Tír Eoghain

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Tír Eoghain is the historic Irish name for the region now known as County Tyrone in Northern Ireland, traditionally associated with the territory of the O'Neill dynasty.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Kingdom of Ulster 1
Tír Eógain 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gaelic lordship
historic Irish territory
medieval Irish kingdom
associatedClan Cenél nEógain NERFINISHED
associatedDynasty O'Neill dynasty NERFINISHED
borderedBy Airgíalla NERFINISHED
Tír Chonaill NERFINISHED
capital Dungannon NERFINISHED
category Gaelic kingdoms of Ulster
Historic counties and territories of Ireland
country Ireland NERFINISHED
culturalRegion Irish-speaking Ulster NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Gaels NERFINISHED
feudalRelation overlordship of subordinate Ulster clans
governanceType hereditary chieftaincy
governedBy O'Neill chieftains NERFINISHED
historicalCenter Dungannon NERFINISHED
Tullyhogue NERFINISHED
historicalEconomy cattle-raising
pastoral agriculture
historicalLanguage Irish (Gaeilge)
historicalReligion Gaelic Christianity
Roman Catholicism
involvedIn Nine Years' War NERFINISHED
languageOfName Irish
legalSystem Brehon law NERFINISHED
linkedTitle Earl of Tyrone NERFINISHED
The O'Neill NERFINISHED
locatedIn Ulster NERFINISHED
northern Ireland NERFINISHED
meaningOfName land of Eoghan
modernEquivalent County Tyrone NERFINISHED
namedAfter Eógan mac Néill NERFINISHED
notableRuler Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone NERFINISHED
partOf Gaelic Ireland NERFINISHED
province of Ulster NERFINISHED
politicalStatus Gaelic lordship outside direct English control for much of its history
predecessor Cenél nEógain territory NERFINISHED
presentIn Gaelic genealogies
Irish historical tradition
successor County Tyrone NERFINISHED
timePeriod Middle Ages
early modern period
traditionalInaugurationSite Tullyhogue Fort NERFINISHED
traditionalRulingFamily O'Neill of Tyrone NERFINISHED
usedAsNameFor County Tyrone in Irish

Referenced by (4)

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

O'Neill dynasty hasAncestralHome Tír Eoghain
Kingdom of Leinster hasBorderWith Tír Eoghain
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Ulster
County Tyrone historicalName Tír Eoghain
Uí Néill territory Tír Eoghain
this entity surface form: Tír Eógain