List of armed conflicts involving Ireland against the United Kingdom

This is a chronological list of armed conflicts involving Ireland and the United Kingdom. Both sides have fought a total of 15 armed conflicts against each other, with 1 of them being an Irish victory, 12 of them being a British victory, 1 having another result and 1 being an internal conflict (civil war).

Irish victory

British victory

Another result

Internal conflict

Irish rebels versus England/United Kingdom


Date	Conflict	Irish side	British side	Result
1169-1177	Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland^[1]	Gaelic Ireland	Angevin Empire	Anglo-Norman victory Most of Ireland absorbed into the Lordship of Ireland
1315-1318	Bruce campaign in Ireland^[2]	Gaelic Ireland Kingdom of Scotland	Kingdom of England Lordship of Ireland	English victory
1569-1573	First Desmond Rebellion^[3]	Fitzmaurice of Desmond FitzGerald of Desmond Allied clans	Kingdom of England Irish loyalists	English victory Second Desmond Rebellion
1579-1583	Second Desmond Rebellion^[4]	FitzGeralds of Desmond O'Byrnes Spain and Papal troops	Kingdom of England and Irish allies	English victory Famine throughout Munster Plantations of Munster
1593-1603	Nine Years' War (Ireland)^[5]	Irish alliance Spain	Kingdom of England and loyalists	English victory Treaty of Mellifont (1603) Flight of the Earls (1607)
1641-1642	Irish Rebellion of 1641^[6]	Confederate Ireland	England Ireland Scotland	Founding of Confederate Ireland and beginning of the Irish Confederate Wars
1641-1653	Eleven Years' War^[7]	Irish Catholic Confederates Royalists Scottish Covenanters	Kingdom of Ireland Laggan Army Kingdom of England Scottish Covenanters English Parliamentarians	English Parlimentarian victory English conquest of Ireland
1689-1691	Williamite War in Ireland^[8]	Jacobites	Kingdom of England Kingdom of Scotland	Anglo-Scottish victory Treaty of Limerick (1691)
1798	Irish Rebellion of 1798^[9]	United Irishmen Defenders France	Great Britain Ireland	British victory (Suppression by Crown forces) Abolition of the Irish Parliament and creation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801
1803	Irish Rebellion of 1803^[10]	United Irishmen	United Kingdom	British victory (Rebellion suppressed)
1848	Young Ireland rebellion^[11]	Young Irelanders	Irish Constabulary	British victory Rebels besiege a police unit, but retreat after police reinforcements arrive
1867	Fenian Rising^[12]	Irish Republican Brotherhood Fenian Brotherhood	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	British victory Political reorganisation
1916	Easter Rising^[13]	Irish rebel forces	British forces	British victory Unconditional surrender of Rebel forces Execution of most leaders

Independent Ireland versus United Kingdom


Date	Conflict	Irish side	British side	Result
1919-1921	Irish War of Independence^[14]	Irish Republic	United Kingdom	Irish victory Military stalemate Anglo-Irish Treaty (1921) Ensuring Irish Civil War
1922-1923	Irish Civil War^[15]	Anti-Treaty IRA	Irish Free State United Kingdom	Pro-Treaty forces victory Consolidation of the Irish Free State

