ancient Kingdom of Mide

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The ancient Kingdom of Mide was a central Irish kingdom that historically encompassed much of present-day County Meath and served as a core power base for early High Kings of Ireland.

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Kingdom of Mide 0

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish kingdom
former polity
historic kingdom
associatedWithSaint Saint Columba NERFINISHED
Saint Finnian of Clonard NERFINISHED
associatedWithTitle King of Tara NERFINISHED
borderedBy Kingdom of Connacht NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Leinster NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Munster NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Ulster NERFINISHED
capital Tara NERFINISHED
Uisneach NERFINISHED
centralRoleIn High Kingship of Ireland NERFINISHED
corePowerBaseOf High Kings of Ireland NERFINISHED
country Ireland NERFINISHED
declineCentury 12th century
disruptedBy Norman invasion of Ireland NERFINISHED
earlierReligion pre-Christian Irish paganism
emergedFrom Uí Néill expansion
floruitCentury 10th century
11th century
8th century
9th century
language Old Irish
laterLanguage Middle Irish NERFINISHED
locatedIn central Ireland
province of Leinster NERFINISHED
nameLanguage Old Irish
nameMeaning middle
overkingdomOf Southern Uí Néill territories NERFINISHED
partOf Uí Néill sphere of influence
politicalCenter Hill of Tara NERFINISHED
politicalSystem Gaelic kingship
producedRuler Conchobar mac Donnchada NERFINISHED
Domnall Midi NERFINISHED
Donnchad Midi NERFINISHED
Flann Sinna NERFINISHED
Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill NERFINISHED
Máel Sechnaill mac Máele Ruanaid NERFINISHED
religion Celtic Christianity NERFINISHED
religiousCenter Hill of Uisneach NERFINISHED
religiousSiteWithin Clonard Abbey NERFINISHED
Durrow Abbey NERFINISHED
roughlyCorrespondsTo County Meath NERFINISHED
ruledByDynasty Clann Cholmáin NERFINISHED
Southern Uí Néill NERFINISHED
successorEntity Lordship of Meath NERFINISHED
territoryIncluded Clonard NERFINISHED
Durrow NERFINISHED
Hill of Tara NERFINISHED
Hill of Uisneach NERFINISHED

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County Meath namedAfter ancient Kingdom of Mide