List of Irish uprisings

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Since the 16th century, there has been a series of uprisings against British rule in Ireland. These uprisings played a major role in the formation of Irish nationalism and republicanism. After the Irish Rebellion of 1798, such uprisings became more revolutionary and republican in nature. Following the Irish War of Independence, the partition of Ireland and the creation of the autonomous Irish Free State in twenty-six of Ireland's thirty-two counties in 1922; with the exception of the Irish Civil War, most but not all subsequent insurgent activity in Ireland occurred within the six counties of Northern Ireland, which continued to be part of the United Kingdom.

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Year(s)Location(s)ConflictOrganiser(s)
1534 Lordship of Ireland (Dublin) Silken Thomas Rebellion FitzGeralds of Kildare
1569–73 Kingdom of Ireland (Province of Munster) First Desmond Rebellion FitzGeralds of Desmond and allied clans
1579–83Kingdom of Ireland (Provinces of Munster and Leinster) Second Desmond Rebellion
1593–1603Kingdom of Ireland Nine Years' War Hugh Ó Neill, Hugh Ó Donnell and allied clans
1608Kingdom of Ireland (County Donegal) O'Doherty's rebellion Sir Cahir O'Doherty
1641Kingdom of Ireland Irish Rebellion of 1641 Phelim Ó Neill, Rory Ó Moore, Conor Maguire, Hugh Óg MacMahon
1642–52 Irish Confederate Wars Irish Catholic Confederation
1689–91 Williamite War Jacobites under James II of England
1798 Irish Rebellion of 1798 Society of United Irishmen
1799–1803Kingdom of Ireland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (County Wicklow) Michael Dwyer's guerrilla campaign Michael Dwyer and his followers (Society of United Irishmen)
1800 Newfoundland Colony United Irish Uprising Society of United Irishmen
1803United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (Dublin) Irish rebellion of 1803
1804 Castle Hill, Colony of New South Wales Castle Hill Rebellion
1848United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (Ballingarry, South Tipperary) Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848 Young Ireland
1866–71 British North America Fenian Raids Fenian Brotherhood
1867United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, England, and Canada Fenian Rising
1881–85United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Fenian dynamite campaign
1882–83United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (Dublin) and British Cape Colony (Cape Town)The Invincibles' Assassinations Irish National Invincibles
1916United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (Counties of Dublin, Meath, Galway, Louth, Wexford, and Cork Easter Rising Irish Republican Brotherhood, Irish Citizen Army, Irish Volunteers, Cumann na mBan
1919–22 Irish Republic War of Independence Irish Republican Army (1917–22), Cumann na mBan
1939–40England Sabotage Campaign Irish Republican Army (1922–1969)
1942–44 Republic of Ireland-United Kingdom border Northern Campaign
1956–62 Border Campaign
1969–98Northern Ireland (mostly), Republic of Ireland and Great Britain The Troubles Provisional Irish Republican Army, Irish National Liberation Army, Official Irish Republican Army, Continuity Irish Republican Army, Real Irish Republican Army, Irish Peoples Liberation Organisation
1998–present Dissident Irish republican campaign 1998–present Continuity Irish Republican Army, Real Irish Republican Army, Óglaigh na hÉireann, Republican Action Against Drugs, New Irish Republican Army

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