Timeline of the Irish Confederate Wars

Presented below is a chronology of the major events of the Irish Confederate Wars from 1641-1653. This conflict is also known as the Eleven Years War. The conflict began with the Irish Rebellion of 1641 and ended with the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland (1649–53).

1641

October 23: Outbreak of the Rebellion. Catholic rebels make an attempt to seize Dublin but their plan is discovered at the last minute and abandoned. In Ulster in the north, Phelim O'Neill takes Charlemont.
October 26, Rebels under Phelim O'Neill capture Armagh.
November 11, James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde is made Lieutenant general of Ireland and head of the English troops there.
November 21, The rebels besiege Drogheda.
November 28, A rebel attack on Lurgan, in east Ulster, is beaten off by ProtestantSaturday, November 20, 2004

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