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This is a list of major military engagements throughout Irish history including:

Contents

Prehistoric era

5th century

6th century

7th century

8th century

9th century

10th century

11th century

12th century

13th century

14th century

Bruce Campaign


15th century

16th century

Mac an Iarla War

Desmond Rebellions

First Desmond Rebellion (1569–1573)

Second Desmond Rebellion (1579–1583)

Spanish Armada

  • 1588 - Crown mobilisation to capture survivors

Nine Years' War

17th century

Irish Confederate Wars

Williamite War

18th century

United Irishmen Rebellion

Several fragments of the rebel armies of the Summer of 1798 survived to fight on both in the hope of the rebellion breaking out again and of French aid. The main guerrilla groupings were:

19th century

Tithe War

  • 1831–1836 - a period of rural insurgency over the payment of tithes to the Established Church.

Fenian Rising

20th century

Easter Rising, Irish War of Independence & Civil War, 1916-22

Only the major engagements of this period are listed below.

Easter Rising

Irish War of Independence

Irish Civil War

IRA Northern Campaigns

The Troubles

Irish Defence Forces peacekeeping

  • 1960 - Niemba Ambush - Irish platoon ambushed by Baluba tribesmen in the Congo
  • 1961 - Siege of Jadotville - 150 Irish peacekeepers hold out for four days under siege by upwards of four thousand Kataganians in the Congo, while Irish and Swedish troops attempt to break thought to them.
  • 1961 - Second Battle for the Tunnel - Irish 36th Battalion capture a vital communications link in Elisabethville, Congo.
  • 1980 - Battle of At Tiri, South Lebanon. Between Irish and other UNIFIL troops and South Lebanon Army.
  • 2004 - Gbapa, Nimba county, Liberia - Irish Army Ranger Wing rescue villagers from Government of Liberia (GOL) forces.[12]

See also

Footnotes

References

  1. ^ Bartlett, A Military History of Ireland, Ch 3, pg 59
  2. ^ Bartlett, A Military History of Ireland, Ch 6, pg 129
  3. ^ Bartlett, A Military History of Ireland, Ch 6, pg 130
  4. ^ Lennon, Sixteenth-Century Ireland: The Incomplete Conquest, pg 151
  5. ^ Lennon, Sixteenth-Century Ireland: The Incomplete Conquest, pg 255
  6. ^ Connolly, Contested Island, pg 267
  7. ^ Connolly, Contested Island, pg 276
  8. ^ Tinniswood, The Verneys, pg 180
  9. ^ C. P. Meehan, Confederation of Kilkenny, pg 72
  10. ^ Meehan, Confederation of Kilkenny, pg 76
  11. ^ Scott-Wheeler, Cromwell in Ireland, pg 135
  12. ^ Brady, Tom. "Security Editor". Irish Independent. Irish Independent. http://www.independent.ie/world-news/africa/crack-troops-rescue-hostages-from-gunmen-in-daring-raid-187696.html. Retrieved 1 December 2011. 

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