Tyrconnell
| Kingdom of Tyrconnell | ||||||||||
| Tír Chonaill (Irish) | ||||||||||
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.png) Tyrconnell in the 1450s, prior to its maximum extent
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| Capital | Dun na nGall | |||||||||
| Languages | Irish | |||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | |||||||||
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| • | d. 464 | Conall Gulban (first) | ||||||||
| • | 1602–1607 | Rudhraighe Ó Domhnaill (last) | ||||||||
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| • | Established | 5th century | ||||||||
| • | Disestablished | 1607 | ||||||||
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Tyrconnell or Tirconnell (Irish: Tír Chonaill, meaning "Land of Conall") was a political state in northwest Ireland until 1601. It lay in the area now more commonly referred to as County Donegal, although the kingdom and later principality of Tyrconnell was larger than that, including parts of Sligo, Leitrim (in present-day Republic of Ireland), Tyrone, Fermanagh and a southern part of Londonderry (in present-day Northern Ireland). According to Geoffrey Keating, it included the baronies of Carbury (Cairbre, in County Sligo), Rosclogher (Dartrighe, in County Leitrim), and Magheraboy (Machaire Bui, mainly Toorah or Tuath Ratha) and Firlurg (Lorg, in County Fermanagh). As such it had a size varying between that of Corsica (8,680 km2) and Lebanon (10,452 km2).
It was founded in the fifth century by a son of Niall of the Nine Hostages, Conall Gulban, of whom the Cenél Conaill were descended. His descendants of the O'Donnell dynasty ruled the kingdom till the Flight of the Earls in September 1607, which marked the end of the kingdom.
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