Connacht

Information about Connacht

Connacht
Cúige Chonnachta

Location

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Statistics

Area:

17,713.18

Population (2006)

503,083

Connacht (IPA: [ˈkɔnəxt] alternately IPA: /ˈkɒnɔːt/ according to the Oxford English Dictionary; from the Irish: Connachta meaning "(land of the) descendants of Conn", (IPA: [ˈkɔnəxtə])), is the western province of Ireland, comprising Counties Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo.

In Irish the province is usually Cúige Chonnacht i.e. the province (literally, fifth) of Connacht. Its main urban centres are Galway in the south, and Sligo in the north. It has a population of 503,083, the smallest of the four Irish provinces.

An alternative anglicised spelling which was used more before Irish indepedence by British authorities is Connaught^[1]

The Irish language is spoken in the Gaeltacht areas of west Mayo and west Galway, the largest being in Cois Fharraige (Irish meaning 'by the sea'), and parts of Connemara, both in Galway.

The highest point of Connacht is Mweelrea (814 metres), in Mayo. The largest island in Connacht is Achill, also the largest island of Ireland. The biggest lake is Lough Corrib.

Up to the early historic era, it was known as Cóiced Ol nEchmacht. Connacht was a kingdom during the middle ages with kings inaugurated officially up until the late 17th Century. The ruling O'Conor Don family have survived until the present day.

The "Republic of Connaught" had a brief existence in 1798 with French military support.

Connacht-Ulster was one of Ireland's four regional constituencies for elections to the European Parliament until it was superseded in 2004 by the new constituency of Ireland North West.

The only city in Connacht is Galway with a population of 71,983 (2006) in the city proper. The next largest town is Sligo (pop. 17,892).

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1. ^ The spelling Connaught reflects the former English practice — in Ireland, though not in Scotland — of representing the Gaelic voiceless velar fricative /x/ as gh (compare lough for loch), gh having been used in Middle English for the same sound. Although this sound later disappeared from standard English, the spelling of words like "thought" and "caught" remained unaltered -- and in a further Anglicisation the "new" English pronunciation of -aught was even applied in England to titles like that of the Duke of Connaught. In Ireland, however, the original pronunciation having remained intact, the Gaelic-style spelling Connacht is now used more often in English. It may have gained currency by mistranslation of the Irish name into English: in Irish, the form Cúige Chonnacht 'province of Connacht' is almost always used, and this may have led to people misunderstanding genitive case Connacht as the Gaelic version instead of nominative case Connachta.

• • [ e] Counties of Ireland
Connacht	Galway (Galway City) Leitrim Mayo Roscommon Sligo
Munster	Clare Cork (Cork City) Kerry Limerick (Limerick City) Tipperary (North Tipperary • South Tipperary) Waterford (Waterford City)
Leinster	Carlow Dublin (Dublin City • Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown • Fingal • South Dublin) Kildare Kilkenny Laois Longford Louth Meath Offaly Westmeath Wexford Wicklow
Ulster	Cavan Donegal Monaghan Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone
Italics denote non-administrative counties (Parentheses) denote eponymous cities or non-traditional counties

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Writing system: Latin (Irish variant)
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Official language of: Republic of Ireland
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Regulated by: Foras na Gaeilge
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ISO 639-1: ga
ISO 639-2: gle
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When under Gaelic rule, Ireland was divided into provinces to replace the earlier system of the túatha.

The four provinces are:

Province Population Area (km²) Number of Counties? Capital
Leinster 2,292,939 19,774 12 Dublin
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County Galway (Irish: Contae na Gaillimhe) is located on the west coast of Ireland. It is in the Irish province of Connacht. The county takes its name from the city of Galway.
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County Leitrim (Irish: Contae Liatroma) is one of the counties of the Republic of Ireland and is part of the province of Connacht.
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County Mayo (Irish: Contae Mhaigh Eo, lit. the plain of the yew trees) is a county in the province of Connacht, located on the west coast of Ireland. The county town of Mayo is Castlebar.
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County Roscommon (Irish: Contae Ros Comáin) is a county located in central Ireland. Area: 2547 km² (983 square miles). Roscommon is in the province of Connacht.
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County Sligo (Irish: Contae Shligigh; lit. Shelly River) is a county in the province of Connacht in the west of the Republic of Ireland.
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Galway (official Irish name: Gaillimh) is the only city in the province of Connacht in Ireland. The city is located on the west coast of Ireland. In Irish, Galway is also called Cathair na Gaillimhe, which is a translation of "City of Galway".
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Sligo (Irish: Sligeach) (pronounced "sly-go" IPA: /slaɪˈgoʊ/
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Gaeltacht (pronounced /ˈgeːɫ̪t̪ˠəxt̪ˠ/; plural Gaeltachtaí) is an Irish word for an Irish-speaking region.
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Connemara (in Irish: Conamara), which derives from Conmhaicne Mara (meaning: descendants of Con Mhac, of the sea), is a district in the west of Ireland comprising of a broad peninsula between Killary Harbour and Cuan Chill Chiaráin/Kilkieran Bay in the west of
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Achill Island (Irish: Acaill, Oileán Acla) in County Mayo is the largest island of Ireland, and is situated off the west coast. It has a population of 2,700. Its area is sq mi ( km).
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Cóiced Ol nEchmacht, ancient name for the province of Connacht, Ireland.

Cóiced Ol nEchmacht may be translated as the portion/fifth/province of the Ol nEchmacht, also called the Fir Ol nEchmacht ("Fir" means "men").
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The Kings of Connacht were rulers of the cóiced (variously translated as portion, fifth, province) of Connacht, which lies west of the River Shannon, Ireland. However, the name only became applied to it in the early medieval era, being named after The Connachta.
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O'Conor Don (Irish: Ó Conchubhair Donn) is the hereditary chieftain of the traditional royal family of Connacht, one of the premier Irish Royal Families a lineage which is descended through sixty-six generations providing some twenty-seven Kings of Connacht and numerous
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The Republic of Connaught was an Irish breakaway state established with French military support for thirteen days during the Irish Rebellion of 1798. There was little effective government, given the state's brief and troubled existence.
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North-West is one of four constituencies of the European Parliament in Ireland. It currently elects 3 MEPs using the Single Transferable Vote system.

The constituency was created in 2004 and is a successor to the old Connaught-Ulster constituency.
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