Events
- May
- Charles II repudiates his alliance with Irish Catholics in favour of one with Scottish Covenanters in the Treaty of Breda. Most English Royalists in Ireland surrender to the Parliamentarians after this point.
- Cromwellian conquest of Ireland: Oliver Cromwell besieges Clonmel. His troops make two failed assaults, taking up to 2,500 casualties, before the town surrenders. Cromwell leaves Ireland after the siege and passes his command to Henry Ireton.
- 27 March - Confederate Ireland's besieged capital Kilkenny is surrendered to Cromwell.
- 10 May - Battle of Macroom: Irish force defeated by English Parliamentarians.
- 19 June - Battle of Tecroghan: an Irish force successfully relieves the siege of Tecroghan Castle in County Westmeath
- 21 June - Battle of Scarrifholis: the Irish Catholic Ulster Army is routed by the English Parliamentarians under Charles Coote, near Letterkenny, with up to 3,000 dead.
- 25 October - Battle of Meelick Island: English Parliamentarians rout the Irish Connaught Army.
- December - The Duke of Ormonde, esrstwhile Royalist commander in Ireland, gives up his command and leaves for France.
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