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.

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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

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Flight of the Earls mainSubject Tyrconnell
Uí Néill territory Tyrconnell
this entity surface form: Tír Conaill