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Ireland prior to the Anglo-Norman invasion
The 5 Royal Provinces of Ireland.
Number = Kingdom or Population Group.
White = Provincial Border
ULAIDH 20. Tír Chonaill 21. Tír Eoghain 22. Oirghialla 23. Dál Araidhe 24. Dál Riada 25. Cianachta CONNACHTA 15. Iar-Chonnacht 16. Uí Fiachrach Muaidhe 17. Uí Maine 18. Síol Muireadhaigh (Ó Conchubhair) 19. Bréifne |
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MIDHE 8. Fearcal 9. Ó Fearghail 10. Ó Maoilsheachlainn LAIGHIN 1. Ó Mórdha 2. Uí Faoláin 3. Uí Ceinnsealaigh 4. Osraighe 5. Mac Murchadha 6. Uíbh Fhailí (Ó Conchubhair) 7. Ó Tuathail + Ó Broin |
MUMHAIN 11. Déise 12. Deasmhumhain (Eoghanacht) 13. Tuathmhumhain (Dál gCais) 14. Urmhumhain |
RED = Viking Settlements Main Settlements were located at: Duibhlinn / Dyflin (Dublin) Viking Gelo (Wicklow) Arknell Gelo (Arklow) Weis Fjord (Wexford) Vadre Fjord (Waterford) |
Anglo-Norman Settlements in the 13th Century
Green= Land in Native Irish hands
Blue= Land in Anglo-Norman hands (Main families highlighted)
Ireland in the 15th Century
Yellow Territory = Scottish Clan - Mac Domhnaill / Mac Dhòmhnuill Light Blue Territory = Native Irish (Main Clans highlighted in white). Blue Territory = "Degenerate English", ie Anglo-Normans who adopted the Irish Language, Irish customs and Irish laws and also Irish names; for example FitzGerald became Mac Gearailt, de Burgo became de Búrca or also Mac Uilliam, FitzGibbon became Mac Giobúin, de Courcy became de Cúrsa, FitzMaurice became Mac Muiris, de Clare became de Cléir and so on. They became the Hiberno-Normans (Main Clans highlighted in yellow). E.A. D'Alton says in his book " History of Ireland" of the de Burgo family: "renouncing their allegiance to the English King, they renounced their name and nation...... and in the sight of the English garrison at Athlone cast aside their distinctive Norman dress and arms and assumed the saffron robes of an Irish chief. Their example was widely followed." 1= The English Pale, where English laws and customs remained. |
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