Celtic war list

The Wars of Scottish Independence

military campaigns fought between Scotland and England in the late 13th and early 14th centuries.
The First War (1296 – 1328) began with an English invasion of Scotland in 1296, and ended with a signing of the Treaty of Edinburgh - Northampton in 1328. The Second War (1332 – 1357) began with an English supported invasion of Edward Balliol and the 'Disinherited' in 1332, and ended around 1357 with the signing of the Treaty of Berwick. The wars were part of a great national crisis for Scotland and the period became a defining moment in the nation's history. At the end of both wars, Scotland retained independence, which was her main aim throughout the conflict. The wars were also important for other reasons, such as the emergence of the longbow as a key weapon in medieval warfare.

Key Battle List

Massacre of Berwick (1296) The King of England massacres then then Scottish centre of Berwick.

Battle of Dunbar (1296) English win to conquer Scotland
Battle of Stirling Bridge, 1297 William Wallace defeated the combined English forces
Battle of Falkirk (1298) English army commanded by Edward I defeated the Scots under William Wallace.

The Battle of Bannockburn (June 23, 1314 – June 24, 1314) significant Scottish victory in the Wars of Scottish Independence.

The Irish Rebellion of 1798

An uprising in 1798, lasting months, against the British dominated Kingdom of Ireland. The United Irishmen, a republican revolutionary group influenced by the ideas of the American and French Revolutions, were the main organizing force behind the rebellion.

The initial plan was to take Dublin, with the counties bordering Dublin to then rise to prevent the arrival of reinforcements with the remainder of the country to then rise and tie down other garrisons. The agreed signal for the rest of the country to rise was to be the interception of the outward bound mail coaches from Dublin.

The promise of reform inspired a small group of Protestant liberals in Belfast to found the Society of the United Irishmen in 1791. The organisation crossed the religious divide with membership of Catholics, Presbyterians, Methodists, and other Protestant "dissenter" groups which were excluded from the Protestant Ascendancy.

The nucleus of the rebellion had imploded but the counties surrounding Dublin rose as planned and the long threatened rising finally began. Surrounding districts of Dublin were first to rise and rebels quickly began to assemble in Wicklow, Meath and Kildare. The first clashes of the rebellion took place just after dawn on May 24th, and widespread fighting quickly spread throughout Leinster with the county of Kildare bearing the brunt of the initial fighting.

The rebels had most success in the south-eastern county of Wexford, where they seized control of the county but a series of bloody defeats at New Ross, Arklow, and Newtownbarry prevented the effective spread of the rebellion beyond the county borders. 20,000 troops eventually poured into Wexford inflicting defeat at the battle of Vinegar Hill on 21 June. The dispersed rebels spread in two columns through the midlands, Kilkenny and finally towards Ulster. The last remnants of these forces fought on until their final defeat on 14th July at the battles of Knightstown Bog, Co. Meath and Ballyboghill, County Dublin.

Llywelyn the Great

Prince of Gwynedd in North Wales and eventually de facto ruler over most of Wales. By a combination of war and diplomacy he dominated Wales for forty years, and was one of only two Welsh rulers to be called 'the Great'.

The Battle of Cadfan was fought in 1257 between English and Welsh forces. Wales won.

Other Major Wars and Battles

So this list mainly talks about Scotland, Wales and Ireland, but also Cornwall, Brittany, and some areas in Northern Spain claim Celtic heritage..

Other major Scottish wars include.

The invasions by the Romans into Scotland

Mons Grapius A legendary, possibly ficticious battle mentioned by Roman Chroniclers, When in 84 Ad Roman Soldiers, are said to have beaten bad tactics Scottish Caledonian forces. But the Romans never reached up to Northern Scotland in terms of conquest,

Battle of the Standard, A Scottish King's attempt to reatke lands taken by the Normans in 1138, just failed,

Scottish Wars with Norway reaching the Battle of Largs Vikings had been taking lands in Scotland's coats and settling colonies in the disperate Scottish nation for centuries, with Norweigan unity aiding the keeping of those lands and helping the Lord's of the Isles take lands, on the Western isles of Scotland. But in this battle the thistle, and storms, and Scottish troops, fought back Norweigan attempts and were able to tale the isles of the west coast back for Scotland.

Other famous Scottish battles include The Battle of Sauchieburn, 1488, and Carberry Hill, 1567, among numerous mini civil wars in Scotland, between rival factions of aristocrats and kings, and with added finincial and religous undertones, at times.

Another invasion attempt on England the failed Battle of Flodden, 1513, to support the French in their war versus England,

Numerous battles in the Civil wars that involved Cromwell, Kilsyth, Dunbar, most notabale, if you press on this you will see a page that talks of some of the events.

Other battles included Bothwell Brig, one of a number of Covenanters, uprising attempts against the oppressive hanging time, Stuart kings, when 100s of Scots were executed by the dynasty for their religous beliefs. Bothwell Brig was in 1679 Look at http://www.lonympics.co.uk/

Then the last real battles in Scotland, were attempts by the now Catholic, Stuart kings to regain the throne, including Sheriffmuir, and Culloden, both failed, with massacres by the Hannoverian dynasty seeing 1000s die, in this century suppressing the revolts. There were a few other revolts against the throne too. but none after 1746.

