 Anodzokera kuOxford muna December nechinangwa chokutsvaka vanhu vokuIreland 10 000 vokushandira muEngland uye 2 000 vokuzobatana naMontrose muScotland, izvo zvakawana mvumo yamambo achibatsirwa namambokadzi weBuckingham. Musi wa 26 Ndira 1645 Antrim akasimudzwa kubva kuna Earl kuenda kuMarkess weAntrim. Akadzokera kuKilkenny munaFebruary, akatora mhiko yeIrish Confederate yekubatana, uye akaitwa nhengo yedare uye lieutenant-general wemauto eKaturike confederation. Zvisinei, mubatanidzwa, usina kumupa rutsigiro muzvirongwa zvake, akarasa basa rake, uye nerubatsiro rwaOrmond akatumira varume vanenge 1600 pasi pehama yake Alasdair MacColla muna Chikumi kunobatsira Montrose muScotland, zvichikonzera hondo yevagari vemuScotland. Antrim akazodzokera kuOxford uye akatumwa namambo muna 1645 aine tsamba dzamambokadzi kuSaint-Germain-en-Laye. 