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Leinster
Leinster [OIr. Lagin, Laigin, people (of Lug?); ON staðir, steadings]. A province of Ireland occupying much of the island east of the Shannon, the second largest (7,850 square miles) of the four, including Connacht, Munster, and Ulster, whose borders were drawn in the 17th ceentury. In pre-conquest Ireland, as Cóiced Laigín, it had been one of five, when Mide is counted separately or when Munster is counted as two. Within its borders are the counties of Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois (until 1922, Queens), Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly (until 1922, Kings), Westmeath, Wexford, and Wicklow. Much of the northern portion of the modern province, especially the megaliths, passage-graves, and pre-Christian religious sites of the Boyne valley in counties Meath and Westmeath, was historically part of Mide and are not usually identified with Leinster.
From earliest times there were two royal seats for Leinster kings, the major one being the 34-acre hill-fort at Dún Ailinne [Knockawlin], the largest in Ireland, near Kilcullen, Co. Kildare, and the second Dind Ríg on the banks of the Barrow River, Co. Carlow, home to the kings of south Leinster. The earthworks at Dind Ríg are the foundation of what was once a large citadel; the story of its being burned to the ground by Labraid Loingsech is told in Orgain Denna Ríg [The Destruction of Dind Ríg]. Remains of two of the most important Christian monastic sites, Clonmacnoise (earlier in Mide) and Glendalough, are also found in Leinster. Bibliography See The Book of Leinster: Lebor Laighnech, ed. R. I. Best, Osborn Bergin, and M. A. O'Brien (5 vols., Dublin, 1954–67); |
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JAMES MacKILLOP. "Leinster." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES MacKILLOP. "Leinster." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O70-Leinster.html JAMES MacKILLOP. "Leinster." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O70-Leinster.html |
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Leinster, which takes its name from a people known as the Laigin, was, in the early medieval period, dominated by two dynasties, the Uí Dúnlainge, in the plains of Kildare, and the Uí Chennselaig, whose capital was at Ferns, Co. Wexford. By the time of the Anglo-Norman invasion the latter, who had come to exercise overlordship of the Viking town of Dublin, were dominant, and were led by Dermot MacMurrough, who initiated the invasion in an effort to recover his kingship. Dermot's daughter married the leader of the invaders, Strongbow (Pembroke), who succeeded to Leinster after him, making it the heartland of the new Anglo-Norman colony in Ireland, with Dublin as its capital. Leinster became the most heavily Anglicized part of Ireland, but by the late 13th cent. even the Dublin hinterland was under threat from the resurgent Irish of the Wicklow mountains. In the late medieval period it was dominated by the Anglo-Irish earls of Ormond and Kildare, the latter being masters of the English Pale. The 16th cent. saw renewed English plantation, notably of Laois and Offaly in the 1550s, though a more widespread transference in landownership to English protestants only followed from Cromwell's response to the 1641 rebellion. The province, particularly Co. Wexford, was the focus of the failed 1798 rebellion which led to the Act of Union.
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JOHN CANNON. "Leinster." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Leinster." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-Leinster.html JOHN CANNON. "Leinster." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-Leinster.html |
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Leinster
Leinster, which takes its name from a people known as the Laigin, was, in the early medieval period, dominated by two dynasties, the Uí Dúnlainge and the Uí Chennselaig. By the time of the Anglo‐Normaninvasion the latter, who had come to exercise overlordship of the Viking town of Dublin, were dominant, and were led by Dermot MacMurrough, who initiated the invasion in an effort to recover his kingship. Dermot's daughter married the leader of the invaders, Strongbow (Pembroke), who succeeded to Leinster after him, making it the heartland of the new Anglo‐Norman colony in Ireland, with Dublin as its capital.
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JOHN CANNON. "Leinster." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Leinster." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-Leinster.html JOHN CANNON. "Leinster." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-Leinster.html |
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Leinster
Leinster , province (1991 pop. 1,860,949), 7,580 sq mi (19,632 sq km), E Republic of Ireland, comprising the counties of Carlow , Dublin , Kildare , Kilkenny , Laoighis , Longford , Louth , Meath , Offaly , Westmeath , Wexford , and Wicklow . It contains the capital of Ireland, Dublin . During the Middle Ages, the kings of Leinster fought against the kings of Meath. Its wealth and accessibility made the ancient province subject to Danish and Anglo-Norman invasions. |
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"Leinster." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Leinster." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Leinster.html "Leinster." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Leinster.html |
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Leinster
Leinster Province in e Republic of Ireland, comprising the counties of Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laoighis, Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath, Wexford and Wicklow. It is the most populous of Ireland's four provinces, and includes the most fertile farmland. The major city is Dublin. Area: 19,635sq km (7581sq mi). Pop. (1996) 1,924,702.
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"Leinster." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Leinster." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-Leinster.html "Leinster." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-Leinster.html |
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Leinster
Leinster (Laigin), Ireland Galian, Laynster A province meaning the ‘Land of the Laigin’, one of the earliest Celtic tribes to settle in Ireland, and tir ‘land’. The Laigin may get their name from láighe ‘lance’.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Leinster." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Leinster." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Leinster.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Leinster." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Leinster.html |
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Leinster
Leinster (Cúige Laighean) (the province). Laynster 1515. ‘District of the Lagin people’. OScand. possessive -s + Irish tír. The tribal name may mean ‘spear’.
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A. D. MILLS. "Leinster." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. A. D. MILLS. "Leinster." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Leinster.html A. D. MILLS. "Leinster." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Leinster.html |
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"Leinster." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Leinster." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Leinster.html "Leinster." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Leinster.html |
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