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Wars 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 Gaelic Ireland Angevin Empire Anglo-Norman victory
1315-1318 Bruce campaign in Ireland Gaelic Ireland

 Kingdom of Scotland

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

FitzGerald of Desmond

Allied clans

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

O'Byrnes

Spain Spain and Papal troops

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

Spain Spain

 Kingdom of England and loyalists English victory
1641-1642 Irish Rebellion of 1641 Confederate Ireland  England

 Ireland

 Scotland

Founding of Confederate Ireland and beginning of the Irish Confederate Wars
1641-1653 Eleven Years' War 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 Jacobites  Kingdom of England

Kingdom of Scotland Kingdom of Scotland

Anglo-Scottish victory
1798 Irish Rebellion of 1798 United Irishmen

Defenders

 France

 Great Britain British victory (Suppression by Crown forces)
1803 Irish Rebellion of 1803 United Irishmen United Kingdom British victory (Rebellion suppressed)
1848 Young Ireland rebellion 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 Irish Republican Brotherhood  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British victory
  • Political reorganisation
1916 Easter Rising 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

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

 United Kingdom

Pro-Treaty forces victory

See also

References

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