Kingdom of Munster

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historic province of Ireland medieval Irish kingdom

The Kingdom of Munster was a major medieval Irish province-kingdom in the south of Ireland, historically ruled by powerful dynasties such as the Dál gCais and associated with figures like Brian Boru.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
kingdom of Munster 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic province of Ireland ⓘ
medieval Irish kingdom ⓘ
associatedWith Brian Boru NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cormac mac Cuilennáin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Muirchertach Ua Briain NERFINISHED ⓘ
Toirdelbach Ua Briain NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital Cashel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Limerick NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains Desmond NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kingdom of Desmond NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kingdom of Osraige (partly, at times) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kingdom of Thomond NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ormond NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thomond NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
diminishedBy Norman invasion of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
dividedInto Desmond NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ormond NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thomond NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup Gaels NERFINISHED ⓘ
floruit 10th century ⓘ
11th century ⓘ
early medieval period ⓘ
governingSystem Gaelic Irish kingship ⓘ
historicalEra Early Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ
High Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ
language Middle Irish ⓘ
Old Irish ⓘ
locatedIn south of Ireland ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Clontarf (as Brian Boru’s power base) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Sulcoit NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf island of Ireland ⓘ
politicalStructure overkingdom of several sub-kingdoms ⓘ
predecessor Mumu (early Irish overkingdom) NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Celtic paganism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
rulingDynasty Dál gCais NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eóganachta NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uí Fidgenti NERFINISHED ⓘ
successor Lordship of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Province of Munster NERFINISHED ⓘ
titleOfRuler King of Munster NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalTerritoryIncludes modern County Clare ⓘ
modern County Cork ⓘ
modern County Kerry ⓘ
modern County Limerick ⓘ
modern County Tipperary ⓘ
parts of modern County Waterford ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Dál Birn → conflictedWith → Kingdom of Munster ⓘ
Dál gCais → country → Kingdom of Munster ⓘ
Eóganachta → dominantIn → Kingdom of Munster ⓘ
this entity surface form: kingdom of Munster
Kingdom of Leinster → hasBorderWith → Kingdom of Munster ⓘ
Desmond (historical region in Ireland) → predecessor → Kingdom of Munster ⓘ
subject surface form: Desmond