Tyrconnell

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Tyrconnell is a historic region and earldom in northwest Ireland, roughly corresponding to modern County Donegal, long associated with the O'Donnell dynasty and central to Gaelic resistance against English rule.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Tyrconnell canonical 5
Tír Conaill 4
Forces of Tyrconnell 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf earldom ⓘ
historic region ⓘ
alliedWith Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone ⓘ
associatedWith O'Donnell dynasty ⓘ
borderedBy Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Fermanagh ⓘ
Londonderry ⓘ
linked to: Derry

Tyrone ⓘ
capitalWas Donegal ⓘ
linked to: County Donegal
contains Donegal Bay ⓘ
Lough Foyle ⓘ
Lough Swilly ⓘ
dominantReligionHistorically Roman Catholicism ⓘ
earldomHeldBy O'Donnell dynasty ⓘ
earldomInPeerage Peerage of Ireland ⓘ
economyHistoricallyBasedOn cattle-raising ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
pastoral farming ⓘ
featuredIn Irish annals ⓘ
governedAs Gaelic lordship ⓘ
hadKeyFortressAt Donegal Castle ⓘ
hadPoliticalStructure Gaelic lordship based on kinship and tanistry ⓘ
historicalRulingFamily Cenél Conaill ⓘ
historicTerritoryOf O'Donnell clan ⓘ
integratedInto English-administered County Donegal ⓘ
involvedIn Nine Years' War ⓘ
languageHistoricallySpoken Irish language ⓘ
locatedIn northwest Ireland ⓘ
locatedOn Atlantic coast of Ireland ⓘ
lostAutonomyAfter Flight of the Earls ⓘ
meaningOfName Land of Conall ⓘ
namedAfter Conall Gulban ⓘ
nameDerivedFrom Tír Chonaill ⓘ
opposed English Crown in Ireland ⓘ
partOf Gaelic Ireland ⓘ
province of Ulster ⓘ
predecessorOf County Donegal ⓘ
recordedIn Annals of the Four Masters ⓘ
roughlyCorrespondsTo County Donegal ⓘ
ruledBy O'Donnell dynasty ⓘ
ruledDuringPeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
Tudor conquest of Ireland ⓘ
titleCreatedAs Earldom of Tyrconnell ⓘ
underwent plantation and land confiscations after defeat of Gaelic lords ⓘ
wasCenterOf Gaelic resistance to English rule ⓘ
wasPowerBaseOf Hugh Roe O'Donnell ⓘ
Red Hugh O'Donnell ⓘ
linked to: Hugh Roe O'Donnell
wasStrongholdOf Gaelic culture in Ulster ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

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

Flight of the Earls → mainSubject → Tyrconnell ⓘ
Uí Néill → territory → Tír Conaill ⓘ
linked to: Tyrconnell
Hugh Roe O'Donnell → birthPlace → Tyrconnell ⓘ
Hugh Roe O'Donnell → militaryCommand → Forces of Tyrconnell ⓘ
linked to: Tyrconnell
O'Donnell → associatedWith → Tyrconnell ⓘ
Cenél Conaill → region → Tír Conaill ⓘ
linked to: Tyrconnell
Cenél Conaill → producedRulersOf → Tír Conaill ⓘ
linked to: Tyrconnell
Tír Chonaill → historicalLanguageForm → Tír Conaill ⓘ
linked to: Tyrconnell