General Assembly of the Irish Confederation

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The General Assembly of the Irish Confederation was the central representative body of Confederate Ireland during the 1640s, coordinating its political and military efforts in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf governing body
legislative body
representative assembly
aimedAt defence of Irish Catholic interests
greater religious freedom for Catholics in Ireland
political autonomy within the Three Kingdoms
appliesToJurisdiction Confederate Ireland
composedOf Catholic clergy
Irish Catholic nobility
representatives of Irish counties
representatives of Irish towns
conflict Irish Confederate Wars
Wars of the Three Kingdoms
coordinatedWith Royalist forces of Charles I
linked to: Royalists
country Confederate Ireland
Kingdom of Ireland
delegatedTo Supreme Council of the Irish Confederation
dissolvedIn 1650s
endedBy Cromwellian conquest of Ireland
governed Confederate armies in Ireland
governmentType confederal government
hasPart Supreme Council of the Irish Confederation
hasRole central representative body
military coordination
political leadership
historicalPeriod Early modern Ireland
language English
Irish
Latin
legislativeBodyFor Confederate Ireland
location Kilkenny
meetsIn Kilkenny Castle
notableFor acting as de facto national government of Catholic Ireland
coordinating Irish Catholic war effort during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms
partOf Irish Confederation
region Ireland
religion Roman Catholicism
seatOfGovernment Kilkenny
temporalLocation 1640s
Wars of the Three Kingdoms

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Irish Confederates legislativeBody General Assembly of the Irish Confederation
Irish Catholic Confederation legislativeBody General Assembly of the Irish Catholic Confederation
linked to: General Assembly of the Irish Confederation
Supreme Council of the Irish Confederation reportedTo General Assembly of the Irish Confederation