1646
- 28 March, The Ormonde Peace is signed, committing the Confederates to an alliance with the English Royalists in return for concessions to Catholics. It is condemned by Rinuccini and the Catholic Bishops.
- An English Parliamentarian naval force lands at Dingle and sacks the town.
- The parliamentarians occupy Bunratty Castle but are then besieged by Confederate troops and forced to surrender.
- June, Battle of Benburb, a Scottish Covenanter army is smashed by the Confederate Ulster Army under Owen Roe O'Neill.
- Confederate troops take Roscommon.
- Confederate Armies under Preston and O'Neill march on Kilkenny to reject the Ormonde peace. Those who signed it are arrested.
- O'Neill and Preston besiege Dublin, held by the Royalist Earl of Ormonde. However they lift the siege due to bad weather and a failure to agree on strategy.
Read more about this topic: Timeline Of The Irish Confederate Wars