Supreme Council of the Irish Confederation

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The Supreme Council of the Irish Confederation was the central executive authority of the 1640s Confederate Catholic movement in Ireland, directing its political, military, and diplomatic strategy during the Confederate Wars.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Confederate Catholic institution
executive council
governing body
aimedTo defend Catholic interests in Ireland
secure religious and political concessions from the English crown
appliesToJurisdiction Ireland
composition Gaelic Irish Catholic leaders
Old English Catholic nobility
conflict Irish Confederate Wars
Wars of the Three Kingdoms
country Confederate Ireland
Kingdom of Ireland
directed diplomatic strategy of the Irish Confederation
military strategy of the Irish Confederation
political strategy of the Irish Confederation
dissolvedFollowing Cromwellian conquest of Ireland
endTime 1652
exercisedPower civil authority in Confederate Ireland
military command in Confederate Ireland
formedAfter Irish Rebellion of 1641
formedAsPartOf Kilkenny Confederation
governed Confederate-held territories in Ireland
governmentType Confederate Catholic government
hasRole central executive authority
diplomatic leadership
military leadership
political leadership
historicalPeriod Early modern Ireland
languageOfWorkOrName English
Irish
locatedIn Kilkenny
movement Confederate Catholic movement in Ireland
negotiatedWith Charles I of England
Ormond (James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond)
Royalist representatives
papal envoys
oversaw Confederate armies in Ireland
partOf Confederate Catholics of Ireland
linked to: Irish Confederates

Irish Catholic Confederation
religion Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Roman Catholicism
reportedTo General Assembly of the Irish Confederation
seatOfGovernment Kilkenny
signed Ormond Peace of 1646
Ormond Peace of 1648
startTime 1642
supervised Confederate General Assembly
temporalContext 1640s

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Irish Confederates governingBody Supreme Council of the Irish Confederation
Irish Catholic Confederation alsoKnownAs Confederation of Kilkenny
linked to: Supreme Council of the Irish Confederation
Irish Catholic Confederation hasPart Supreme Council of the Irish Catholic Confederation
linked to: Supreme Council of the Irish Confederation
Irish Catholic Confederation executiveBody Supreme Council of the Irish Catholic Confederation
linked to: Supreme Council of the Irish Confederation
Irish Catholic Confederation leader Supreme Council of the Irish Catholic Confederation
linked to: Supreme Council of the Irish Confederation
General Assembly of the Irish Confederation hasPart Supreme Council of the Irish Confederation
General Assembly of the Irish Confederation delegatedTo Supreme Council of the Irish Confederation
Confederate Catholic army organizedBy Supreme Council of the Irish Catholic Confederation
linked to: Supreme Council of the Irish Confederation
Giovanni Battista Rinuccini influenced Supreme Council of the Irish Catholic Confederation
linked to: Supreme Council of the Irish Confederation