníní, 1867, ) was a rebellion against British rule in Ireland, organised by the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB). After the suppression of the ''Irish People'' newspaper in September 186 ...

: an abortive attempt at a nationwide rebellion by the

Irish Republican Brotherhood The Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB; ) was a secret oath-bound fraternal organisation dedicated to the establishment of an "independent democratic republic" in Ireland between 1858 and 1924.McGee, p. 15. Its counterpart in the United States ...

20th century

Irish revolutionary years

Only the major engagements of this period are listed below. *1916 –

Easter Rising The Easter Rising ( ga, Éirí Amach na Cásca), also known as the Easter Rebellion, was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week in April 1916. The Rising was launched by Irish republicans against British rule in Ireland with the a ...

;Irish War of Independence *1919 January 19 –

Soloheadbeg Ambush The Soloheadbeg ambush took place on 21 January 1919, when members of the Irish Volunteers (or Irish Republican Army, IRA) ambushed Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) officers who were escorting a consignment of gelignite explosives at Soloheadbeg ...

*1920 November 2 –

Battle of Ballinalee The Battle of Ballinalee took place during the Irish War of Independence on 4 November 1920. Members of the Irish Republican Army (IRA), led by Seán Mac Eoin, drove a mixed group of Crown forces consisting of Black and Tans and Auxiliary Divi ...

*1920 November 28 –

Kilmichael Ambush The Kilmichael Ambush ( ga, Luíochán Chill Mhichíl) was an ambush near the village of Kilmichael in County Cork on 28 November 1920 carried out by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) during the Irish War of Independence. Thirty-six local IRA v ...

*1921 February 1 –

Clonfin Ambush The Clonfin Ambush was an ambush carried out by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 2 February 1921, during the Irish War of Independence. It took place in the townland of Clonfin (or Cloonfin) between Ballinalee and Granard in County Longford. ...

*1921 February 3 - Dromkeen ambush *1921 February 20 - Clonmult ambush *1921 February 25 – Coolavokig Ambush *1921 March 11 - Selton Hill ambush *1921 March 19 – Crossbarry Ambush *1921 March 21 -

Headford Ambush The Headford Ambush was carried out by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 21 March 1921, during the Irish War of Independence. The IRA's 2nd Kerry Brigade ambushed a train carrying British troops of the Royal Fusiliers at Headford Junction rai ...

*1921 March 23 - Scramoge ambush *1921 May 19 -

Kilmeena ambush The Kilmeena ambush was an action during the Irish War of Independence that took place at Kilmeena, County Mayo on 19 May 1921. The ambush ended in defeat for the local West Mayo Irish Republican Army (IRA), with five IRA volunteers killed a ...

*1921 May 25 -

Burning of the Custom House On 25 May 1921, during the Irish War of Independence, the Custom House in Dublin was occupied and then burnt in an operation by the Irish Republican Army (IRA). The Custom House was the headquarters of the Local Government Board for Ireland, an ...

*1921 June 2 -

Carrowkennedy ambush The Carrowkennedy ambush was an ambush carried out by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 2 June 1921,Price, Dominic ''The Flame and the Candle'' (Collins Press, 2012){{Cite web, url=http://www.centenarymayo.ie/?page_id=43, title=Mayo Historica ...

;Irish Civil War *1922 – Battle of Dublin *1922 –

Irish Free State offensive The Irish Free State offensive of July–September 1922 was the decisive military stroke of the Irish Civil War. It was carried out by the National Army of the newly created Irish Free State against anti-treaty strongholds in the south and s ...

*1922 –

Battle of Kilmallock The Battle of Kilmallock took place between 25 July and 5 August 1922 in County Limerick, Ireland. It was one of the largest engagements of the Irish Civil War. It consisted of ten days of fighting in the countryside round Kilmallock in Coun ...

IRA Northern Campaigns

*1942–1944 –

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guerrilla campaign by the

Irish Republican Army (1922–1969) The Irish Republican Army of 1922–1969, an anti-Treaty sub-group of the original Irish Republican Army (1919-1922), fought against the Irish Free State in the Irish Civil War, and its successors up to 1969, when the IRA split again into the ...

*1956–1962 –

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guerrilla campaign by the

The Troubles

*1969 –

Battle of the Bogside The Battle of the Bogside was a large three-day riot that took place from 12 to 14 August 1969 in Derry, Northern Ireland. Thousands of Catholic/Irish nationalist residents of the Bogside district, organised under the Derry Citizens' Defence ...

