Irish Rebellion

Irish Rebellion

"Irish Rebellion" may refer to:
* The Irish Bruce Wars 1315-1318 an attempt by members of the O'Neill clan backed by a Scottish and Irish army to make Edward Bruce the High King of Ireland. They were supported by Edward's older brother, Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland.
* The Geraldine Rebellion (1534) and the FitzGerald Rebellion against Henry VIII 1535 to 1537 to do with who was supreme head of the church
* The Desmond Rebellions, that occurred in the 1560s, 1570s and 1580s in Munster.
* Tyrone's Rebellion (also known "Nine Years War") from 1594 to 1603 predominantly in Ulster
* The Irish Rebellion of 1641, a conflict between the Roman Catholic native Gaelic-Irish and Hiberno-Normans, and Protestant settlers.
* The Irish Rebellion of 1798, a republican uprising against British rule of Ireland.
* The United Irish Uprising of 1800, an uprising against British rule of Newfoundland.
* The 1803 Irish rebellion led by Robert Emmet
* The Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848, also called The Famine Rebellion of 1848
* The Fenian Rising of 1867
* The Easter Rising of 1916, a nationalist uprising against British rule of Ireland.
* The Irish War of Independence - 1919-1921 a guerrilla war between the original Irish Republican Army and the British administration in Ireland, resulted in the creation of the Irish Free State, now known as the Republic of Ireland.
* Sabotage Campaign (IRA) (1939-1940)
* Northern Campaign (IRA) (1942 - 1944)
* The Border Campaign (IRA) (1956-1962)
* The Troubles (1969 to present)


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