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Irish Catholic Confederation

1642–1652

The Catholic Confederation of Kilkenny, a de facto independent government of Catholic Ireland during the Irish Confederate Wars. Its Supreme Council and General Assembly (at Kilkenny) governed most of Ireland in the name of Charles I, professing loyalty to king and Catholic faith.

Existed
1642–1652
Shown on the map
1642–1652
Peak area
62k km²
Region
Europe

Overview

The Catholic Confederation of Kilkenny, a de facto independent government of Catholic Ireland during the Irish Confederate Wars. Its Supreme Council and General Assembly (at Kilkenny) governed most of Ireland in the name of Charles I, professing loyalty to king and Catholic faith. Riven by factions (Old English vs. Gaelic Irish; the peace party vs. the clerical/nuncio party under Cardinal Rinuccini), it allied with the Royalists but was destroyed by Cromwell's conquest (1649–1652).

Common questions

What was the Irish Catholic Confederation?
The Catholic Confederation of Kilkenny, a de facto independent government of Catholic Ireland during the Irish Confederate Wars. Its Supreme Council and General Assembly (at Kilkenny) governed most of Ireland in the name of Charles I, professing loyalty to king and Catholic faith.
When did the Irish Catholic Confederation exist?
The Irish Catholic Confederation existed 1642–1652. On this map it is drawn 1642–1652.
How large was the Irish Catholic Confederation?
At its greatest extent drawn on this map, the Irish Catholic Confederation covered about 62,000 km². That is the largest area the border data gives it across the years it is drawn, not necessarily its greatest extent in history.

Sources

This compendium cites its sources once for the whole document rather than per territory. Its bibliography names the English Wikipedia articles for each territory as the primary basis, with Encyclopædia Britannica, EBSCO Research Starters, the New World Encyclopedia, UNESCO, and academic works including Henry Kamen's *Spain, 1469–1714* and Shaul Stampfer's study of Khmelnytsky-era Jewish casualties. The article this entry is anchored on:

This entry was last updated .

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Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0: reuse it with a credit to The World Through Time and a link to this page. Passages drawing on the Wikipedia articles listed above are also licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 by their contributors.

Border geometry for the map itself comes from Cliopatria v0.12 (Seshat Global History Databank, CC-BY-4.0).

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