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Ulster (/ˈʌlstər/; Irish:
Ulaidh [ˈʊlˠiː, ˈʊlˠə] or
Cúige Uladh [ˌkuːɟə ˈʊlˠə, - ˈʊlˠuː];
Ulster Scots: Ulstèr or Ulster) is one of the four traditional...
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Munster (Irish: an
Mhumhain [ə ˈwuːnʲ] or
Cúige Mumhan [ˌkuːɟə ˈmˠuːnˠ]) is one of the four
provinces of Ireland,
located in the
south of the island....
- Leinster,
Munster and Ulster. The
Irish word for this
territorial division,
cúige,
meaning "fifth part",
suggests that
there were once five, and at times...
- (/ˈkɒnɔːt, ˈkɒnə(x)t/ KON-awt, KON-ə(kh)t; Irish:
Connachta [ˈkʊn̪ˠəxt̪ˠə] or
Cúige Chonnacht [ˌkuːɟə ˈxʊn̪ˠəxt̪ˠ]), is one of the four
provinces of Ireland...
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Ireland was
divided into many
petty kingships under provincial kingships (
Cúige "fifth" of the
traditional provinces)
vying for
dominance and the title...
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Cúige Chonnacht. Munster,
derived from Irish:
Mumhan + Old
Norse staðr,
meaning "land of Mumha". In
modern Irish it is
called an
Mhumhain or
Cúige Mumhan...
- of the
Hundred Battles). The
modern western province of
Connacht (Irish
Cúige Chonnacht, province,
literally "fifth", of the Connachta)
takes its name...
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Leinster (/ˈlɛnstər/ LEN-stər; Irish:
Laighin [ˈl̪ˠəinʲ] or
Cúige Laighean [ˌkuːɟə ˈl̪ˠəinˠ]) is one of the four
provinces of Ireland, in the southeast...
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provinces of
Connacht (
Cúige Chonnacht),
Munster (
Cúige Mumhan) and
Ulster (
Cúige Uladh).
Records of some
dialects of
Leinster (
Cúige Laighean) were made...
- also
divided into five
prime overkingdoms (Old
Irish cóiceda,
Modern Irish cúige).
These were
Ulaid (in the north),
Connacht (in the west),
Laighin (in the...
