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The Oxford Companion to British History | 2002 | | Copyright

Munster was ruled by the Eóganacht dynasty from the 7th to the mid-10th cent., who were then overshadowed by Dál Cais, to whom Brian Boru (d. 1014) belonged. By the 12th cent. Brian's descendants, the O'Briens, were ruling north Munster (Thomond) from their capital at Limerick, while the main branch of the Eóganacht, the MacCarthys, were ruling south Munster (Desmond) from Cork. The province was directly affected by the Anglo-Norman invasion of 1169 which saw widespread colonization, the O'Briens and MacCarthys being confined in the far west. Munster was gradually shired in the 13th cent., and was dominated by powerful Anglo-Irish families such as the Poers (in Waterford), Barrys, Roches (in Cork), the Butler earls of Ormond (Tipperary), and the Geraldine earls of Desmond (north Kerry and Limerick), who became increasingly integrated into Irish society. The establishment of the presidency of Munster in 1570 helped restore English government there, but a Desmond revolt in 1579 led to its plantation by English protestant settlers, and the defeat of the Irish forces at the battle of Kinsale in 1601 meant the collapse of the Gaelic ascendancy throughout Ireland. The 18th cent. was marked by agrarian disturbances, especially those by the ‘Whiteboys’, while Ballingarry, Co. Tipperary, was the scene of a futile rebellion by the Young Irelanders during the Great Famine in 1848. Munster was the focus of much of the guerrilla warfare that characterized the War of Independence, 1919–21.

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Munster

A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology | 2004 | | Copyright

Munster [OIr. Mumu; ON staðir, steadings]. A province of Ireland occupying much of the south and south-west of the island, the largest (9,317 square miles) of the four, including Connacht, Leinster, and Ulster, whose borders were drawn in the 17th century. In pre-conquest Ireland, as Cóiced Muman, it was either one of five, when Mide/Meath was counted separately, or was divided into two provinces. Another division was into East Munster, Aurmumu [Ormond], and West Munster, Iarmumu or Irmumu, reflecting real political and geographical polarization; and in the 12th century an actual partition of the province took place between the O'Brien kingdom of North Munster, Tuadmuma [Thomond], and the MacCarthy kingdom of South Munster, Desmuma [Desmond]. Within its borders are the counties of Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary, and Waterford.

Much of the fortune of early Munster is tied to the great dynasty of the Eóganacht. Early medieval Munster had theoretically three capitals serving in rotation, Cashel in Tipperary, Glendamain in Cork, and Cnoc Áine in Limerick; Temair Luachra was a regional capital. Many territorial goddesses are linked to Munster, including Mór Muman (or Mugain (1)), Dígde, whose personality merges with a figure surviving much longer in popular tradition, the Cailleach Bhéirre, Áine, Aíbell, and Ana.

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Münster

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Münster , city (1994 pop. 267,367), North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany, a port and industrial center on the Dortmund-Ems Canal. Its manufactures include heavy machinery and textiles. The city is also a trade center for the Westphalian cattle market. Münster was founded (c.800) as a Carolingian episcopal see. Its bishops ruled a large part of Westphalia as princes of the Holy Roman Empire from the 12th cent. until 1803, when the bishopric was secularized. From the 14th cent. the city was a prominent member of the Hanseatic League, trading especially with England and Russia. In 1534–35 it was the scene of the Anabaptist experimental government under John of Leiden . In 1648 the Treaty of Münster was signed there (see Westphalia, Peace of ). Münster passed to Prussia in 1816 and became the capital of the province of Westphalia. It was severely damaged in World War II but was rebuilt after 1945. Münster still retains some of its medieval character. Its historical buildings include the cathedral (13th cent.), the Lambertikirche (14th–15th cent.), the Liebfrauenkirche (14th cent.), and several other churches, in addition to a baroque palace (1767–73), a Gothic city hall (14th cent.), and several gabled houses. The city is the seat of a university and contains the Westphalian state museum.

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Munster

A Dictionary of British History | 2004 | | Copyright

Munster was ruled by the Eóganacht dynasty from the 7th to the mid‐10th cent., who were then overshadowed by Dál Cais, to whom Brian Boru (d. 1014) belonged. The province was directly affected by the Anglo‐Norman invasion of 1169 which saw widespread colonization, the O'Briens and Mac‐Carthys being confined in the far west. A Desmond revolt in 1579 led to its plantation by English protestant settlers, and the defeat of the Irish forces at the battle of Kinsale in 1601 meant the collapse of the Gaelic ascendancy throughout Ireland. Munster was the focus of much of the guerrilla warfare that characterized the War of Independence, 1919–21.

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Munster , province (1991 pop. 1,009,533), 9,315 sq mi (24,126 sq km), SW Republic of Ireland. The largest of the Irish provinces, it comprises the counties of Clare , Cork , Kerry , Limerick , Tipperary , and Waterford . One of the ancient kingdoms of Ireland, its control passed, after the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland, to the well-known families of the Fitzgeralds (earls of Desmond) and the Butlers (earls of Ormonde).

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Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Munster (Muma), Ireland A province meaning ‘Land of the Mumu’ from tír ‘land’ and a local tribe who took their name from a pre‐Christian goddess called Muma. It was one of the ‘fifths’, the five ancient kingdoms of Ireland, each of which comprised a group of tuatha ‘petty kingdoms’.

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Münster, North Rhine‐Westphalia/Germany Mimigernaford Situated on the River Aa, the original name meant ‘Ford over the Aa’. It was renamed in 1068 after the Latin monasterium ‘monastery’, a bishopric having been founded here in 804.

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Munster

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Munster Largest of the Republic of Ireland's four provinces, on the Atlantic coast. It includes the counties of Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, n and s Tipperary, and Waterford. Area: 24,126sq km (9315sq mi). Pop. (1996) 1,033,903.

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Munster town (1990 pop. 19,949), Lake co., NW Ind. It is a primarily residential suburb in the industrialized Hammond–East Chicago area. There is some light manufacturing.

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A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Munster (Cúige Mumhan) (the province). ‘District of the Mumu tribe’. OScand. possessive -s + Irish tír.

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munster

A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition | 2005 | | Copyright

munster Soft cheese made in wheel shapes with an orange‐red rind. Originally French, now made in several countries.

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