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	The celtic cult of the head
		The action revolves around a conflict between the Ulaidh-tir and the Connachta for the Dunn Cualinge, the Brown Bull.
		Both Ailill and Medb on the Connachta side and Conchobhair mac Nessa on the other asked Mac Da Thó for a famous hound he possessed but he had managed to promise the dog to both.
		Later, as you would expect, there is a battle, and the Ulaidh obtain the hound which meets a painful end impaled on the shaft of Ailill and Medb's chariot.
	www.whitedragon.org.uk /articles/headcult.htm (3084 words)

	VIII. The Laigin
		The Ui Maine separated from the Oirghialla at the same time that the Ui Neill differentiated from their North-Gaelic kinsmen, the Connachta (see Chapter IX).
		As the Ui Neill and their Oirghialla allies moved eastward into the rest of Ulster, the Connachta moved southwards into the rest of Connacht, and thus did their L.aiginian allies, the Ui Maine, acquire what would become their tribal patrimony.
		The O’KelIys (O CeaIlaigh) were chiefs of the Ui Maine, and as such ruled over a large area in Galway and Roscommon down to the reign of Elizabeth I, at the end of the sixteenth century.
	www.electricscotland.com /webclans/cairney/85.htm (498 words)

	The Princess And The Curse, S.A. Martin, author at New Concepts Publishing - Great Books for Less
		He'd never heard of Connachta, but he'd walk the streets of Baile Baeg stark naked before he'd admit his ignorance.
		This might be his last chance to discover where Connachta was, and if the old man didn't know, then Nolan was out of luck, out of his house and all that he owned.
		He climbed into his boat and hoisted his sail, and soon the boat was skimming across the waves.
	www.newconceptspublishing.com /theprincessandthecurse.htm (3437 words)

	Genetic origin of the Irish EOGANACHT septs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Namely, there will be a genetic mis-match between the southern Goidels (the Eoganacht), and the northern Goidels (the Connachta), even though their common mythology claim they both invaded Ireland at roughly the same time, and from the same general place.
		But the genetic signature clearly radiates from Donegal and not Meath, which is where the Connachta first landed and settled.
		Simply, the area, the timeline and the results of the Ui Neill Y-DNA seem to conflict with the mythology that the Connachta are Goidels.
	home.earthlink.net /~desmondcorp/tim/dna_eoganacht.htm (2212 words)

	O'Rahilly's historical model at AllExperts
		The Connachta were named after Conn CÃ©tchathach, or Conn of the Hundred Battles; a mythical ancestor who was later euhemerized and given a place in Irish history.
		The Connachta were led by a man known to later history as Tuathal Teachtmhar.
		Early in their history, the Connachta subjugated the Laginian tribes of Leinster and reduced them to a state of vassalage.
	en.allexperts.com /e/o/o/o'rahilly's_historical_model.htm (1704 words)

	Midsummer 2000 \| Red Maple Grove
		Connachta: I speak from the west, from the land of Connacht, the land of the Druids and teachers.
		Connachta: At this time, we honour and welcome all of the Gods that we have called to in the last year, and the Gods that each of us know in our hearts.
		Connachta: As we have done throughout the last year, and as we will continue to do, we have honoured the Gods, and we have received their blessings and teachings.
	www.redmaplegrove.org /midsummer2000 (1868 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Connachta
		The Connachta were a group of dynasties who claimed descent from the three eldest sons of Eochaid Mugmedon: Brion, Ailill and Fiachrae.
		The battle of Féil between Cathal, son of Finnguine, and Faelán, king of Laigin, in which Faelchar, king of Osraige, fell, and Cathal was victor.
		Feidlimid harried Leth Cuinn from Birra to Temuir, and he was checked at Temuir, and he seized Gormlaith, daughter of Murchad, king of Laigin, together with her female train, and Indrechtach, son of Mael Dúin, was killed by him at Temuir.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Connachta (386 words)

