Irish Confederate Wars
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The Irish Confederate Wars were a series of interconnected conflicts in 17th-century Ireland involving Irish Catholic Confederates, English Royalists, and Parliamentarians, forming the Irish theater of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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Target entity: Irish Confederate Wars Context triple: [Charles I of England, conflict, Irish Confederate Wars]
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Bishops' Wars
The Bishops' Wars were a pair of mid-17th-century conflicts between Charles I and Scotland over attempts to impose Anglican religious practices, helping trigger the broader Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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English Civil War
The English Civil War was a series of mid-17th-century conflicts between the monarchy and Parliament in England that led to the trial and execution of Charles I and the temporary establishment of a republican Commonwealth under Oliver Cromwell.
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The Troubles
The Troubles was a decades-long ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland, marked by violent clashes among republican and loyalist paramilitaries, the British state, and local communities from the late 1960s to the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.
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King Philip's War
King Philip's War was a devastating 17th-century conflict between Native American inhabitants of New England and English colonists that resulted in massive casualties, the destruction of many Indigenous communities, and a lasting shift in regional power.
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Eighty Years' War
The Eighty Years' War was a protracted 16th–17th century conflict in which the Dutch provinces fought for and ultimately secured independence from Spanish rule, laying the foundations of the Dutch Republic.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Irish Confederate Wars Target entity description: The Irish Confederate Wars were a series of interconnected conflicts in 17th-century Ireland involving Irish Catholic Confederates, English Royalists, and Parliamentarians, forming the Irish theater of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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A.
Bishops' Wars
The Bishops' Wars were a pair of mid-17th-century conflicts between Charles I and Scotland over attempts to impose Anglican religious practices, helping trigger the broader Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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B.
English Civil War
The English Civil War was a series of mid-17th-century conflicts between the monarchy and Parliament in England that led to the trial and execution of Charles I and the temporary establishment of a republican Commonwealth under Oliver Cromwell.
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C.
The Troubles
The Troubles was a decades-long ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland, marked by violent clashes among republican and loyalist paramilitaries, the British state, and local communities from the late 1960s to the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.
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D.
King Philip's War
King Philip's War was a devastating 17th-century conflict between Native American inhabitants of New England and English colonists that resulted in massive casualties, the destruction of many Indigenous communities, and a lasting shift in regional power.
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E.
Queen Anne's War
Queen Anne's War was the North American theater of the War of the Spanish Succession, fought between European colonial powers and their Native American allies in the early 18th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil war
ⓘ
conflict in Ireland ⓘ war ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Wars of the Three Kingdoms
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surface form:
Eleven Years' War
|
| cause |
Irish Rebellion of 1641
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land ownership disputes in Ireland ⓘ religious tensions between Catholics and Protestants in Ireland ⓘ |
| commander |
Henry Ireton
ⓘ
James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond ⓘ Murrough O'Brien, 1st Earl of Inchiquin ⓘ Oliver Cromwell ⓘ Owen Roe O'Neill ⓘ Thomas Preston ⓘ |
| conflict |
Parliament of England
ⓘ
surface form:
English Parliamentarians
English Royalists ⓘ Irish Confederate Wars self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Irish Catholic Confederation
Scottish Covenanters ⓘ |
| country | Ireland ⓘ |
| endTime | 1653 ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
Cromwellian land confiscations in Ireland
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implementation of the Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652 ⓘ mass displacement of Irish Catholic landowners ⓘ severe population loss in Ireland ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Irish Confederate Wars
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Cromwellian conquest of Ireland
Irish Rebellion of 1641 ⓘ Parliamentarian reconquest phase ⓘ Royalist–Confederate alliance phase ⓘ |
| languageOfBelligerents |
English
ⓘ
Irish ⓘ Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| location |
Connacht
ⓘ
Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ Leinster ⓘ Munster ⓘ Ulster ⓘ |
| mainBelligerent |
Scottish Covenanters
ⓘ
surface form:
Confederate Catholics of Ireland
Parliament of England ⓘ
surface form:
English Parliament
Royalists ⓘ Scottish Covenanters ⓘ
surface form:
Scottish Covenanter forces
|
| partOf | Wars of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ |
| religiousAspect | Catholic–Protestant conflict ⓘ |
| result |
Siege of Drogheda
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surface form:
Cromwellian conquest of Ireland
Parliamentarian control of Ireland ⓘ defeat of Irish Catholic Confederation ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Battle of Benburb
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Battle of Dungan's Hill ⓘ Battle of Knocknanuss ⓘ Siege of Clonmel ⓘ Siege of Drogheda ⓘ Siege of Limerick (1651) ⓘ Siege of Wexford ⓘ |
| startTime | 1641 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
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Subject: Irish Confederate Wars Description of subject: The Irish Confederate Wars were a series of interconnected conflicts in 17th-century Ireland involving Irish Catholic Confederates, English Royalists, and Parliamentarians, forming the Irish theater of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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