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)	Irish Republic	United Kingdom	Ceasefire Anglo-Irish Treaty Creation of the Irish Free State
Irish Civil War (1922-1923)	National Army	Irish Republican Army	Victory Confirmation of the Irish Free State Defeat of Anti-Treaty forces
Northern Campaign (1942-1944)	Ireland United Kingdom	Irish Republican Army	Victory IRA campaign fails
Congo Crisis (1960-1964)	ONUC Ireland	State of Katanga	Victory Debellation of the State of Katanga
The Troubles (1968-1998)	State security forces United Kingdom British Army Royal Ulster Constabulary Ireland Irish Defence Forces Gardaí	Irish republican paramilitaries Provisional IRA Official IRA INLA IPLO (1986–92) CIRA (1994–) RIRA (1997–) Ulster loyalist paramilitaries UVF UDA RHC UR (1986–) LVF (1996–)	Stalemate Good Friday Agreement Principle of consent accepted by all major parties involved Devolved powers to the local Northern Ireland Assembly Ceasefire and decommissioning of weapons from paramilitary groups Withdrawal of British troops from Northern Ireland Reform of the local police force
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	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: Australia United States New Zealand Brazil Canada France Germany Ireland Italy Jordan Kenya Malaysia Norway Pakistan Philippines Portugal Singapore South Korea Thailand United Kingdom	Insurgents: Pro-Indonesian Militias Aitarak Besi Merah Putih Laksaur Mahidi	Victory Defeat of pro-Indonesian militia. Stabilisation of East Timor.

See also

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