	Annals of Inisfallen
		Repose of Aed Ua Raithenáin, sage of Ireland.
		The slaying of Conchobar son of Mael Sechnaill, king of Corcu Modruad, and of Amlaíb, son of Lochlainn, and of Aicher Ua Traigthech in the west of Connachta; and Cathal, son of Labraid, was killed by the sons of Donnchadh Finn.
		Death of Dub Choblaig, daughter of the king of Connachta [and] wife of Brian, son of Cennétig.
	www.ucc.ie /celt/published/T100004/text001.html (13599 words)

	Sean Connor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		In fact, Sean was forced to flee Ireland after clashing with the Elders of the fief of Connachta over the poverty and living conditions of the peasants in the fief.
		Although it was Sean himself who revealed the plot to the leaders of Connachta after discovering he had been duped, it could not save him from the wrath of the Elders.
		The memories of the Kindred of Connachta are long and it would be unwise for him to try and return there, even after two hundred years.
	www.moglit.demon.co.uk /rpg/york/who/sean.htm (717 words)

	[Aireacha] RE: An Mhumha vs. Na Connachta i nGramadach / An Mhumha vs. Na Connachta in Grammar
		This is also the traditional system of place-naming whereby the genitive form is actually used for a genitive purpose, as opposed to the newer "nominative in place of a genitive" which we see in the Caighdeán on p.
		I gcodarsnacht / In contrast: Conn = 'head' (?), 'chief' (?), ancestor-god or ancestor-hero of the Connachta.
		Connachta or Na Connachta = feminine, 'The descendants of Conn.' This plural looks like a 2nd declension plural like 'na bróga.' Connacht = genitive plural, 'of the descendants of Conn'.
	www.scoilgaeilge.org /pipermail/aireacha_scoilgaeilge.org/2006-May/003011.html (490 words)

	The O'Brien Clan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		A defeat [inflicted] by Feidlimid, son of Crimthann, on the Connachta and Uí Néill, in which Follamon, son of Donnchadh, fell.
		The harrying of Connachta by Dúnchad son of Dub dá Bairenn, king of Caisel.
		The slaying of Eógan son of Cenn Faelad, abbot of Imlech Ibuir.
	www.obrienclan.com /dalcassiansept-com/history/Innisfallen.htm (7056 words)

	HISTORY OF BRITAIN, 407-597, by Fabio Barbieri
		Leinster itself, in the brothers Rees' scheme of interpretation, takes the place of the third function, the lowest freeborn rank of society, in a cosmography in which Connachta - the province of the descendants of Conn - is the royal, first-function land, and Tara, the seat of Conn himself, the centre of Ireland.
		In short, it seems possible (though terribly nebulous) that at the start of this multiplication of fortunate tokens and burial places there was a threefold division of the idea of a central place of the country containing one or more fortunate burials which insured the country for ever.
		It is possible that this might be related to the otherwise unexplained picture of the one-legged and the twelve-legged birds, and that the story may have arisen when the king of Tara, of Connachta race, was contending with a coalition of, perhaps, twelve (the number is suspiciously round) Munster-led kings.
	www.geocities.com /vortigernstudies/fabio/app6.htm (6541 words)

	Milwaukee Renaissance : Main/Viking Aggression
		From Conn descended the ‘Connachta’ which later included the prominent northern tribes of the Northern and Southern Ui Neill, the Ui Briuin and the Ui Fiachra.
		As an example, a potentially fictitious genealogical connection between the Connachta and the Eoghanact helped to support, in later times, the story of the conquest of the Gael.
		An elaborate genealogy was said to have been created for them to ensure they were given an appropriate connection to the dominant Connachta (Gael), and that they had their rightful place among the Leth Cuinn.
	milwaukeerenaissance.com /Main/VikingAggression (929 words)