*1970 –

Falls Curfew The Falls Curfew, also called the Battle of the Falls (or Lower Falls), was a British Army operation during 3–5 July 1970 in the Falls district of Belfast, Northern Ireland. The operation began as a search for weapons in the staunchly Irish ...

*1971 -

Operation Demetrius Operation Demetrius was a British Army operation in Northern Ireland on 9–10 August 1971, during the Troubles. It involved the mass arrest and internment (imprisonment without trial) of people suspected of being involved with the Irish Republi ...

*1972 -

Bloody Sunday Bloody Sunday may refer to: Historical events Canada * Bloody Sunday (1923), a day of police violence during a steelworkers' strike for union recognition in Sydney, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia * Bloody Sunday (1938), police violence aga ...

*1972 -

Battle at Springmartin The Battle at SpringmartinCusack, Jim & McDonald, Henry (1997). ''UVF''. Poolbeg. p.101 was a series of gun battles in Belfast, Northern Ireland on 13–14 May 1972, as part of The Troubles. It involved the British Army, the Provisional Irish R ...

*1972 - Battle of Lenadoon *1972 -

Operation Motorman Operation Motorman was a large operation carried out by the British Army ( HQ Northern Ireland) in Northern Ireland during the Troubles. The operation took place in the early hours of 31 July 1972 with the aim of retaking the "no-go areas" (ar ...

*1972 - Springhill Massacre *1972 - Bloody Friday *1974 -

Attack on UDR Clogher barracks On 2 May 1974 the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) attacked a British Army base manned by the Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) near the Northern Ireland–Republic of Ireland border at Clogher, County Tyrone. The IRA unit engaged the small ...

*1975 - Drummuckavall ambush *1978 - Jonesboro Army Gazelle downing *1979 -

Warrenpoint ambush The Warrenpoint ambush, also known as the Narrow Water ambush, the Warrenpoint massacre or the Narrow Water massacre, was a guerrilla attack by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 27 August 1979. The IRA's South Armagh Brigade ambus ...

*1984 - Kesh ambush *1985 - Strabane ambush *1985 - Newry mortar attack *1987 -

Loughgall ambush The Loughgall ambush took place on 8 May 1987 in the village of Loughgall, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. An eight-man unit of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) launched an attack on the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) base in the vil ...

*1988 -

Ballygawley bus bombing The Ballygawley bus bombing was a roadside bomb attack by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) on a bus carrying British soldiers in Northern Ireland. It occurred in the early hours of 20 August 1988 in the townland of Curr near Ballyg ...

*1989 -

Attack on Derryard checkpoint On 13 December 1989 the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) attacked a British Army permanent vehicle checkpoint complex manned by the King's Own Scottish Borderers (KOSB) near the Northern Ireland–Republic of Ireland border at Derryar ...

*1990 - Derrygorry Army Gazelle downing *1990 - Operation Conservation *1991 - Mullacreevie ambush *1991 -

Glenanne barracks bombing The Glenanne barracks bombing was a large truck bomb attack carried out by the Provisional IRA against a British Army (Ulster Defence Regiment) base at Glenanne, near Mountnorris, County Armagh. The driverless lorry was rolled down a hill at the ...

*1991 - Coagh ambush *1991 - Cappagh killings *1992 -

Clonoe ambush The Clonoe Ambush was a military action between the British Army and the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) that occurred during The Troubles in Northern Ireland. On 16 February 1992, an IRA unit attacked the Royal Ulster Constabulary se ...

*1992 - Attack on Cloghoge checkpoint *1992 - Coalisland riots *1992 - South Armagh sniper campaign *1993 -

Battle of Newry Road The Battle of Newry Road was a running gun battle between British Army helicopters and Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) armed trucks, fought along the lanes east of Crossmaglen, County Armagh, on 23 September 1993. The engagement began w ...

*1994 - Crossmaglen Army Lynx downing *1994 - 1994 Shankill Road killings *1997 - July riots

Dissident Irish Republican Campaign

* 1999- Stamullen raid

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List of wars and rebellions in Ireland

List of battles in Ireland

Prehistoric era

5th century

6th century

7th century

8th century

9th century

10th century

11th century

12th century

13th century

14th century

Bruce Campaign

15th century

16th century

Mac an Iarla War

Desmond Rebellions

Spanish Armada

Nine Years' War

17th century

O'Doherty's Rebellion

Irish Confederate Wars

Williamite War

18th century

United Irishmen Rebellion

19th century

20th century

Irish revolutionary years

IRA Northern Campaigns

The Troubles

Dissident Irish Republican Campaign

See also

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