Tyrconnell
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Tyrconnell is a historic region and earldom in northwest Ireland, roughly corresponding to modern County Donegal, long associated with the O'Donnell dynasty and central to Gaelic resistance against English rule.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tír Conaill | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
earldom
ⓘ
historic region ⓘ |
| alliedWith | Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | O'Donnell dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Fermanagh NERFINISHED ⓘ Londonderry NERFINISHED ⓘ Tyrone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capitalWas | Donegal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
Donegal Bay
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lough Foyle NERFINISHED ⓘ Lough Swilly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dominantReligionHistorically | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| earldomHeldBy | O'Donnell dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| earldomInPeerage | Peerage of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economyHistoricallyBasedOn |
cattle-raising
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ pastoral farming ⓘ |
| featuredIn | Irish annals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedAs | Gaelic lordship ⓘ |
| hadKeyFortressAt | Donegal Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hadPoliticalStructure | Gaelic lordship based on kinship and tanistry ⓘ |
| historicalRulingFamily | Cenél Conaill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicTerritoryOf | O'Donnell clan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| integratedInto | English-administered County Donegal ⓘ |
| involvedIn | Nine Years' War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageHistoricallySpoken | Irish language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | northwest Ireland ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Atlantic coast of Ireland ⓘ |
| lostAutonomyAfter | Flight of the Earls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meaningOfName | Land of Conall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Conall Gulban NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameDerivedFrom | Tír Chonaill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposed | English Crown in Ireland ⓘ |
| partOf |
Gaelic Ireland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
province of Ulster ⓘ |
| predecessorOf | County Donegal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedIn | Annals of the Four Masters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roughlyCorrespondsTo | County Donegal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ruledBy | O'Donnell dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ruledDuringPeriod |
Middle Ages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tudor conquest of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleCreatedAs | Earldom of Tyrconnell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| underwent | plantation and land confiscations after defeat of Gaelic lords ⓘ |
| wasCenterOf | Gaelic resistance to English rule ⓘ |
| wasPowerBaseOf |
Hugh Roe O'Donnell
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Red Hugh O'Donnell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasStrongholdOf | Gaelic culture in Ulster ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.