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MUNSTER , a See also:province of See also:Ireland occupying the S.W. See also:part of the See also:island. It includes the counties See also:Clare, See also:Tipperary, See also:Limerick, See also:Kerry, See also:Cork and See also:Waterford (q.v. for See also:topography, &c.). After the occupation of Ireland by the Milesians, Munster (Mumha) became nominally a provincial See also:kingdom; but as the territory was divided between two families there was See also:constant See also:friction and it was not until 237 that Oliol Olum established himself as 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 over the whole. In 248 he divided his kingdom between his two sons, giving See also:Desmond (q.v., See also:Des-Mumha) to Eoghan and See also:Thomond (Tuadh-Mumha) or See also:north Munster to Cormac. He also stipulated that the See also:rank of king of Munster should belong in turn to their descendants. In this way the kingship of Munster survived until 1194; but there were See also:kings of Desmond and Thomond down to the 16th See also:century. Munster was originally of the same extent as the See also:present province, excepting that it included the See also:district of See also:Ely, which belonged to the O'Carrols and formed a part of the present King's See also:County. During the 16th century, however, Thomond was for a See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time included in See also:Connaught, being declared a county under the name of Clare (q.v.) by See also:Sir 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 See also:Sidney. Part of Munster had been included in the See also:system of shiring generally attributed to King See also:John. In 1570 a provincial See also:presidency of Munster (as of Connaught) was established by Sidney, Sir John See also:Perrot being the first See also:president, and lasted until 1672. Under Perrot a practically new shiring was carried out.
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