Well into the 16th century, kingdoms such as Uí Maine and Tír Fhíacrach Múaidhe remained beyond English control, while many Norman families such as de Burgh, de Bermingham, de Exeter, de Staunton, became entirely Gaelicised.

1360, with events such as the 1307 battle of Ahascragh (see Donnchad Muimnech Ó Cellaigh), the 1316 Second Battle of Athenry and the murder in June 1333 of William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster, all leading to Gaelic resurgence and colonial withdrawal to towns such as Ballinrobe, Loughrea, Athenry, and Galway. The Norman colony in Connacht shrank from c. The Kingdom of Connacht collapsed in the 1230s because of civil war within the royal dynasty, which enabled widespread Hiberno-Norman settlement under Richard Mór de Burgh, 1st Baron of Connaught, and his successors. 1115–1198) greatly expanded the kingdom's dominance, so much so that both became Kings of Ireland. Two of its greatest kings, Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair (1088–1156) and his son Ruaidri Ua Conchobair (c. At its greatest extent, it incorporated the often independent Kingdom of Breifne, as well as vassalage from the lordships of western Mide and west Leinster.

Until the ninth century it consisted of several independent major Gaelic kingdoms ( Lúighne, Uí Maine, and Iar Connacht).īetween the reigns of Conchobar mac Taidg Mór (died 882) and his descendant, Aedh mac Ruaidri Ó Conchobair (reigned 1228–33), it became a kingdom under the rule of the Uí Briúin Aí dynasty, whose ruling sept adopted the surname Ua Conchobair. Ĭonnacht ( / ˈ k ɒ n ɔː t, ˈ k ɒ n ə( x) t/ KON-awt, KON-ə(kh)t Irish: Connachta or Cúige Chonnacht ), or Connaught, is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the west of Ireland. ^ Connacht is part of the Midlands–North-West constituency the five Connacht counties contain 36.2% of the population of this constituency.

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