List of Irish uprisings

This is a list of uprisings by Irish people against English and British claims of sovereignty in Ireland. These uprisings include attempted counter-revolutions and rebellions, though some can be described as either depending upon perspective. After the United Irishmen Rebellion such uprisings became more revolutionary and republican in nature. Following the War of Independence, the partition of Ireland and the creation of the autonomous Irish Free State in 26 of the island's 32 counties in 1922, most but not all subsequent insurgent activity occurred within the six counties of Northern Ireland, which was retained in the United Kingdom.

Year(s)	Location(s)	Conflict	Organiser(s)
1534	Ireland (Dublin)	Silken Thomas Rebellion	FitzGeralds of Kildare
1569–73	Ireland	First Desmond Rebellion	FitzGeralds of Desmond and allied clans
1579–83	Ireland	Second Desmond Rebellion	FitzGeralds of Desmond and allied clans
1593–1603	Ireland	Nine Years' War	Hugh Ó Neill, Hugh Ó Donnell and allied clans
1608	Ireland	O'Doherty's rebellion	Sir Cahir O'Doherty
1641	Ireland	Irish Rebellion of 1641	Phelim Ó Neill, Rory Ó Moore, Conor Maguire, Hugh Óg MacMahon
1642–52	Ireland	Irish Confederate Wars	Irish Catholic Confederation
1689–91	Ireland	Williamite War	Jacobites under James II of England
1798	Ireland	Irish Rebellion of 1798	Society of United Irishmen
1799–1803	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	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	Ireland	Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848	Young Ireland
1866–71	British North America Dominion of Canada Ontario Quebec	Fenian Raids	Fenian Brotherhood
1867	Ireland	Fenian Rising	Fenian Brotherhood
1867–85	Great Britain	Fenian Dynamite Campaign	Fenian Brotherhood
1882–83	Ireland (Dublin) and British Cape Colony (Cape Town)	The Invincibles' Assassinations	Irish National Invincibles
1916	Ireland	Easter Rising	Irish Republican Brotherhood, Irish Citizen Army, Irish Volunteers
1919–22	Ireland	War of Independence	Irish Republican Army (1917–22)
1939–40	England	"Sabotage Campaign"	Irish Republican Army (1922-1969)
1942–44	Northern Ireland	Northern Campaign	Irish Republican Army (1922-1969)
1956–62	Northern Ireland	Border Campaign	Irish Republican Army (1922-1969)
1969–98	Northern Ireland (mostly), Republic of Ireland and Great Britain	The Troubles	Official Irish Republican Army, Provisional Irish Republican Army, Irish National Liberation Army, Irish People's Liberation Organisation, Continuity IRA
1998–present	Northern Ireland (mostly), Republic of Ireland and Great Britain	Dissident Irish republican campaign 1998 – present	Real Irish Republican Army, Continuity Irish Republican Army

See also

• List of Irish battles
• List of wars in Ireland
• Military history of Ireland
• Irish nationalism
• Irish republicanism
• List of massacres in Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• Uprisings led by women