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Aidhne also known as, Uí Fhiachrach Aidhne, Maigh Aidhne / Maigh nAidhne ('Plain (of) Aidhne') was the territory of the Ui Fiachrach Aidhne
Uí Fiachrach Aidhne

U? Fhiachrach Aidhne was a kingdom located in what is now the south of Co. Galway. In the centuries prior to the historical era, the Aidhne branch of the Ui Fiachrach dynasty emerged as the ruling tuath in this part of Connacht....
, a tuath (tribal kingdom) located in the south of what is now County Galway
County Galway

County Galway is located on the west coast of Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland of Connacht. The county takes its name from the city of Galway....
 in the south of Connacht, Ireland
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
. Aidhne is coextensive with the present diocese of Kilmacduagh
Kilmacduagh

Kilmacduagh is a small village in south County Galway, near Gort, in Republic of Ireland. It is best known for Kilmacduagh monastery, seat of the Diocese of that name and in the Diocese of Limerick, Ardfert, Aghadoe, Killaloe, Kilfenora, Clonfert, Kilmacduagh and Emly in the Church of Ireland....
. The territory of Aidhne is bounded on the west by Loch Lurgain (Galway Bay) and the district of Burren in County Clare in the province of Munster.






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Aidhne also known as, Uí Fhiachrach Aidhne, Maigh Aidhne / Maigh nAidhne ('Plain (of) Aidhne') was the territory of the Ui Fiachrach Aidhne
Uí Fiachrach Aidhne

U? Fhiachrach Aidhne was a kingdom located in what is now the south of Co. Galway. In the centuries prior to the historical era, the Aidhne branch of the Ui Fiachrach dynasty emerged as the ruling tuath in this part of Connacht....
, a tuath (tribal kingdom) located in the south of what is now County Galway
County Galway

County Galway is located on the west coast of Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland of Connacht. The county takes its name from the city of Galway....
 in the south of Connacht, Ireland
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
. Aidhne is coextensive with the present diocese of Kilmacduagh
Kilmacduagh

Kilmacduagh is a small village in south County Galway, near Gort, in Republic of Ireland. It is best known for Kilmacduagh monastery, seat of the Diocese of that name and in the Diocese of Limerick, Ardfert, Aghadoe, Killaloe, Kilfenora, Clonfert, Kilmacduagh and Emly in the Church of Ireland....
. The territory of Aidhne is bounded on the west by Loch Lurgain (Galway Bay) and the district of Burren in County Clare in the province of Munster. County Clare also bounds Aidhne on its south and south-east side. Aidhne is bounded on the east by the low mountains of Sliabh Echtghe / Slieve Aughty, which separate Uí Fhiachrach Aidhne from the territory of Uí Mhaine in eastern County Galway. On the north-east Aidhne is bounded by the plains of Uí Mhaine and on the north by Maigh Mucruimhe (the area around Athenry). On the north-west Aidhne is bounded by the parish of Meadhraighe / Maree which is in the territory of Uí Bhriúin Seola.

In placename lore the kingdom took its name from the mythological Aidhne, one of the ten daughters of Partholon
Partholón

In Irish mythology Parthol?n was the leader of the second group of people to settle in Ireland, supposedly first to arrive after the biblical Deluge ....
 by his first wife, Topha. Aidhne was married to Breac.

In a later age, a branch of the Fir Bolg
Fir Bolg

In Irish mythology the Fir Bolg were one of the races that inhabited the island of Ireland prior to the arrival of the Tuatha D? Danann....
 made Aidhne their home. Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh
Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh

Dubhaltach MacFhirbhisigh, also known as Dubhaltach ?g Giolla ?osa M?r mac Dubhaltach M?r Mac Fhirbhisigh, Duald Mac Firbis, Dudly Ferbisie, and Dualdus Firbissius was an Irish people scribe, translator, historian and genealogist....
's Book of Genealogies states that the Tuath mhac nUmhoir[settled in]in Dál gCais
Dál gCais

The D?l gCais were a dynastic group of related septs located in north Munster who rose to political prominence in the early medieval era in Ireland....
 and in Ui Fhiachrach of Aidhne. Their leader is given as Conall Caol mac Aonghus, grandson of Umhor. Connall was killed at the Battle of Maigh Mucruimhe
Battle of Maigh Mucruimhe

Cath Maige Mucrama, in English language the Battle of Mag Mucrama, is an early Middle Irish language tale which forms part of the Cycles of the Kings....
 in 195 A.D., and his body brought back to Aidhne where it was interred at a leacht called Carn Connell (itself the site of a major battle some centuries later).

The territory of Uí Fhiachrach Aidhne is coextensive with the diocese of Cill Mhic Dhuach / Kilmacduagh
Kilmacduagh

Kilmacduagh is a small village in south County Galway, near Gort, in Republic of Ireland. It is best known for Kilmacduagh monastery, seat of the Diocese of that name and in the Diocese of Limerick, Ardfert, Aghadoe, Killaloe, Kilfenora, Clonfert, Kilmacduagh and Emly in the Church of Ireland....
, which contains the civil parishes of Kinvarradoorus, Killinny, Killeenavarra, Drumacoo, Kilcolgan
Kilcolgan

Kilcolgan is a settlement in County Galway, Republic of Ireland. The N18 road passes through the settlement. There are also two public houses, Donoghues and Raftery's Rest ....
, Ardrahan
Ardrahan

Ardrahan is a village in County Galway, Republic of Ireland....
, Stradbally
Stradbally

Stradbally is a small town in County Laois, Republic of Ireland, located in the midlands of Ireland along the N80 road, a National Secondary Route, about 12km from Portlaoise....
, Killeeneen, Killeely, Killora, Killogilleen, Kilchreest, Isertkelly, Killinan, Kilthomas, Kilbeacanty, Beagh, Kilmacduagh
Kilmacduagh

Kilmacduagh is a small village in south County Galway, near Gort, in Republic of Ireland. It is best known for Kilmacduagh monastery, seat of the Diocese of that name and in the Diocese of Limerick, Ardfert, Aghadoe, Killaloe, Kilfenora, Clonfert, Kilmacduagh and Emly in the Church of Ireland....
, Kiltartan
Kiltartan

Kiltartan is a small area in County Galway, Ireland.It is alluded to in the William Butler Yeats poem An Irish Airman Foresees His Death....
. The diocese of Kilmacduagh contains the present Catholic parishes of Kinvara
Kinvara

Kinvara , is a sea port village located in the south of County Galway in the province of Connacht on the west coast of Republic of Ireland. Kinvara is also the name of the parish in which the village is situated....
, Ballinderreen
Ballinderreen

Ballinderreen is a small little village located on the N67 road route between Kilcolgan and Kinvara in south County Galway, in The Republic of Ireland....
, Gort
Gort

Gort is a town in south County Galway in the west of Republic of Ireland. An Gort is the official Irish name for the town, as defined by the Placenames Commission....
, Ardrahan
Ardrahan

Ardrahan is a village in County Galway, Republic of Ireland....
, Craughwell
Craughwell

Craughwell is a village in County Galway, Republic of Ireland. Also used as a surname, properly ? Creachmhaoil, though often Anglicised as Craughwell, and Crockwell....
, Beagh, Kilbeacanty, Kilthomas (Peterswell), Clarinbridge
Clarinbridge

Clarinbridge is a small village, approximately a 15-minute drive south of Galway, Ireland in the Diocese of Kilmacduagh. It is on the mouth of the Clarin at the end of Dunkellin Bay, which is the easternmost part of Galway Bay....
, Kilchreest.