- The
Connachta are a
group of
medieval Irish dynasties who
claimed descent from the
legendary High King Conn Cétchathach (Conn of the
Hundred Battles)...
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Connacht or
Connaught (/ˈkɒnɔːt, ˈkɒnə(x)t/ KON-awt, KON-ə(kh)t; Irish:
Connachta [ˈkʊn̪ˠəxt̪ˠə] or Cúige
Chonnacht [ˌkuːɟə ˈxʊn̪ˠəxt̪ˠ]), is the smallest...
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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...
- 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...
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Ollamh Connachta was the
highest professional level recognised for a poet,
historian or
lawyer within the province. 1413:Be Binn,
daughter of Maelsechlainn...
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Ailill mac Máta is the king of the
Connachta and the
husband of
queen Medb in the
Ulster Cycle of
Irish mythology. He
rules from
Cruachan (Rathcroghan...
- 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...
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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...
- 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...
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himself and was the
ancestor of Conn of the
Hundred Battles and thus the
Connachta and Uí Néill High Kings,
while Fiacha was the
ancestor of
Ailill Érann...
