Mide

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Mide was a medieval Irish kingdom located in the central part of Ireland, historically associated with the High Kings and the ruling dynasty of the Uí Néill.

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Label Occurrences
Mide canonical 6

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region ⓘ
medieval Irish kingdom ⓘ
associatedWith High Kings of Ireland ⓘ
High Kingship of Ireland ⓘ
Uí Néill dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Uí Néill
borderedBy Connacht ⓘ
Leinster ⓘ
Munster ⓘ
Ulster ⓘ
capital Tara (traditional royal site) ⓘ
linked to: Tara complex
containsSite Clonard ⓘ
Durrow ⓘ
Hill of Tara ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
culturalSphere Insular Celtic culture ⓘ
dissolutionCause Anglo-Norman conquest of Ireland ⓘ
ethnicGroup Gaels ⓘ
governedByLaw Brehon law ⓘ
governmentType hereditary monarchy ⓘ
hasEtymology Old Irish "Mide" meaning "middle" ⓘ
hasRulingFamily Clann Cholmáin ⓘ
Síl nÁedo Sláine (earlier period) ⓘ
linked to: Síl nÁedo Sláine
hasTitle King of Mide ⓘ
hasType Gaelic kingdom ⓘ
historicalLanguageFamily Celtic languages ⓘ
historicalStatus defunct kingdom ⓘ
knownFor royal and ceremonial sites ⓘ
seat of many High Kings ⓘ
language Old Irish ⓘ
locatedIn central Ireland ⓘ
province of Meath (historical core) ⓘ
linked to: Meath, Ireland
mentionedIn Irish annals ⓘ
medieval Irish genealogies ⓘ
partOf Gaelic Ireland ⓘ
Irish overkingship system ⓘ
politicalRole core territory of Uí Néill power ⓘ
politicalSystem kingship ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
pre-Christian Irish paganism ⓘ
ruledBy Clann Cholmáin branch of Uí Néill ⓘ
linked to: Clann Cholmáin

Southern Uí Néill ⓘ
linked to: Clann Cholmáin
strategicImportance central position in Ireland ⓘ
successor Anglo-Norman lordships in central Ireland ⓘ
Lordship of Meath ⓘ
timePeriod High Medieval period ⓘ
early Middle Ages ⓘ

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