The last proper battles to reach above Scotland were the Battle of Britain, which veared into Scotland at times, and also in World War One, and World War Two, German ships did sink Allied vessels, in the wars, in Scottish waters.

Also Wales had other wars.

Such as the Roman Conquests of Wales against the Silurni, after taking much of England by 49ad, with skirmishes against Roman troops, but they were defeated. Added to this in 61 AD it is estimated many Druids were killed, in that attack, But the revolt of Boudica, saw the Romans have to return and conquer North Wales in 80ad

There were many battles in Wales in the post Roman era, the most famous being the lsaughter of the saints, when 1200 monks in the Bangor area, were slaughtered in a battle by the King Of Northumbria.

Goddodin, was a scene of many battles, a Welsh kingdom, in some senses, but whose people, are now firmly Scottish as it was in Edinburgh too Cumbria, their nation, defending the attacks from the Anglo Saxons, on Britain.

The loss of the battle of Chester in 616 cut those Welsh language people in Southern Scotland off from those in Wales. Though some say the Picts and Britons, were the same people. ANyhow the Britons were absorbed by the Anglo Saxons, possibly killed in huge numbers, or just pushed into Wales and Cornwall, and Scotland.

A Welsh battle victory included the allelulia victory near Carrog in the 5thc,. his Christian beliving Welsh forces in North Wales beat a invasion by Picts and Saxons, as in thos days Picts, Saxons, and Welsh allied to any for soon needs.

King Arthur, is supposed to have led the Britons v the Anglo Saxons, but has been seen as from Scotland, Wales, and Cornwall, or what is now England.

Wales saw many wars in the era tyo 1066, with attacks from English kingdoms, and battles between Welsh princes up and down the nation.

Another of the biggest battles was The Battle Of Crug Mawr, a battle started in South Westy WEales, which killed 500 Norman/English opponents, with 3000 more dying in the battle of Crug Mawr and very few Welsh.

These sorts of wars continued with many deaths to the end of Llywelyn's wars.

With some battles durinmg Owain Glyndwr's rebellion, such as attacks on Harlech Castle by the English, and many by Glyndwr on English castles in Wales kept by the English, which won them, the war.

With some battles in the English Civil War entering Wales, the biggest being at St Ffagans, with the Royal army defeated by the Parliamentry army.

The last major engagement in Wales, was in 1839 in Newport, when a attempt by Chartists to create a democratic republic, but whse 7000 recruits from the South Wales Valleys were killed in a number of around 20 though maybe more killed, and driven away.

Ireland had many other major battles, such as a 7000 dead battle in Munster in 1151, that helped the Normans attack Ireland, and a battle earlier that took Dublin back off the Vikings, by the Irish. Other major battles came in the war era of the Scottish independence wars, when Ireland unravelled itself from Norman English rule, and battles against the Tudor-Stuart attempt to conquer Ireland, which saw 10s of thousands die of famine, and war, maybe 100s of thousands. Then the war oafter the Irish rebeillion in the 1640s, when 10s of thousands were massacred by Royal, Cromwellian, Parliamentrian, and Irish army, Proestants, civilians, and Catholics, This was followed by Cromwell's victiory, and then in 1660 the Stewart's came back. In 1689 the Battle of teh Biyne saw a war which with disease saw 10s of thousands of deaths. There were battles in Ireland in the 18thC of gangs fighting eachother, And in the 19thC, small revolts. In World War One, the Easter Rising saw 100s of deaths in a battle in Dublinm, against British rule. With skirmishes as the troubles to after then, till the late 1990s.

Also Cornwall has seen wars the major ones being in 1497, when Cornish forces marched all the way to London, and saw 200 Cornish rebls, die in battle

Some call the Paryer Book Rebellion of 1549 the Cornish Holocaust when thousdands of Cornish people died. . They also had some battles with the Anglo Saxons before 1000.

Also Brittany has had many wars,

It was taken into France, partly by diplomacy and partly by an attack and battle in 1491, which forced the local in 1675, a peasants revolt saw 100s hung by the French monarchy.

Celts is a term, that describes anybody who lives in Celtic lands, anybody who wants to be a Celt, and to some, some people who emigrated from these lands,

It is said in books, Caesar beat Celts in France, and that Celts ranged from Spain too Western Germany, and even Poland. But lots of conquests absorbed those peoples. Some call the French Celts, or Gaul;s, but they are too many, to be linked with other states, some even say Gauls are Celts, and that Celts are realkly people absorbed by Celtic culture and Iron AGe Culruyres and are not really Celt, Anyhow the term Celt today just means the natiosn other than England in Britain united by similar Celtic tounges, plus Britanmny, and as of that linkage, other very Celtic tounges, so not France, but some places in North Spain.

The biggest Mass Celtic battle was with the battle of Alesia a Battle between the Gauls, and Romans, some say France is a bit Celtic others say, no its more Celtic people, under a new culture more Romanised.

North Spain, has some so called Celtic connected nations, tha major battle for them

Asturuias in the 1930s the Spanish fascist General massacred 1000s of miners a few years before they took over Spain.

So that is my list of Celtic battles.