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The plantation of Ireland under James I and Charles I had not proved popular with the indigenous Irish population and with the generations of \'Old English\' - families who had been in the country for generations. Unlike Scotland and England, those who rose against the King\'s authority in Ireland tended to be Catholic. News reached Charles I of the Irish rebellion late in 1641 - at a period of high tension in England (where the populace was already worried concerning Popish conspiracies). The rebellion continued throughout the period of the English Civil War - causing the rebellion to be considered as part of \'The War in Three Kingdoms\'. It was only finally subdued during Cromwell\'s oppressive campaigns in Ireland.
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