Kingdom of Connacht

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The Kingdom of Connacht was a medieval Irish kingdom in the west of Ireland, centered on the province of Connacht and ruled by dynasties such as the Uí Briúin.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Connachta 3
Kingdom of Connacht canonical 2
Connachta tribal kingdom 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical polity
medieval Irish kingdom
associatedClan Mac Diarmada
surface form: Mac Diarmada (MacDermot)

Ó Conchobhair
surface form: Ó Conchobhair (O'Conor)

Ó Flaithbheartaigh (O'Flaherty)
Ó Máille (O'Malley)
borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Kingdom of Breifne
Kingdom of Meath
Kingdom of Thomond
capital Cruachu
Galway
Tuam
continent Europe
country Island of Ireland
surface form: Ireland
currency Irish cattle-based economy
ethnicGroup Gaels
floruitCentury 12th century
13th century
governmentType monarchy
historicalEra Middle Ages
language Early Modern Irish
Middle Irish
Old Irish
legalSystem Brehon law
locatedIn province of Connacht
west of Ireland
modernEquivalentTerritory Irish province of Connacht
notableEvent Norman invasion of Ireland
surface form: Anglo-Norman conquest of Ireland

Battle of Athenry (1316)
Norman invasion of Ireland
surface form: Norman invasion of Connacht

recognition of Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair as High King of Ireland
notableRuler Aedh mac Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair
Cathal Crobhdearg Ua Conchobair
Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair
Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair
partOf Gaelic Ireland
High Kingship of Ireland
predecessor Kingdom of Connacht self-linksurface differs
surface form: Connachta tribal kingdom
religion Celtic paganism
Gaelic Christianity
Roman Catholicism
rulingDynasty Ua Conchobair dynasty
Uí Briúin
Uí Briúin
surface form: Uí Briúin Aí
successor Clanricarde lordship
Lordship of Ireland
Mac William Íochtar lordship
Province of Connacht
titleOfRuler Kings of Connacht
surface form: King of Connacht

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Connacht namedAfter Kingdom of Connacht
this entity surface form: Connachta
Connacht hasHistoricKingdom Kingdom of Connacht
Uí Briúin partOf Kingdom of Connacht
this entity surface form: Connachta
Uí Fiachrach dynastyOf Kingdom of Connacht
this entity surface form: Connachta
Kingdom of Connacht predecessor Kingdom of Connacht self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Connachta tribal kingdom
O'Conor family associatedKingdom Kingdom of Connacht