Connacht or Connaught (/ˈkɒnɔːt, ˈkɒnə(x)t/ KON-awt, KON-ə(kh)t; Irish: Connachta [ˈkʊn̪ˠəxt̪ˠə] or Cúige Chonnacht [ˌkuːɟə ˈxʊn̪ˠəxt̪ˠ]), is one of the...
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Connacht Rugby (Irish: Rugbaí Connachta) is one of the four professional provincial rugby teams from the island of Ireland. Connacht competes in the United...
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materials. Connacht Irish (Irish: Gaeilge Chonnacht) is the dialect of the Irish language spoken in the province of Connacht. Gaeltacht regions in Connacht are...
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Leinster Connacht Ulster Munster There are four provinces of Ireland: Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster. The Irish word for this territorial division...
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The Kings of Connacht were rulers of the cóiced (variously translated as portion, fifth, province) of Connacht, which lies west of the River Shannon,...
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Connacht GAA (Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Chonnacht) or formally the Connacht Provincial Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association is the governing...
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The Connacht Tribune (An Curadh Connachtach) is a newspaper circulating chiefly in County Galway, Ireland. The main regional newspaper for the county,...
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competition for those that do not qualify for the Sam Maguire Cup competition. Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster each organise a provincial championship....
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Medb (redirect from Medb of Connacht)
(Irish: [mʲeːvʲ]), and often anglicised as Maeve (/meɪv/ MAYV), is queen of Connacht in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Her husband in the core stories...
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The coat of arms of Connacht displays a vertically dimidiated black eagle and armed hand. The arms are recorded as such on a map of Galway dated 1651,...
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West Connacht (Irish: Iarthar Chonnachta; Modern Irish: Iar Connacht) was a kingdom of Gaelic Ireland, associated geographically with present-day County...
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The Connacht Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition for the senior county teams of Connacht GAA. All of the counties of...
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Championship: Connacht 54-16 Zebre - Connacht score eight tries against Zebre to secure bonus point win", BBC Sport, 20 April 2024 "Connacht keep URC hopes...
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Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair (redirect from Roderick of Connacht)
Conchúir; anglicised as Rory O'Connor) (c. 1116 – 2 December 1198) was King of Connacht from 1156 to 1186, and High King of Ireland from 1166 to 1198. He was the...
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Luighne Connacht was a territory located in north-central Connacht, on the borders of what is now County Mayo and County Sligo, Ireland. The Tuatha of...
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O'Conor dynasty (redirect from O'Conor Don, Prince of Connacht)
dynasties in Ireland. The O'Conor family held the throne of the Kingdom of Connacht up until 1475. Having ruled it on and off since 967, they ruled continuously...
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The Connacht Cup may refer to a number of sporting competitions played in the Irish province of Connacht, also known as Connaught. These competitions may...
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The Annals of Connacht (Annála Connacht), covering the years 1224 to 1544, are drawn from a manuscript compiled in the 15th and 16th centuries by at least...
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Richard Mór de Burgh, 1st Baron of Connaught (redirect from Richard Mór de Burgh, 1st Baron of Connacht)
Richard Mór de Burgh, 1st Lord of Connacht (English: /dˈbɜːr/; d’-BER; c.1194–1242, or 1243), was an Anglo-Norman aristocrat who was Seneschal of Munster...
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William de Burgh (redirect from William de Burgh, Lord of Connacht)
the Kingdom of Connacht which, though he had been granted (probably before 1195) by John, he had never occupied. The King of Connacht, Cathal Crobhdearg...
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Atlantic Technological University (redirect from Connacht Ulster Alliance)
re-designation as a Technological University. This partnership, known as the Connacht-Ulster Alliance (CUA), aimed to establish a 'Technological University'...
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Aille River (County Mayo) (redirect from Aille River (Connacht))
The Aille River (Irish: Abhainn na hAille) is a river in County Mayo, Ireland, flowing from the Partry Mountains to Lough Mask, and flows underground for...
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Conchobair; 1088 – 1156) anglicised Turlough Mór O'Conor, was King of Connacht (1106–1156) and High King of Ireland (ca. 1120–1156). Toirdelbhach was...
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Connacht or Connaught is a western province in Ireland. Connacht or Connaught may also refer to: Connaught Hill, a community park in Prince George, British...
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Irish Republic (1798) (redirect from Republic of Connacht)
The Irish Republic of 1798, more commonly known as the Republic of Connacht, was a short-lived state proclaimed during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 that...
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University of Galway (section Connacht Rugby)
from the Connacht Rugby Academy and age-grade teams the chance to educated there. At the time of the announcement 17 members of Connacht's squad were...
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The 2024 Connacht Senior Football Championship is the 2024 iteration of the Connacht Senior Football Championship organised by Connacht GAA. 7 teams compete...
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Irish language (section Connacht)
Western Europe. On the island, the language has three major dialects: Connacht, Munster and Ulster Irish. All three have distinctions in their speech...
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O'Connor/O'Conor and Cathal the Red-handed O'Conor) (1153–1224), was a king of Connacht. He was the youngest son of the High King of Ireland Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair...
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prior to the events depicted in The Fallen Lords. It tells the story of Connacht's attempts to rid the land of the flesh eating monsters known as the Myrkridia...
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