 Confederate Ireland yaive nguva yeIrish Catholic kuzvitonga pakati pa1642 na1649, panguva yeEleven Years War. Munguva iyi, zvikamu zviviri muzvitatu zveIreland zvaitongwa neIrish Catholic Confederation kana kuti Confederation, yaizivikanwawo seConfederation of Kilkenny nokuti yaiva muKilkenny. Yakanga yakaumbwa navakuru veKaturike, varidzi venyika, vafundisi nevatungamiriri vemauto pashure pokumukira kweIrish kwa 1641, uye yaibatanidza vaKaturike veGaelic neAnglo-Norman. Vaida kugumisa rusaruro rwaiitirwa vaKaturike muumambo hweIreland, kuzvitonga kuzhinji kweIreland, uye kudzorera kumashure minda yeIreland. Vaidawo kudzivisa kupinda kwaiitwa nevanopesana nechiKaturike veEngland Parliamentarians uye veScotland Covenanters, avo vakanga vachishora mambo, Charles I. Vazhinji veConfederates vaiti vakavimbika kuna Charles I uye vaitenda kuti vaigona kusvika pakugadziriswa kunogara kwenguva refu namambo kana vavengi vake muEngland Civil War vakundwa. Sangano reConfederation raiva neyainyatsoshanda senhengo yeparamende yainzi General Assembly, vakuru vakuru yainzi Supreme Council, uye uto. Raigadzira mari, raibhadharisa mitero uye raigadzira muchina wokudhinda. Vamiriri veConfederate vakagadzwa uye vakazivikanwa muFrance, Spain nePapal States, avo vakapa maConfederates nemari nezvombo. 