Confederate Catholic army

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The Confederate Catholic army was the main military force of the Irish Catholic Confederation during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms in the mid-17th century, fighting to defend Catholic interests and Irish autonomy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf early modern army ⓘ
military organization ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1649 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1642 ⓘ
allegiance Irish Catholic Confederation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Confederate army ⓘ
Irish Confederate army ⓘ
linked to: Irish Confederates
commandStructure under authority of the Confederate Supreme Council at Kilkenny ⓘ
conflict Irish Confederate Wars ⓘ
Wars of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ
country Irish Catholic Confederation ⓘ
disbandedBy English Parliamentarian regime ⓘ
disbandedFollowing Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
engagement Battle of Benburb ⓘ
Siege of Derry (1649 attempt by Confederate and Royalist forces) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Derry

various sieges and battles across Ireland 1642–1649 ⓘ
goal obtain recognition of Irish self-government under the king ⓘ
reverse Protestant land confiscations ⓘ
secure religious freedom for Catholics in Ireland ⓘ
headquarters Kilkenny ⓘ
ideology Irish political autonomy ⓘ
defence of Catholic interests in Ireland ⓘ
legacy important force in Irish Catholic nationalist memory ⓘ
militaryType infantry and cavalry field army ⓘ
notableCommander Garret Barry ⓘ
linked to: Garrett Barry

Owen Roe O’Neill ⓘ
linked to: Owen Roe O'Neill

Richard Butler, 3rd Viscount Mountgarret ⓘ
Thomas Preston ⓘ
Thomas Preston, 1st Viscount Tara ⓘ
operatedIn Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ
organizedBy Supreme Council of the Irish Catholic Confederation ⓘ
partOf Irish Confederate Wars ⓘ
primaryOpponents English Parliamentarian forces ⓘ
Royalist forces in certain phases of the war ⓘ
Scottish Covenanter forces ⓘ
provinceCommand Connacht army ⓘ
Leinster army ⓘ
Munster army ⓘ
Ulster army ⓘ
recruitmentBase Irish Catholic gentry ⓘ
Irish Catholic peasantry ⓘ
Irish mercenaries returning from continental Europe ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
structure divided into provincial armies ⓘ
supportedBy Irish Catholic clergy ⓘ
supportedMonarch Charles I of England in various treaties ⓘ
usedLanguage English ⓘ
Irish ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Irish Confederates → militaryBranch → Confederate Catholic army ⓘ
Irish Catholic Confederation → militaryBranch → Confederate Catholic army ⓘ
Munster Parliamentarian army → notableEnemy → Confederate Munster army ⓘ
linked to: Confederate Catholic army
Siege of Galway → combatantSide → Confederate Catholics ⓘ
linked to: Confederate Catholic army