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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
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ancient
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kingdom of
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Ireland . Conall Gulban, a son of Niall of the Nine Hostages,
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king of Ireland, acquired the
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wild territory in the
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north-
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west of
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Ulster (the
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modern Co .
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Donegal, &c.), and founded the kingdom about the
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middle of the 5th
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century . Of the several branches of his
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family, the O'Connells, O'Cannanans and O'Dohertys may be mentioned . The
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kings of
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Tyrconnell maintained their position until 1071 .

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I don't suppose that it was any wilder than anywhere else in Ireland?
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