O'Conor Don

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O'Conor Don is the senior surviving branch of the historic O'Conor dynasty, traditionally regarded as the chief line of the medieval kings of Connacht and the last High Kings of Ireland.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
O'Conor Roe 1
O'Conor Sligo 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish noble family
dynastic branch
associatedWithCulture Gaelic aristocracy
associatedWithPeople Irish nobility
associatedWithPeriod early modern Ireland
medieval Ireland
associatedWithRiver River Suck region NERFINISHED
associatedWithTitle High King of Ireland NERFINISHED
King of Connacht NERFINISHED
country Ireland NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Gaelic Irish
followsNamingConvention Irish Gaelic dynastic style
hasAlternativeName O Conor Don NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeSpelling O'Connor Don NERFINISHED
hasAncestralTerritory Connacht NERFINISHED
hasClanAffiliation Uí Conchobair NERFINISHED
hasCoatOfArms arms of O'Conor Don branch of Uí Conchobair
hasCulturalSignificance symbol of Gaelic royal heritage in Connacht
hasDynasticOrigin medieval Kingdom of Connacht NERFINISHED
hasGenealogicalSignificance represents senior male-line descendants of the kings of Connacht
hasHeraldicStatus Irish chief of the name (traditional, not legally recognized by the Irish state)
hasHistoricalLanguage Classical Irish
Early Modern Irish
hasHistoricalRegion County Roscommon NERFINISHED
hasHistoricalSystem Brehon law succession in medieval period
hasHistoricRole hereditary Gaelic chieftaincy
leading branch of the O'Conor royal house
hasLineageFrom High King Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair NERFINISHED
Kings of Connacht of the Uí Conchobair line NERFINISHED
hasModernLanguage English
hasModernStatus ceremonial and genealogical rather than political
hasNotableFeature represents continuity of a medieval royal house into modern times
hasPrecedence senior line over other O'Conor branches
hasReligionTraditionally Roman Catholicism NERFINISHED
hasSuccessionType hereditary primogeniture in modern era
hasTitleTraditionallyBorneByHead The O'Conor Don NERFINISHED
hasTraditionalSeat Clonalis House NERFINISHED
hasTraditionalStatus chief line of the kings of Connacht
chief line of the last High Kings of Ireland
senior surviving branch of the O'Conor dynasty
languageOfName Irish
namedAfter O'Conor family NERFINISHED
partOf O'Conor dynasty NERFINISHED
recognizedByTradition chief of the name O'Conor

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

O'Conor family notableBranch O'Conor Don
O'Conor family notableBranch O'Conor Don
this entity surface form: O'Conor Roe
O'Conor family notableBranch O'Conor Don
this entity surface form: O'Conor Sligo