Connacht
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Con·nacht

geographical name \ˈkä-ˌnt\

Definition of CONNACHT

province W Ireland area 6611 square miles (17,189 square kilometers), pop 464,296

Variants of CONNACHT

Con·nacht or formerly Con·naught \ˈkä-ˌnt\

Connacht

   (Concise Encyclopedia)

Province (pop., 2002 prelim.: 464,050), northwestern Ireland. It is composed of the counties of Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, and Sligo and has an area of 6,611 sq mi (17,122 sq km). An ancient kingdom, Connacht was Christianized by St. Patrick in the 5th century. Dominated from the 11th century by the O'Connors of Roscommon, it endured an Anglo-Norman invasion in the 12th century.

Variants of CONNACHT

Connacht or Connaught

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