Tyrconnell (Kingdom)

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Tyrconnell at its greatest expansion in the 1450s
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Tyrconnell or Tirconnell ( Irish Tír Chonaill , "the land of Conalls") was a kingdom in the north-west of Ireland until 1601 . It was mainly in what is now County Donegal , although the kingdom and later principality of Tyrconnell was larger and , according to Geoffrey Keating , with the barony of Carbury (Cairbre) in County Sligo , the barony of Rosclogher (Dartrighe) in County Leitrim , the baronies of Magheraboy (Toorah or Tuath Ratha) and Lurg (Firlurg) in County Fermanagh and smaller lands in Counties Tyrone and Londonderry also included parts of other present-day Irish and Northern Irish counties. In this area the kingdom reached a size between that of Corsica (8.680 km 2 ), Cyprus (9.251 km 2 ) and that of Lebanon (10.452 km 2 ).

history

Tyrconnell was founded in the fifth century AD by Conall Gulban , a son of Níall Noígíallach ("Niall of the nine hostages"). His descendants, the O'Donell family (Irish Ó Domhnaill ), ruled the kingdom until the flight of the counts in September 1607. This event marked the end of the kingdom of Tyrconnell. The last head was Rudhraighe Ó Domhnail (Rory O'Donell), 1st Earl of Tyrconnell.

Although the rule of the O'Donells has ended, the name O'Donell of Tyrconnell is borne by the Duke of Tetuan, a Spanish noble family. The title of Seneschal of Tyrconnell (currently worn by an O'Donell who already bears the title of Knight of Malta ) continues under the patronage of the Lord High Steward of Ireland .

The term Tirconnell is now often used as a synonym for the area of ​​County Donegal (mostly except Inishowen).

literature

  • Geoffrey Keating , DD (Seathrún Céitinn; 1580–1644): The History of Ireland , written before 1640 and originally in Irish as Foras feasa ar Éirinn , published by the Irish Texts Society, London, 1914. 4th edition, keyword Tír Chonaill
  • Lughaidh Ó Cleirigh : The Life of Hugh Roe O'Donnell, Prince of Tyrconnell (Beatha Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill) Edited by Br. Paul Walsh and Colm Ó Lochlainn. Irish Texts Society, 42nd edition, Dublin: Educational Company of Ireland, 1948 (original Gaelic manuscript in the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin).
  • Brother Michael O'Clery: Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland (Annála Ríoghachta Éireann) by the Four Masters , translated and edited by John O'Donovan in 1856, reissued in 1998 by De Burca, Dublin.
  • Charles Mosley: Blood Royal - From the time of Alexander the Great to Queen Elizabeth II , published for Ruvigny Ltd., London, 2002 ISBN 0-9524229-9-9
  • Sir Bernard Burke, Ulster King of Arms: Vicissitudes of Families , published by Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, Paternoster Row, London, 1861. (Chapter on the O'Donnells, pages 125-148).
  • Rev. CP Meehan, MRIA, James Duffy: The Fate and Fortunes of the Earls of Tyrone (Hugh O'Neill) and Tyrconnel (Rory O'Donel), their flight from Ireland and death in exile, London, 1870.
  • Peter Berresford Ellis: Erin's Blood Royal - The Gaelic Noble Dynasties of Ireland , Constable, London, 1999, (pages 251-258 to O'Donel, Prince of Tirconnell).
  • Walter JP Curley (former US Ambassador to Ireland): Vanishing Kingdoms - The Irish Chiefs and Their Families , with a foreword by Charles Lysaght, published by The Lilliput Press, Dublin, 2004 ISBN 1-84351-055-3 & ISBN 1-84351 -056-1 . (Chapter on O'Donnell of Tyrconnell, page 59).
  • William Lynch, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries: A View of the Legal Institutions, Honorary Hereditary Offices, and Feudal Baronies established in Ireland , published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, Paternoster Row, London, 1830 (O'Donnell : Page 190).