Connachta

Connachta
Parent houseDál Cuinn
CountryIreland
Founded4th century AD
FounderEochaid Mugmedon
Current headO'Conor Don
Titles

The Connachta are a group of medieval Irish dynasties who claimed descent from the legendary High King Conn Cétchathach (Conn of the Hundred Battles). The modern western province of Connacht (Irish Cúige Chonnacht, province, literally "fifth", of the Connachta) takes its name from them, although the territories of the Connachta also included at various times parts of southern and western Ulster and northern Leinster. Their traditional capital was Cruachan (modern Rathcroghan, County Roscommon).[1]

Early peoples and kingdoms of Ireland, c.800
  1. ^ The Oxford Companion to Irish History, p.111, Oxford University Press, 1998. ISBN 0-19-923483-3.