- The
Connachta are a
group of
medieval Irish dynasties who
claimed descent from the
legendary High King Conn Cétchathach (Conn of the
Hundred Battles)...
-
Connacht or
Connaught (/ˈkɒnɔːt, ˈkɒnə(x)t/ KON-awt, KON-ə(kh)t; Irish:
Connachta [ˈkʊn̪ˠəxt̪ˠə] or Cúige
Chonnacht [ˌkuːɟə ˈxʊn̪ˠəxt̪ˠ]), is the smallest...
-
became applied to it in the
early medieval era,
being named after the
Connachta. The old name for the
province was Cóiced Ol
nEchmacht (the
fifth of the...
-
Ollamh Connachta was the
highest professional level recognised for a poet,
historian or
lawyer within the province. 1413:Be Binn,
daughter of Maelsechlainn...
- Cenél Fiachach. All
these men were in
their lifetime known as
members of
Connachta dynasty, or as "the sons of Niall." The term Uí Néill did not, by its...
- to be fictional. With few exceptions,
kings belong to Dál
Cuinn (the
Connachta and Uí Néill).
Understood as a list of
kings of Tara, it is not considered...
- At the
start of the 9th
century the
following are listed: Airgíalla,
Connachta, Laigin,
Northern Uí Néill (Ailech),
Southern Uí Néill (Mide), Mumu, and...
- Ruaidrí Ua
Conchobair (died 1118) (anglicised
Roderic O'Connor),
called Ruaidrí na
Saide Buide (Ruaidrí of the
Yellow Birch) was King of Connacht, perhaps...
- Ruaidrí mac
Tairrdelbach Ua
Conchobair (Modern Irish: Ruairí Ó Conchúir;
anglicised as Rory O'Conor) (c. 1116 – 2
December 1198) was King of
Connacht from...
-
legendary High King of
Ireland who is
claimed to be the
ancestor of the
Connachta, and
through his
descendant Niall Noígiallach, the Uí Néill dynasties...