References

^ Johnston, Elva. "The Irish Church, Its Reform and the English Invasion review". The Irish Times. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
^ Shama, Simon. "BBC - History - British History in depth: Invasions of Ireland from 1170 - 1320". www.bbc.co.uk.
^ Hull, Eleanor. "The Desmond Rebellion - History of Ireland and Her People". www.libraryireland.com.
^ Ellis, Steven G. (1985). Tudor Ireland: crown, community and the conflict of cultures, 1470-1603. London ; New York: Longman. ISBN 978-0-582-49341-4.
^ "The MacCarthys and the Nine Years War in Munster. 1595-1603 – The Irish Story".
^ "BBC - History - Wars and Conflicts - Plantation of Ulster - English and Scottish Planters Transcripts - 1641 Rebellion 4". www.bbc.co.uk.
^ McKeiver, Philip G. (2007). A new history of Cromwell's Irish campaign. Manchester [England]: Advance Press. ISBN 978-0-9554663-0-4.
^ Bradshaw, Brendan (2015). "And so began the Irish nation": nationality, national consciousness and nationalism in pre-modern Ireland. Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-4724-4256-7.
^ Kennedy, Liam (2016). Unhappy the land: the most oppressed people ever, the Irish?. Sallins, Co. Kildare: Merrion Press. ISBN 978-1-78537-029-8.
^ O'Donnell, Ruán (2003). Robert Emmet and the Rising of 1803. Dublin: Irish Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-7165-2787-9.
^ "The Politics of Irish Literature by Malcolm Brown (Chapter 1)". www.astonisher.com.
^ "When Fenian's fight for freedom". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
^ Regan, John M.; Augusteijn, Joost (2007). The memoirs of John M. Regan: a Catholic officer in the RIC and RUC, 1909-1948. Dublin: Four Courts Press. ISBN 978-1-84682-069-4. OCLC 143094632.
^ Bartlett, Robert (1994). The making of Europe: conquest, colonization and cultural change; 950 - 1350. Penguin history. London: Penguin books. ISBN 978-0-14-015409-2.
^ Coogan, Tim Pat (1993). De Valera: long fellow, long shadow. London: Hutchinson. ISBN 978-0-09-175030-5.

[1] Johnston, Elva. "The Irish Church, Its Reform and the English Invasion review". The Irish Times. Retrieved 26 September 2021.

[2] Shama, Simon. "BBC - History - British History in depth: Invasions of Ireland from 1170 - 1320". www.bbc.co.uk.

[3] Hull, Eleanor. "The Desmond Rebellion - History of Ireland and Her People". www.libraryireland.com.

[4] Ellis, Steven G. (1985). Tudor Ireland: crown, community and the conflict of cultures, 1470-1603. London ; New York: Longman. ISBN 978-0-582-49341-4.

[5] "The MacCarthys and the Nine Years War in Munster. 1595-1603 – The Irish Story".

[6] "BBC - History - Wars and Conflicts - Plantation of Ulster - English and Scottish Planters Transcripts - 1641 Rebellion 4". www.bbc.co.uk.

[7] McKeiver, Philip G. (2007). A new history of Cromwell's Irish campaign. Manchester [England]: Advance Press. ISBN 978-0-9554663-0-4.

[8] Bradshaw, Brendan (2015). "And so began the Irish nation": nationality, national consciousness and nationalism in pre-modern Ireland. Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-4724-4256-7.

[9] Kennedy, Liam (2016). Unhappy the land: the most oppressed people ever, the Irish?. Sallins, Co. Kildare: Merrion Press. ISBN 978-1-78537-029-8.

[10] O'Donnell, Ruán (2003). Robert Emmet and the Rising of 1803. Dublin: Irish Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-7165-2787-9.

[11] "The Politics of Irish Literature by Malcolm Brown (Chapter 1)". www.astonisher.com.

[12] "When Fenian's fight for freedom". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.

[13] Regan, John M.; Augusteijn, Joost (2007). The memoirs of John M. Regan: a Catholic officer in the RIC and RUC, 1909-1948. Dublin: Four Courts Press. ISBN 978-1-84682-069-4. OCLC 143094632.

[14] Bartlett, Robert (1994). The making of Europe: conquest, colonization and cultural change; 950 - 1350. Penguin history. London: Penguin books. ISBN 978-0-14-015409-2.

[15] Coogan, Tim Pat (1993). De Valera: long fellow, long shadow. London: Hutchinson. ISBN 978-0-09-175030-5.

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List of armed conflicts involving Ireland against the United Kingdom

Contents

Irish rebels versus England/United Kingdom

Independent Ireland versus United Kingdom

See also

References