This is a chronological list of armed conflicts involving Ireland and the United Kingdom. Both sides have fought many armed conflicts against each other.

Irish rebels versus England/United Kingdom +DateConflictIrish sideBritish sideResult1169-1177Anglo-Norman invasion of IrelandGaelic IrelandAngevin Empire Anglo-Norman victory Most of Ireland absorbed into the Lordship of Ireland1185John's first expedition to Ireland Lordship of Meath Gaelic Ireland Kingdom of England Lordship of IrelandIrish Victory John returns to England Hugh de Lacy falls out of royal favour1210John's second expedition to Ireland Lordship of Meath Gaelic Ireland Kingdom of England Lordship of Ireland English victory1315-1318Bruce campaign in IrelandGaelic Ireland Lordship of Ireland English victory1534-1537Kildare Rebellion FitzGerald of Kildare Allied Gaelic and Norman clans Kingdom of England Lordship of Ireland English victory1569-1573First Desmond Rebellion Fitzmaurice of Desmond FitzGerald of Desmond

Allied clans Irish loyalists English victory Second Desmond Rebellion1579-1583Second Desmond Rebellion FitzGeralds of Desmond O'Byrnes

Spain and Papal troops and Irish allies English victory Famine throughout Munster Plantations of Munster1593-1603Nine Years' War (Ireland) Irish alliance Spain and loyalists English victory Treaty of Mellifont (1603) Flight of the Earls (1607)1641-1653Eleven Years' War Irish Catholic Confederates Royalists

Scottish Covenanters Kingdom of Ireland Laggan Army

Scottish Covenanters

English Parliamentarians English Parliamentarian victory English conquest of Ireland1689-1691Williamite War in Ireland Jacobites Kingdom of Scotland Anglo-Scottish victory Treaty of Limerick (1691)1798Irish Rebellion of 1798 United Irishmen Defenders British victory (Suppression by Crown forces) Abolition of the Irish Parliament and creation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 18011798-1803 Michael Dwyer's guerrilla campaign United Irishmen

(1798-1800)

United Kingdom(1801-1803) British victory Michael Dwyer capitulates1803Irish Rebellion of 1803 United Irishmen United Kingdom British victory (Rebellion suppressed)1848Young Ireland rebellion Young Irelanders Irish Constabulary British victory Rebels besiege a police unit, but retreat after police reinforcements arrive1867Fenian Rising Irish Republican Brotherhood Fenian Brotherhood British victory Political reorganisation1916Easter Rising Irish rebel forces British forces British victory Unconditional surrender of Rebel forces Execution of most leaders1919-1921Irish War of Independence Irish RepublicInconclusive Military stalemate Anglo-Irish Treaty (1921) Ensuring Irish Civil War

See also

Ireland–United Kingdom relations

References