- is cúige (pl. cúigí). The
modern Irish term
derives from the Old
Irish cóiced (pl. cóiceda)
which literally meant "a fifth". This term
appears in 8th-century...
-
Cóiced Ol
nEchmacht is an
ancient name for the
province of Connacht,
Ireland and
including the area of
County Clare.
Cóiced Ol
nEchmacht may be translated...
-
thrusts toward the
opponent with the heel leading. As the name suggests,
coice duplo is a
strike delivered with both feet to the
chest or stomach. To execute...
- The
Kings of
Connacht were
rulers of the
cóiced (variously
translated as portion, fifth, province) of Connacht,
which lies west of the
River Shannon, Ireland...
- name remains. In
early Irish literature, the Fir
Domnann were
located in
Cóice Laigean (Leinster). A
probably 7th-century
Irish poem
credits their ruler...
- (overkingdom),
which was
ruled by an overking.
Several overkingdoms formed a
cóiced (province),
which was
ruled by a
provincial king. In the
early Middle Ages...
- over-kingdoms of In Tuisceart, Airgialla, Ulaid, Mide, Laigin, Mumhain,
Cóiced Ol
nEchmacht began to
emerge (see
Kingdoms of
ancient Ireland).
Within these...
-
supposed to have
lived several centuries later.
Later stories use the name
Cóiced Ol
nEchmacht as an
earlier name for the
province of
Connacht to get around...
- pedwerydd,
Breton pevare) 5th
pinpetos (Welsh pumed,
Breton pempet, Old
Irish cóiced) 6th
suexos (possibly
mistaken for suextos, but see Rezé
inscription below;...
- in
County Mayo and
County Sligo,
possibly linked with the Ol nÉcmacht;
Cóiced Ol
nEchmacht was an
ancient name for Connacht.
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