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Connacht
Connacht, Connaught, Connachta, Connaght [Ir., descendants of Conn (?)]. A province of Ireland, the most westerly and smallest (6,610 square miles) of the four (the others being Leinster, Munster, and Ulster) whose borders were drawn in the 17th century. In pre-conquest times, as Cóiced Connacht, it was one of five, when Mide/ Meath is counted separately or Munster is counted as two. Within its borders are the counties of Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo, and Roscommon. In the Irish epic Táin Bó Cuailnge [Cattle Raid of Cooley], the ruler of Connacht is Queen Medb [Maeve], whose royal residence is at Cruachain (Co. Roscommon). For much of the narrative ‘Medb’ and ‘Connacht’ are almost synonymous. Elsewhere in the Ulster Cycle, which includes the Táin, the great hero of Connacht is Cet mac Mágtach.
Roughly coextensive with the region known as Nagatae in Ptolemy's geography (2nd cent. AD), Connacht is usually thought to be named for Conn Cétchathach [of the Hundred Battles]. In mythic narrative, Connacht is given to Sreng as part of the settlement after the defeat of the Fir Bolg at the First Battle of Mag Tuired; see CATH MAIGE TUIRED. Other notable rulers of Connacht include: Cathal Mór ‘of the Wine-Red Hand’, a personification of the province; Crimthann Cass; Eógan (2); Guaire; and Lairgnéan. The king of the Connacht fairies is Finnbheara, who resides at Cnoc Mheadha [Knockmagha], near Tuam, Co. Galway. Alenecma is the name for Connacht in Macpherson's Ossian (1760). In Irish the phrase Iar [remote, west] Chonnacht refers to the barony of Moycullen, now reckoned to be a part of Connemara. See also The Annals of Connacht, ed. A. Martin Freeman, Revue Celtique, 50 (1933), 1–23, 117–42, 272–88, 339–56; 51 (1934), 46–111, 199–301; also Annála Connacht (Dublin, 1944). |
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JAMES MacKILLOP. "Connacht." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES MacKILLOP. "Connacht." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O70-Connacht.html JAMES MacKILLOP. "Connacht." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O70-Connacht.html |
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Connacht (Connaught), taking its name from the mythical Irish figure, Conn of the Hundred Battles, was, by the 8th cent., dominated by the Uí Briúin dynasty, their ruling segment at the time of the Anglo-Norman invasion being the powerful O'Connor line, whose ecclesiastical capital at Tuam was established as an archdiocese in 1152. Their hegemony was threatened by Anglo-Norman colonization in the 13th cent., led by the de Burgh family, but when the last member of the direct line of the de Burghs was killed in 1333, power in Connacht was shared between their cadet lines (generally known as Burkes) and several lines of the O'Connors and other Irish dynasties. The establishment of the presidency of Connacht in 1570 and the shiring of the province thereafter led to piecemeal plantation, while in the aftermath of the rebellion of 1641 surviving catholic landholders throughout Ireland were transported there, a process summed up in the aphorism ascribed to Cromwell ‘To hell or Connacht!’ It played a significant part in the 1798 rebellion, witnessing the landing of the French General Humbert at Killala and a briefly successful campaign, and Connacht was also the scene of much activity in the Land Wars of the late 19th cent., most memorably in the incident involving the land-agent Captain Boycott which added the latter word to the English language.
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JOHN CANNON. "Connacht." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Connacht." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-Connacht.html JOHN CANNON. "Connacht." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-Connacht.html |
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Connacht (Connaught), taking its name from the mythical Irish figure, Conn of the Hundred Battles, was, by the 8th cent., dominated by the Uí Briúin dynasty. Their hegemony was threatened by Anglo‐Normancolonization in the 13th cent., led by the de Burgh family. The establishment of the presidency of Connacht in 1570 and the shiring of the province thereafter led to piecemeal plantation, and in the aftermath of the rebellion of 1641 surviving catholic landholders were transported there, a process summed up in the aphorism ascribed to Cromwell ‘To hell or Connacht!’ It played a significant part in the 1798 rebellion, witnessing the landing of the French General Humbert at Killala, and Connacht was also the scene of much activity in the Land Wars of the late 19th cent., most memorably in the incident involving the land‐agent Captain Boycott.
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JOHN CANNON. "Connacht." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Connacht." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-Connacht.html JOHN CANNON. "Connacht." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-Connacht.html |
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Connacht
Connacht a province in the south-west of Ireland; with Ulster, Munster, and Leinster one of the traditional four divisions of the island. Also called Connaught.
Hell or Connaught is a summary of the choice offered to the Catholic population of Ireland, transported to the western counties of Connacht to make room for settlers, traditionally attributed to Oliver Cromwell. |
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Connacht." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Connacht." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Connacht.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Connacht." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Connacht.html |
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Connacht or Connaught , province (1991 pop. 423,031), 6,611 sq mi (17,122 km), W Republic of Ireland, comprising the counties of Mayo , Sligo , Leitrim , Roscommon , and Galway . It was one of the ancient kingdoms of Ireland, whose rulers, the O'Connors, were supplanted by the Anglo-Norman De Burghs in the 13th cent. |
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"Connacht." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Connacht." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Connacht.html "Connacht." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Connacht.html |
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Connacht
Connacht (Cúige Chonnacht) (the province). ‘Province of the Connachta people’.
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A. D. MILLS. "Connacht." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. A. D. MILLS. "Connacht." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Connacht.html A. D. MILLS. "Connacht." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Connacht.html |
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"Connacht." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Connacht." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Connacht.html "Connacht." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Connacht.html |
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