Confederate Catholic army

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The Confederate Catholic army was the main military force of the Irish Catholic Confederation during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms in the mid-17th century, fighting to defend Catholic interests and Irish autonomy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf early modern army
military organization
activeYearsEnd 1649
activeYearsStart 1642
allegiance Irish Catholic Confederation
alsoKnownAs Confederate army
Irish Confederate army
linked to: Irish Confederates
commandStructure under authority of the Confederate Supreme Council at Kilkenny
conflict Irish Confederate Wars
Wars of the Three Kingdoms
country Irish Catholic Confederation
disbandedBy English Parliamentarian regime
disbandedFollowing Cromwellian conquest of Ireland
engagement Battle of Benburb
Siege of Derry (1649 attempt by Confederate and Royalist forces)
linked to: Siege of Derry

various sieges and battles across Ireland 1642–1649
goal obtain recognition of Irish self-government under the king
reverse Protestant land confiscations
secure religious freedom for Catholics in Ireland
headquarters Kilkenny
ideology Irish political autonomy
defence of Catholic interests in Ireland
legacy important force in Irish Catholic nationalist memory
militaryType infantry and cavalry field army
notableCommander Garret Barry
linked to: Garrett Barry

Owen Roe O’Neill
linked to: Owen Roe O'Neill

Richard Butler, 3rd Viscount Mountgarret
Thomas Preston
Thomas Preston, 1st Viscount Tara
operatedIn Kingdom of Ireland
organizedBy Supreme Council of the Irish Catholic Confederation
partOf Irish Confederate Wars
primaryOpponents English Parliamentarian forces
Royalist forces in certain phases of the war
Scottish Covenanter forces
provinceCommand Connacht army
Leinster army
Munster army
Ulster army
recruitmentBase Irish Catholic gentry
Irish Catholic peasantry
Irish mercenaries returning from continental Europe
religion Roman Catholicism
structure divided into provincial armies
supportedBy Irish Catholic clergy
supportedMonarch Charles I of England in various treaties
usedLanguage English
Irish

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Irish Confederates militaryBranch Confederate Catholic army
Irish Catholic Confederation militaryBranch Confederate Catholic army
Munster Parliamentarian army notableEnemy Confederate Munster army
linked to: Confederate Catholic army
Siege of Galway combatantSide Confederate Catholics
linked to: Confederate Catholic army