Irish Rebellion may refer to:
* The
Irish Bruce Wars 1315–1318, an attempt by members of the O'Neill clan backed by a Scottish and Irish army to make Edward Bruce the High King of Ireland. They were supported by Edward's older brother, Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland.
* The
Geraldine Rebellion (1534) and the
FitzGerald
The FitzGerald/FitzMaurice Dynasty is a noble and aristocratic dynasty of Cambro-Norman, Anglo-Norman and later Hiberno-Norman origin. They have been peers of Ireland since at least the 13th century, and are described in the Annals of the ...
Rebellion against Henry VIII of England 1535 to 1537, having to do with who was supreme head of the church
* The
Desmond Rebellions
The Desmond Rebellions occurred in 1569–1573 and 1579–1583 in the Irish province of Munster.
They were rebellions by the Earl of Desmond, the head of the Fitzmaurice/FitzGerald Dynasty in Munster, and his followers, the Geraldines an ...
, which occurred in the 1560s, 1570s and 1580s in Munster
* Tyrone's Rebellion (also known as the
Nine Years' War (Ireland) from 1594 to 1603, predominantly in Ulster
*
O'Doherty's Rebellion, 1607
* The
Irish Rebellion of 1641, a conflict between the Roman Catholic native Gaelic-Irish and Hiberno-Normans, and Protestant settlers
* The
Irish Rebellion of 1798
The Irish Rebellion of 1798 ( ga, Éirí Amach 1798; Ulster-Scots: ''The Hurries'') was a major uprising against British rule in Ireland. The main organising force was the Society of United Irishmen, a republican revolutionary group influenced ...
, a republican uprising against British rule of Ireland
* The
United Irish Uprising of 1800, an uprising against British rule of Newfoundland
* The
1803 Irish rebellion, for independence, led by Robert Emmet
* The
Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848
The Young Irelander Rebellion was a failed Irish nationalist uprising led by the Young Ireland movement, part of the wider Revolutions of 1848 that affected most of Europe. It took place on 29 July 1848 at Farranrory, a small settlement about ...
, also called The Famine Rebellion of 1848
* The
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 ...
of 1867
* The
Easter Rising of 1916, a nationalist uprising against British rule of Ireland
See also
*
List of Irish uprisings
This is a list of uprisings by Irish people against English and British claims of sovereignty over Ireland. These uprisings include attempted counter-revolutions and rebellions, though some can be described as either, depending upon perspective ...
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