List of wars involving the Republic of Ireland

This is a list of wars involving the Republic of Ireland and its predecessor states, since the Irish War of Independence. Since the 1930s, the state has had a policy of neutrality and has only been involved in conflicts as part of United Nations peacekeeping missions.

There have been many wars on the island of Ireland throughout history. Before independence, all of Ireland was part of the United Kingdom and Irish soldiers fought in many foreign wars as part of the British military. Irish soldiers also fought in conflicts as part of other armies.

List

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
Irish War of Independence
(1919–1921)
Irish Republic  United Kingdom Ceasefire
Irish Civil War
(1922–1923)
National Army Irish Republican Army Victory
Congo Crisis
(1960–1964)
United Nations peacekeeping force  Katanga Victory
Cyprus conflict
(1964–present)
United Nations peacekeeping force  Turkey

 Cyprus
 Greece

Ongoing
The Troubles
(1968–1998)
State security forces

 United Kingdom


 Ireland

Irish republican paramilitaries

Ulster loyalist paramilitaries

  • UVF(1966–94)
  • UDA(1971–94)
  • RHC(1972–94)
  • UR (1986–)
  • LVF (1996–)
Stalemate
Lebanese Civil War
and South Lebanon conflict
(1978–present)
United Nations peacekeeping force South Lebanon Army
 Israel

Hezbollah
Amal
PFLP-GC

Ongoing
Somali Civil War
(1992–1995)
United Nations peacekeeping force United Somali Congress Victory
  • UN humanitarian mandate fulfilled
  • About 100,000 lives were saved by outside resistance
  • Civil war is ongoing
East Timorese Crisis
(1999–2000)
United Nations peacekeeping force Pro-Indonesia militia Victory
  • Defeat of pro-Indonesian militia
  • Stabilisation of East Timor
Chadian Civil War
(2008–2010)
 European Union
United Nations peacekeeping force
Rebel groups
Syrian Civil War in the Golan Heights
(2013–2018)
United Nations peacekeeping force Syrian opposition

Al-Nusra Front


 Syria

See also

References

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