- is cúige (pl. cúigí). The
modern Irish term
derives from the Old
Irish cóiced (pl. cóiceda)
which literally meant "a fifth". This term
appears in 8th-century...
-
thrusts toward the
opponent with the heel leading. As the name suggests,
coice duplo is a
strike delivered with both feet to the
chest or stomach. To execute...
- The
Kings of
Connacht were
rulers of the
cóiced (variously
translated as portion, fifth, province) of Connacht,
which lies west of the
River Shannon, Ireland...
-
Cóiced Ol
nEchmacht is an
ancient name for the
province of Connacht,
Ireland and
including the area of
County Clare.
Cóiced Ol
nEchmacht may be translated...
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names remains. In
early Irish literature, the Fir
Domnann were
located in
Cóice Laigean (Leinster). A
probably 7th-century
Irish poem
credits their ruler...
- (modern Rathcroghan,
County Roscommon). The use of the word cúige,
earlier cóiced,
literally "fifth", to
denote a
province indicates the
existence of a pentarchy...
-
Before the
Connachta dynasty, the
province (cúige, "fifth") was
known as
Cóiced Ol nEchmacht. In
Modern Irish, the
province is
usually called Cúige Chonnacht...
- over-kingdoms of in Tuisceart, Airgialla, Ulaid, Mide, Laigin, Mumhain,
Cóiced Ol
nEchmacht began to
emerge (see
Kingdoms of
ancient Ireland).
Within these...
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supposed to have
lived several centuries later.
Later stories use the name
Cóiced Ol
nEchmacht as an
earlier name for the
province of
Connacht to get around...
-
which survive today:
Ulaid (Ulster,
modern Irish Ulaidh) in the north,
Cóiced Ol
nEchmacht (Connacht) in the west,
Mumha (Munster,
modern Irish an Mhumhain)...
