Kings of Thomond

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The Kings of Thomond were the Gaelic rulers of the medieval Irish kingdom of Thomond, traditionally associated with the O'Brien dynasty in what is now County Clare and surrounding regions.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Kings of Thomond canonical 5
Prince of Thomond 1
kings of Thomond 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gaelic monarchy ⓘ
medieval Irish kingship ⓘ
royal dynasty ⓘ
absorbedInto Kingdom of Ireland under the English Crown ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Ireland
alliedWith other Gaelic Irish lords ⓘ
associatedClan O'Brien clan ⓘ
capitalRegion Inis Cealtra region ⓘ
conflictWith Anglo-Norman Earls of Clare ⓘ
linked to: Earls of Desmond

Kingdom of Desmond ⓘ
Norman lords in Munster ⓘ
coreTerritory North Munster ⓘ
linked to: Munster

Thomond ⓘ
country Kingdom of Thomond ⓘ
culturalSphere Gaelic Ireland ⓘ
declinePeriod 16th century ⓘ
dynasty O'Brien dynasty ⓘ
linked to: House of O'Brien
ethnicGroup Gaels ⓘ
foundingLineage descendants of Brian Boru ⓘ
governingSystem tanistry ⓘ
hereditaryFamily Uí Bhriain ⓘ
language Irish language ⓘ
lastRulingFamily O'Brien dynasty ⓘ
linked to: House of O'Brien
locatedIn Thomond ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay County Clare ⓘ
County Limerick ⓘ
County Tipperary ⓘ
notableDynasty Dál gCais ⓘ
notableKing Conchobar na Siudane Ua Briain ⓘ
Conchobhar Ó Briain ⓘ
Domnall Mór Ua Briain ⓘ
Muircheartach Finn Ó Briain ⓘ
Muirchertach Ua Briain ⓘ
Murchadh Carrach Ó Briain ⓘ
Toirdelbach Ua Briain ⓘ
Toirdhealbhach Ó Briain ⓘ
partOf Gaelic Ireland ⓘ
politicalStatus independent Gaelic kingdom ⓘ
predecessorEntity Kings of Munster ⓘ
linked to: King of Munster
region Munster ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
successionLaw agnatic kin-group election ⓘ
timePeriod High Middle Ages ⓘ
Late Middle Ages ⓘ
titleHolderOf King of Thomond ⓘ
titleTransformedInto Earl of Thomond ⓘ
traditionalRulingFamily O'Brien dynasty ⓘ
linked to: House of O'Brien
usedTitle Rí Thuadhmhumhan ⓘ
vassalOf English Crown ⓘ
vassalStatus periodically acknowledged English overlordship ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Baron Inchiquin → associatedWith → Kings of Thomond ⓘ
Baron Inchiquin → linkedToAncientKingship → Kings of Thomond ⓘ
O'Brien family of Thomond → associatedTitle → Prince of Thomond ⓘ
linked to: Kings of Thomond
Ó Briain → linkedToRoyalHouse → Kings of Thomond ⓘ
Dál gCais → producedTitleHolder → Kings of Thomond ⓘ
subject linked to: Dál gCais dynasty
Kincora at Killaloe → governedBy → kings of Thomond ⓘ
linked to: Kings of Thomond
O'Brien of Thomond → ruledAs → Kings of Thomond ⓘ