List of Irish uprisings

Since the 16th century, there have 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.

Year(s)	Location(s)	Conflict	Organiser(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
1579–83	Kingdom of Ireland (Provinces of Munster and Leinster)	Second Desmond Rebellion	FitzGeralds of Desmond and allied clans
1593–1603	Kingdom of Ireland	Nine Years' War	Hugh Ó Neill, Hugh Ó Donnell and allied clans
1608	Kingdom of Ireland (County Donegal)	O'Doherty's rebellion	Sir Cahir O'Doherty
1641	Kingdom of Ireland	Irish Rebellion of 1641	Phelim Ó Neill, Rory Ó Moore, Conor Maguire, Hugh Óg MacMahon
1642–52	Kingdom of Ireland	Irish Confederate Wars	Irish Catholic Confederation
1689–91	Kingdom of Ireland	Williamite War	Jacobites under James II of England
1798	Kingdom of Ireland	Irish Rebellion of 1798	Society of United Irishmen
1799–1803	Kingdom 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
1803	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (Dublin)	Irish rebellion of 1803	Society of United Irishmen
1804	Castle Hill, Colony of New South Wales	Castle Hill Rebellion	Society of United Irishmen
1848	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (Ballingarry, South Tipperary)	Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848	Young Ireland
1866–71	British North America Dominion of Canada Eastern Canada Manitoba	Fenian Raids	Fenian Brotherhood
1867	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, England, and Canada	Fenian Rising	Fenian Brotherhood
1881–85	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	Fenian dynamite campaign	Fenian Brotherhood
1882–83	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (Dublin) and British Cape Colony (Cape Town)	The Invincibles' Assassinations	Irish National Invincibles
1916	United 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
1939–40	England	"Sabotage Campaign"	Irish Republican Army (1922-1969)
1942–44	Republic of Ireland-United Kingdom border	Northern Campaign	Irish Republican Army (1922-1969)
1956–62	Republic of Ireland-United Kingdom border	Border Campaign	Irish Republican Army (1922-1969)
1969–98	Northern Ireland (mostly), Republic of Ireland and Great Britain	The Troubles	Provisional Irish Republican Army, Irish National Liberation Army, Official I Republican Army, Continuity Irish Republican Army, Real Irish Republican Army, Irish Peoples Liberation Organisation
1998–present	Northern Ireland (mostly), Republic of Ireland and Great Britain	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

See also

Ireland

• Irish nationalism
• Irish republicanism
• List of conflicts in Ireland
• Military history of Ireland
• United Ireland

Other

• Welsh rebellions against English rule
• Wars of Scottish Independence
• Scottish independence
• Welsh independence