2) Connacht. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...A historical region of west-central Ireland. An ancient native kingdom, it was dominated by the O'Connor family in the 11th and 12th centuries....

3) 111. A Connacht Caoine by Anonymous. Colum, Padraic. 1922. Anthology of Irish Verse
...Let my sharp screeches pierce your heart. If I am wise I may get whatever is my lot, But you will never—och, och. och—get another brother! O young woman, don t you...

4) Connaught. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Connaught, see Connacht, Ireland....

5) O'Connor, Rory. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...O Connor, Rory, 1116?-1198, last high king of Ireland. He became king of Connacht in 1156 and seized the high kingship in 1166. His ascendancy was brief, however,...

6) Connaught. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...See Connacht....

7) Innis Fodhla [Island of Destiny]. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...the sacred island. [The king referred to was Connedda, who gave his name to the province of Connacht],"W. B. Yeats: Fairy Tales and Folk-Lore, pp. 306, 318....

8) Googe, Barnabe. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...secretary of state. From 1582 to 1585 he was provost marshal of the presidency court at Connacht. Googe's Ecologues, Epitaphs, and Sonnets (1563) contains some of...

9) 142. I Am Raferty by Douglas Hyde. Colum, Padraic. 1922. Anthology of Irish Verse
...And my face to the wall, 10 A-playing music Unto empty pockets. Raferty, a Connacht peasant poet, while at some festivity, heard someone asking who he was. He was...

10) Berkeley, John, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...political advancement. Raised to the peerage in 1658, he was appointed lord president of Connacht for life in 1661 and one of the proprietors of New Jersey in 1664....