	Maigh Seola - Wiki Ireland
		Maigh Seola was a term used to describe the land along the east shore of Lough Corrib, bounded by the river Clare which formed the border with the Hy-Many vassel kingdom of Soghain.
		Its rulers up to the 1220s were the Ui Briuin Seola, a branch of the Connachta who took the surname O'Flaherty.
		They were based at Loch Cime (later called Lough Hackett until forced into Iar Connacht by the Burkes who led the Anglo-Norman invasion of Connacht in the 1200's.
	www.wiki.ie /wiki/Maigh_Seola (100 words)

	[No title]
		The Union accepted, and with Hawkwood aid drove the Connachta league to Bannockburn in a protracted and bloody campaign.
		Waves of genocide forever crushed the House’s aspirations to the Ten, and led to a brief rebellion in union with the members of the now-defunct Connachta League.
		The rebellion was soon brought to a compromise where House Fianna kept their former status, but it succeeded in improving the once-sour relations between the House and the other Gaelgrans, whose unity in persecution overrode their ancient grudge.
	www.stront.f2s.com /fadingsuns/39/article.html (727 words)

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		On another occasion Saint Kyaranus entered the region of a certain lord of the Connachta, that in like manner he should demand from him a certain woman who was in unjust servitude to him.
		As holy Ciaran was sitting there, lo, three men came with three gifts as an alms to him; namely, one gifted to him a cow, another a robe, and a third a frying-pan; and these three gifts did Ciaran straightway give to the poor who were begging of him in the presence of the lord.
		Therein are the kings or the lords of Ui Neill and of the Connachta buried, along with Saint Kiaranus.
	www.ibiblio.org /pub/docs/books/gutenberg/1/6/4/7/16479/16479.txt (18066 words)

	Beltaine 2000 \| Red Maple Grove
		Connachta: I speak from the west, from the land of Connachta, of the Druids,
		Connachta: We thirst for waters of wisdom, of bounty, of rebirth.
		Connachta: We have honoured the Gods and gain their blessings and teachings.
	www.redmaplegrove.org /beltaine2000 (1176 words)

	Grianan Ailigh, County Donegal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The story of how the great stone cashel became the most significant political centre in all of Ulster began in the 5th Century.
		Niall of the Nine Hostages was a leader of the Connachta an important Sept who obtained power and predominance in Ireland.
		The descendants of Niall, known as the Ui Neill, were the most powerful family in the country for almost 600 years after Nialls death.
	www.freewebs.com /slamby/Travels/Ireland/grianan.htm (447 words)

	Encyclopedia of the Celts : Mab - Myths (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Every other important figure of the Ulster Cycle - Ailill, Medb and Cet of the Connachta; Conchobar, Fergus, Loegure, Conall Cernach and all the Ulaid warriors- is present; but CuChulain is not only absent, he is not even mentioned.
		One could argue (as Cross and Slover does it above) that CuChulain is a late addition to the traditions of the Ulaid and that this story predates his arrival.
		The pig of the title is so large that forty oxen can be laid across it; such a beast could be mythic in origin, but it could also be satiric.
	www.celticgrounds.com /chapters/encyclopedia/m.html (18679 words)

	Testing
		These by pedigree are said to descend from brothers of Nial 'of the Nine hostages' and as such are not technically Ui Neill but Dal Cuinn or Connachta.
		I don't think any modern historian believes in the tale of the Connachta descending from brothers of Nial - but kin they were, as DNA reveals.
		So far, unlike the Connachta in the west of Ireland, few if any surnames have been identified from this branch of the Ui Neill in DNA samples.
	www.byrneclan.org /_disc_dna/00000001.htm (1624 words)

	www.cyclingnews.com - the world centre of cycling
		In a hectic sprint to the finishing line after 52 miles of competition on stage one in and around Cong, Griffin edged ahead of Dutchman Bart Dirks to win by two seconds, with Eddie O'Donoghue of the Carrick Cidona outfit a further two seconds adrift.
		Day two of Ras Connachta in Cong, Co. Mayo and the local hope David O'Loughlin now representing the Ofoto Lombardia outfit in America is the overall leader.
		David sealed his victory on Saturday evening when he posted the fastest time in the race against the clock over seven miles with a start and finish on the outskirts of Cong.
	www.cyclingnews.com /road/?id=IRE/2002/jul02/jul05-07connachta (824 words)

