Tír Chonaill

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Tír Chonaill is a historic Gaelic territory in northwest Ireland that roughly corresponds to modern County Donegal and was traditionally ruled by the O'Donnell dynasty.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish túath
historic Gaelic territory
kingdom
associatedBattle Nine Years' War NERFINISHED
associatedClan O'Boyle NERFINISHED
O'Doherty NERFINISHED
O'Donnell NERFINISHED
O'Gallagher NERFINISHED
associatedEvent Flight of the Earls NERFINISHED
borderedBy Tír Eoghain NERFINISHED
the Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED
capital Donegal (Donegal Town) NERFINISHED
culturalRegion Gaeltacht of Donegal NERFINISHED
dominantEthnicGroup Gaels NERFINISHED
dominantLanguage Irish (Gaelic)
endOfIndependence early 17th century
eponym Conall Gulban NERFINISHED
governingTitle King of Tír Chonaill NERFINISHED
historicalLanguageForm Tír Conaill NERFINISHED
historicalProvince Ulster NERFINISHED
keyLeader Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill NERFINISHED
Hugh Dubh O'Donnell NERFINISHED
Hugh Roe O'Donnell NERFINISHED
Manus O'Donnell NERFINISHED
Niall Garbh O'Donnell NERFINISHED
Red Hugh O'Donnell NERFINISHED
locatedIn northwest Ireland
majorStronghold Ballyshannon NERFINISHED
Donegal Castle NERFINISHED
Lifford NERFINISHED
modernEquivalent County Donegal NERFINISHED
nameMeaning Land of Conall NERFINISHED
notablePort Ballyshannon NERFINISHED
Killybegs NERFINISHED
notableRiver River Erne NERFINISHED
River Foyle NERFINISHED
overlordship O'Donnell over subordinate clans
partOf Gaelic Ireland NERFINISHED
politicalSystem Gaelic lordship
postConquestIntegration Kingdom of Ireland NERFINISHED
postNormanStatus largely outside direct Anglo-Norman control
preNormanStatus independent Gaelic kingdom
religion Christianity
Roman Catholicism
roughlyCorrespondsTo County Donegal NERFINISHED
subjugatedBy English Crown NERFINISHED
successionCustom tanistry
traditionalRulingDynasty O'Donnell dynasty NERFINISHED
traditionalRulingFamily Clann Dálaigh (O'Donnell) NERFINISHED

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

Colm Cille birthPlace Tír Chonaill
County Donegal hasHistoricRegion Tír Chonaill