Archbishop Giovanni Rinuccini, condemns their adherence to Ormonds peace terms
Archbishop Giovanni Battista Rinuccini, an Italian cleric and papal nuncio to the Irish Confederate Catholics during the 1640s, played a significant role in the Irish Confederate Wars. In 1646, he condemned the peace terms agreed upon by the Confederates with James Butler, the 1st Duke of Ormond, who was the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, representing the English Royalist forces.
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Eoghan Rua O'Neill, defeats Robert Munro’s Scottish army at Benburb in Co. Tyrone
Eoghan Rua Ó Néill, a brilliant Irish military commander, achieves a decisive victory over Robert Monro’s Scottish Covenanter army at the Battle of Benburb in County Tyrone on 5 June 1646. Leading the forces of the Irish Confederate Catholics, Ó Néill expertly used the terrain and timing to rout a larger and better-equipped enemy.
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Peace between the confederates and James Butler, leads to a split within the confederation
Lieutenant-General James FitzThomas Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond, KG, PC (19 October 1610 – 21 July 1688), was an Anglo-Irish statesman and soldier, known as Earl of Ormond from 1634 to 1642 and Marquess of Ormond from 1642 to 1661.
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Edward Worcester, Earl of Glamorgan, is sent to Ireland to raise troops for the king
Edward Somerset, Earl of Glamorgan (also known as Edward Worcester), aristocrat, royalist envoy, and inventor, is sent to Ireland in 1645 by King Charles I to negotiate support from the Irish Confederates during the English Civil War.
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Battle of Alford
Battle of Alford, Marquis of Montrose defeated Lieutenant-General Baillie; Lord Gordon killed.
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Marquis of Montrose victorious at Battle of Auldearn
The Battle of Auldearn, an engagement of the Scottish Civil War, took place on May 09, 1645, near the village of Auldearn in Nairnshire.
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