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List of armed conflicts involving Ireland against the United Kingdom

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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

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Date Conflict Irish side British side Result
1169-1177 Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland[1] Gaelic Ireland Angevin Empire Anglo-Norman victory
1315-1318 Bruce campaign in Ireland[2] Gaelic Ireland

 Kingdom of Scotland

 Kingdom of England English victory
1569-1573 First Desmond Rebellion[3] Fitzmaurice of Desmond

FitzGerald of Desmond

Allied clans

 Kingdom of England English victory
1579-1583 Second Desmond Rebellion[4] FitzGeralds of Desmond

O'Byrnes

Spain Spain and Papal troops

 Kingdom of England and Irish allies English victory
1593-1603 Nine Years' War (Ireland)[5] Irish alliance

Spain Spain

 Kingdom of England and loyalists English victory
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 Kingdom of Scotland

Anglo-Scottish victory
1798 Irish Rebellion of 1798[9] United Irishmen

Defenders

 France

 Great Britain British victory (Suppression by Crown forces)
1803 Irish Rebellion of 1803[10] United Irishmen United Kingdom British victory (Rebellion suppressed)
1848 Young Ireland rebellion[11] Young Irelanders United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Irish Constabulary British victory
  • Rebels besiege a police unit, but retreat after police reinforcements arrive
1867 Fenian Rising[12] Irish Republican Brotherhood  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British victory
  • Political reorganisation
1916 Easter Rising[13] Irish Republic Irish rebel forces United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British forces British victory
  • Unconditional surrender of Rebel forces
  • Execution of most leaders

Independent Ireland versus United Kingdom

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Date Conflict Irish side British side Result
1919-1921 Irish War of Independence[14] Irish Republic  United Kingdom Irish victory
1922-1923 Irish Civil War[15] Anti-Treaty IRA Irish Free State

 United Kingdom

Pro-Treaty forces victory

See also

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References

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  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.