Kingdom of Tyrone

E941902

The Kingdom of Tyrone was a prominent Gaelic Irish realm in Ulster, historically ruled by the powerful O'Neill dynasty and central to resistance against English expansion in Ireland.

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Label Occurrences
Kingdom of Tyrone canonical 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gaelic Irish kingdom ⓘ
historical polity ⓘ
alliedWith Spanish Empire ⓘ
associatedWith Ulster Plantation ⓘ
capital Dungannon ⓘ
centralTo resistance to English expansion in Ireland ⓘ
culture Gaelic culture ⓘ
declineCause English conquest of Ireland ⓘ
economy pastoral agriculture ⓘ
ethnicCharacter Gaelic Irish ⓘ
floruitCentury 16th century ⓘ
17th century ⓘ
fortificationType ringforts ⓘ
tower houses ⓘ
governingFamily O'Neill clan ⓘ
linked to: O’Neill clan
governmentType elective monarchy ⓘ
historicalRegion Tír Eoghain ⓘ
historicalStatus one of the most powerful Gaelic lordships in Ulster ⓘ
involvedInConflict Nine Years' War ⓘ
Tyrone's Rebellion ⓘ
language Irish language ⓘ
legalSystem Brehon law ⓘ
locatedIn Ireland ⓘ
Ulster ⓘ
militaryStrength Gaelic Irish warbands ⓘ
namedAfter Eógan mac Néill ⓘ
nameMeaning land of Eoghan ⓘ
notableEvent Flight of the Earls ⓘ
notableRuler Conn O'Neill ⓘ
Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone ⓘ
Shane O'Neill ⓘ
Turlough Luineach O'Neill ⓘ
opposedBy Kingdom of England ⓘ
overlordship Cenél nEógain ⓘ
partOf Gaelic Ireland ⓘ
politicalSystem tanistry ⓘ
predecessor Cenél nEógain territory ⓘ
linked to: Tír Eoghain
religion Gaelic Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Celtic Christianity

Roman Catholicism ⓘ
ruledByDynasty O'Neill dynasty ⓘ
rulingTitle King of Tyrone ⓘ
linked to: Lord of Tyrone

The O'Neill ⓘ
subsequentTo Uí Néill dominance in Ulster ⓘ
succeededBy County Tyrone ⓘ
English administration in Ulster ⓘ
territoryCorrespondsTo modern County Tyrone ⓘ
territoryIncluded parts of modern County Donegal ⓘ
parts of modern County Londonderry ⓘ
timePeriod Early modern period ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ

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

O'Neill dynasty → associatedWith → Kingdom of Tyrone ⓘ