	DNA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Connachta (descended from brothers of Nial) also match the Ui Neill modal and they cannot in any sense be called Ui Neill (descendents of Nial).
		Here are a few Connachta DNA samples (O Flannagan from Roscommon and McGovern of Leitrim, both Ui Briuin, or descended from Brion, brother of Nial 'of the Nine Hostages.')
		Although DNA research has found that the Connachta, Cenel Conaill and Cenel Eoghain tribes are indeed linked as the pedigrees state (if not exactly in the way the pedigrees link them), there are further unexplained mysteries to the Ui Neill story.
	members.aol.com /lochlan/dna.htm (2164 words)

	Connacht information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Connacht (IPA: [ˈkɒnɔːt]; Irish: Connachta (IPA: [ˈkunəxtə]), "(land of the) descendants of Conn", also known sometimes in English as Connaught
		The spelling Connaught reflects the former English practice -- in Ireland, though not in Scotland -- of representing the Gaelic voiceless velar fricative /x/ as ugh (compare lough for loch), (u)gh having been used in Middle English for the same sound.
		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".
	c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/Connacht (434 words)

	[No title]
		His descendants held sway in Connacht until its conquest by the Connachta Dynasty, which gave the kingdom its name, circa AD 425.
		Niall [Nel] "Mor" was a scion of the Connachta dynasty, which were the descendants of Con[n] "Cetchathach" ["of the hundred battles"], an earlier Irish high-king, who is sometimes also called Ireland's first king.
		Niall "Mor" claimed the Irish throne at Tara on the death of the incumbent king, Crimthand "Mor" [who belonged to the Eoganacht dynasty], and, after expelling the late king's sons and overcoming other rivals, including his half-brothers, succeeded to the Irish high-kingship of Tara in 396.
	www.angelfire.com /ego/et_deo/irishkings.wps.htm (12100 words)

	The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Latin & Irish Lives Of Ciaran by R.A. Stewart-Macalister
		And a shining and holy settlement, the name of which is Cluain meic Nois, grew up in that place in honour of Saint Kiaranus; it is in the western border of the land of [page 35] Ui Neill, on the eastern bank of the river Synna, over against the province of the Connachta.
		Then at the command of Saint Kiaranus, the cloak was placed on the river Synna, and was sent alone with the river, and it came dry over the waters to the island of Cathi; and no one saw it while it travelled thither.
		The day on which Ciaran was conceived was the sixth of the calends of June, and he was born on the [page 71] sixth of the calends of March.
	www.ibiblio.org /pub/docs/books/gutenberg/1/6/4/7/16479/16479-h/16479-h.htm (15228 words)

	www.cyclingnews.presents road racing from around the world
		Tralee based cyclist, Paul Griffin had to dig deep into his reserves to retain the overall lead in the Ras Connachta after stage two held on July 8, 2001.
		Back the road Griffin was in full flight of the break and at finish he had sufficiently cut back the deficit to remain in yellow for the final two stages.
		The fourth and final stage of the Ras Connachta proved to be a bonus for Eddie O'Donoghue from Carrick-on-Suir, when he came through to land overall victory in the three-day event held over the weekend in Cong.
	www.cyclingnews.com /results/2001/jul01/jul08resultsIRE.shtml (837 words)

	:::: Clan Cleary - The Gaelic Families of Connacht ::::
		What is certain is that he was a territorial magnate of great importance in Connacht, chief of the Connachta tribe which took its name from Conn Ced cathach.
		They are believed to descend from people inhabiting north Connacht before the Ui Fiachra and Ui Briün expanded northwards.
		(3) The O Malleys in the far west of Connemara, who were probably in origin what they remained throughout Gaelic history, a sea-going race of traders and pirates with virtually no connexion with the land based descendants of the Connachta.
	www.clancleary.com /html/gaelicfam.htm (4275 words)

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