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TYRCONNELL (Tir-Conaill)

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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 549 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TYRCONNELL (Tir-Conaill) , an See also:ancient See also:kingdom of See also:Ireland. Conall Gulban, a son of Niall of the Nine Hostages, See also:king of Ireland, acquired the See also:wild territory in the See also:north-See also:west of See also:Ulster (the See also:modern Co. See also:Donegal, &c.), and founded the kingdom about the See also:middle of the 5th See also:century. Of the several branches of his See also:family, the O'Connells, O'Cannanans and O'Dohertys may be mentioned. The See also:kings of Tyrconnell maintained their position until 1071.

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