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CONNAUGHT , a See also:province of See also:Ireland occupying the See also:mid-western portion of the See also:island, and having as the greater See also:part of its eastern boundary the See also:river See also:Shannon, over its See also:middle course. It includes the counties See also:Mayo, See also:Sligo, See also:Leitrim, See also:Galway and See also:Roscommon (qq.v. for See also:topography, &c.). According to the legendary See also:chronicles of Ireland, Connaught(Connacht) was given by the Milesian conquerors of the See also:country to the Damnonians, and the See also:Book of See also:Leinster gives Tinne mac Conrath (20 B.C.) as the first of the See also:list of the See also:kings of all Connaught, whose See also:realm at its greatest extent included also the See also:district of Brenny or Breffny, corresponding to the See also:modern See also:county of See also:Cavan. The Damnonian See also:dynasty held its own till the 4th See also:century A.D., when it was ousted by the Milesian Muireadhach Tireach, See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king See also:paramount (airdrigh) of Ireland from 331 to 357. Henceforth the See also:annals of Connaught are of little See also:interest until the end of the 12th century, when See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William de See also:Burgh received a See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant of lands in Connaught from King See also:John as See also:lord paramount of Ireland. In the See also:quarrel between Cathal Carrach and Cathal Crovderg for the See also:throne he supported either See also:side in turn, with the result that he lost his Connaught estates in 1203. In 1207, however, his son See also:Richard received a grant from King See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry III. of the forfeited lands of the king of Connaught, and thenceforth the See also:history of the province is closely See also:bound up with that of the See also:great See also:family of Burgh (q.v.). In 1461 Connaught, with See also:Ulster, See also:fell nominally to the See also:crown, in the See also:person of See also:Edward IV., as See also:heir of Lionel, See also:duke of See also:Clarence, and his wife, daughter and heiress of William de Burgh, 3rd See also:earl of Ulster (d. 1333). In the See also:wild districts of the See also:west of Ireland, however, legal titles were easier to claim than to enforce, and from 1333 onward Connaught was in fact divided between the de Burghs, Bourcks or Burkes (MacWilliam " Oughters " and MacWilliam " Eighters "), assimilated now to the Irish in See also:dress and See also:manners, and the native kings of the See also:ancient Milesian dynasty, which survived till 1464. It was not till the 16th century that See also:Con-naught began to be effectively brought under See also:English See also:rule. A See also:stage in this direction was marked by the See also:conversion in 1543 of the MacWilliam Eighter, Ulick Bourck, into a See also:noble on the English See also:model as earl of See also:Clanricarde; though it was not till 1603 that the MacWilliam Oughter became See also:Viscount Mayo. Meanwhile, about 158o, Connaught was for the most part divided into shires by See also:Sir Henry See also:Sidney, who also brought into existence the See also:administration of Connaught and See also:Munster by presidents, which continued for seventy years. The county See also:Clare (hitherto See also:Thomond or See also:North Munster) was now annexed to Connaught, and continued to belong to it down to the Restoration.
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