Cromwellian conquest of Ireland

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The Cromwellian conquest of Ireland was a brutal 17th-century military campaign led by Oliver Cromwell that brought Ireland under English Parliamentarian control through widespread sieges, massacres, and land confiscations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf conquest ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
war ⓘ
belligerent Catholic Irish forces ⓘ
English Parliamentarians ⓘ
linked to: Parliamentarians

Irish Confederates ⓘ
Royalists ⓘ
cause English Civil War power struggle ⓘ
fear of Irish Catholic alliance with Royalists ⓘ
characterizedBy forced population displacement ⓘ
land confiscations ⓘ
massacres ⓘ
religious persecution of Catholics ⓘ
sieges ⓘ
commander Edmund Ludlow ⓘ
Henry Ireton ⓘ
Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
conflictIn Irish Confederate Wars ⓘ
demographicConsequence large civilian casualties ⓘ
widespread famine and disease ⓘ
economicConsequence confiscation of estates of Irish Catholic landowners ⓘ
mass transfer of land from Catholic to Protestant ownership ⓘ
endTime 1653 ⓘ
followedBy Cromwellian land settlement of Ireland ⓘ
hasPart Sack of Wexford ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Wexford

Siege of Clonmel ⓘ
Siege of Drogheda ⓘ
Siege of Galway ⓘ
Siege of Kilkenny ⓘ
Siege of Limerick ⓘ
Siege of Waterford ⓘ
Siege of Wexford ⓘ
Storming of Drogheda ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Drogheda
historicalReputation major trauma in Irish historical memory ⓘ
notorious for brutality ⓘ
legalConsequence Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652 ⓘ
Act of Satisfaction 1653 ⓘ
location Ireland ⓘ
opposingCommander Hugh Dubh O’Neill ⓘ
James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond ⓘ
Owen Roe O’Neill ⓘ
linked to: Owen Roe O'Neill

Thomas Preston ⓘ
Ulick Burke, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde ⓘ
partOf Wars of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ
politicalConsequence end of Confederate Ireland ⓘ
incorporation of Ireland into the Commonwealth of England ⓘ
suppression of Royalist resistance in Ireland ⓘ
result English Parliamentarian control of Ireland ⓘ
Parliamentarian victory ⓘ
defeat of Irish Confederate and Royalist forces ⓘ
startTime 1649 ⓘ

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Referenced by (53)

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

Siege of Wexford → conflictIn → Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
Siege of Clonmel → partOf → Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
Siege of Limerick (1651) → partOf → Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
Siege of Limerick (1651) → relatedEvent → Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
Munster → wasSceneOf → Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
Early Modern Ireland → hasPart → Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
Early Modern Ireland → significantEvent → Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
Early Modern Ireland → mainConflict → Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
Interregnum → conflict → Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
English Commonwealth → militaryConflict → Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
Irish Confederates → dissolvedFollowing → Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
Irish Catholic Confederation → dissolvedFollowing → Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
Cromwell’s letters to the English Parliament → timePeriod → Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
Cromwell’s letters to the English Parliament → mainSubject → Irish campaign of Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
linked to: Cromwellian conquest of Ireland
Cromwell’s letters to the English Parliament → mainSubject → Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
Cromwell’s letters to the English Parliament → describesEvent → Cromwell’s Irish campaign (1649–1650) ⓘ
linked to: Cromwellian conquest of Ireland
Cromwell’s letters to the English Parliament → relatedTo → Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
Ormondist faction within Confederate Ireland → dissolvedAfter → Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
Battle of Rathmines → followedBy → Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
Wexford → wasBesiegedDuring → Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
Siege of Waterford → partOf → Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
Siege of Waterford → isPartOfCampaign → Cromwell’s 1649 Irish campaign ⓘ
linked to: Cromwellian conquest of Ireland
Cromwellian conquest of Ireland → followedBy → Cromwellian land settlement of Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Cromwellian conquest of Ireland
History of County Cork → includesEvent → Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
Sir Robert Talbot → historicalContext → Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
Acts of Settlement and Explanation → mainSubject → Cromwellian land settlement ⓘ
linked to: Cromwellian conquest of Ireland
Acts of Settlement and Explanation → follows → Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
Old English nobility in Ireland → lostPowerAfter → Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery → participantIn → Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
Commonwealth period (1649–1653) → conflict → Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
Lord Protector of Ireland → category → History of Ireland (1649–1660) ⓘ
linked to: Cromwellian conquest of Ireland
Lord Protector of Ireland → significantEvent → Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
Commonwealth of Ireland → establishedBy → Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
Commonwealth of Ireland → conflict → Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
British Civil Wars → hasPart → Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652 → historicalPeriod → Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652 → follows → Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652 → associatedWithPolicy → Cromwellian Settlement of Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Cromwellian conquest of Ireland
Act of Satisfaction 1653 → follows → Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
Galway merchant families → diminishedAfter → Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
Ross Castle → garrisonedDuring → Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
Siege of Galway → conflict → Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
Siege of Kilkenny → conflict → Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
Siege of Kilkenny → partOf → Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
Siege of Kilkenny → campaign → Oliver Cromwell’s Irish campaign ⓘ
linked to: Cromwellian conquest of Ireland
Siege of Kilkenny → associatedWith → Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
Supreme Council of the Irish Confederation → dissolvedFollowing → Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
General Assembly of the Irish Confederation → endedBy → Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
Confederate Catholic army → disbandedFollowing → Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