List of wars involving the Republic of Ireland

This is a list of wars involving Ireland since its inception as the Irish Free State. Also included is the Irish War of Independence.

List

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
Irish War of Independence
(1919-1921)		 Republic of Ireland Irish Republic  United Kingdom Ceasefire
Irish Civil War
(1922-1923)		 Republic of Ireland National Army Republic of Ireland Irish Republican Army Victory
Northern Campaign
(1942-1944)		 Republic of Ireland Ireland


United Kingdom United Kingdom

 Republic of Ireland Irish Republican Army Victory
  • IRA campaign fails
Congo Crisis
(1960-1964)		 United Nations ONUC State of Katanga State of Katanga Victory
The Troubles
(1968-1998)		 State security forces

 United Kingdom


 Ireland

 Irish republican paramilitaries


Ulster loyalist paramilitaries

 Stalemate
Somali Civil War
(1992–1995)
  United States
 United Kingdom
 Spain
 Saudi Arabia
 Malaysia
 Pakistan
 Italy
 India
 Greece
 Germany
 France
 Canada
 Botswana
 Belgium
 Australia
 Ireland		 Somalia Somalia Victory
  • UN humanitarian mandate fulfilled.
  • About 100,000 lives were saved by outside resistance.
  • Civil war is ongoing.
International Force for East Timor
(1999-2000)		 International Force: Insurgents: Victory
  • Defeat of pro-Indonesian militia.
  • Stabilisation of East Timor.

See also

List of wars involving the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

References

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