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Cóiced Ol nEchmacht, ancient name for the province of Connacht
Connacht

Connacht is the western Provinces of Ireland of Ireland, comprising counties County Galway, County Leitrim, County Mayo, County Roscommon, County Sligo....
, 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....
.

Cóiced Ol nEchmacht may be translated as the portion/fifth/province of the Ol nEchmacht, also called the Fir Ol nEchmacht
Fir Ol nEchmacht

Fir Ol nEchmacht was the name of a group or race of people living in pre-historic Ireland. The name may be translated as Fir=men; Ol =race, people; nEchmacht=the given name of the people....
 ("Fir" means "men"). They were divided up into three main tribes: the Fir Craibe
Fir Craibe

Fir Craibe is a branch of the Fir Ol nEchmacht, one of the ancient peoples of Ireland.The kingdom of the Fir Craibe extended from Limerick to the Palace of Fidach, a place thought to be located in north-eastern Aidhne....
, or Fir na Criabe; the Tuatha Taiden
Tuatha Taiden

The Tuatha Taiden were a branch of the Fir Ol nEchmacht, one of the ancient peoples of Ireland.The kingdom of Tuatha Taiden extended from Fidach eastwards to and across the River Shannon towards Hill of Tara, and was probably co-extensive with Hy-Many at its greatest extent....
; the Gamanraige
Gamanraige

The Gamanraige were the main branch of the Fir Ol nEchmacht, a people who ruled much of Ireland west of the River Shannon in the pre-historic era....
. Each tribe ruled respective kingdoms within Ol nEchmacht.





This territory seems to have being Ol nEchmacht proper.

All three may be the kingdoms or peoples called, respectively, the Concani, Auteni and Nagnatae
Nagnatae

The Nagnatae or Nagnate were a people listed as living in the west of Ireland according to Ptolemy's map of c. 150 A.D. They are thought to be identical with the Fir Ol nEchmacht....
 who are shown on Ptolemy
Ptolemy

Claudius Ptolemaeus , known in English as Ptolemy , was a Roman Greek mathematics, Greek astronomy, geographer and astrologer. He lived in History of Roman Egypt, and was probably born there in a town in the Thebaid called Ptolemais Hermiou; he died in Alexandria around 168 AD....
's map of Ireland, dated to c.150
150

Events...
 A.D.






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Cóiced Ol nEchmacht, ancient name for the province of Connacht
Connacht

Connacht is the western Provinces of Ireland of Ireland, comprising counties County Galway, County Leitrim, County Mayo, County Roscommon, County Sligo....
, 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....
.

Cóiced Ol nEchmacht may be translated as the portion/fifth/province of the Ol nEchmacht, also called the Fir Ol nEchmacht
Fir Ol nEchmacht

Fir Ol nEchmacht was the name of a group or race of people living in pre-historic Ireland. The name may be translated as Fir=men; Ol =race, people; nEchmacht=the given name of the people....
 ("Fir" means "men"). They were divided up into three main tribes: the Fir Craibe
Fir Craibe

Fir Craibe is a branch of the Fir Ol nEchmacht, one of the ancient peoples of Ireland.The kingdom of the Fir Craibe extended from Limerick to the Palace of Fidach, a place thought to be located in north-eastern Aidhne....
, or Fir na Criabe; the Tuatha Taiden
Tuatha Taiden

The Tuatha Taiden were a branch of the Fir Ol nEchmacht, one of the ancient peoples of Ireland.The kingdom of Tuatha Taiden extended from Fidach eastwards to and across the River Shannon towards Hill of Tara, and was probably co-extensive with Hy-Many at its greatest extent....
; the Gamanraige
Gamanraige

The Gamanraige were the main branch of the Fir Ol nEchmacht, a people who ruled much of Ireland west of the River Shannon in the pre-historic era....
. Each tribe ruled respective kingdoms within Ol nEchmacht.

  • The kingdom of the Fir Craibe extended from Limerick to the Palace of Fidach, a place though to be located in north-eastern Aidhne
    Aidhne

    Aidhne also known as, U? Fhiachrach Aidhne, Maigh Aidhne / Maigh nAidhne was the territory of the Ui Fiachrach Aidhne, a tuath located in the south of what is now County Galway in the south of Connacht, Ireland....
    . In later centuries the territory south of Aidhne, Thomond
    Thomond

    Thomond The region of Ireland associated with the name Thomond is County Clare, County Limerick, north County Tipperary and east County Clare, effectively most of north Munster....
    , would be annexed by Munster
    Munster

    Munster is the southernmost of the four provinces of Ireland. The largest city in Munster is Cork ....
    , which it is still counted as part of.


  • The kingdom of Tuatha Taiden extended from Fidach eastwards to and across the Shannon
    River Shannon

    The River Shannon is, at 386 km , the longest Rivers of Ireland. It divides the west of Ireland from the east and south . County Clare, being west of the Shannon but part of the province of Munster, is the major exception....
     towards Tara
    Hill of Tara

    The Hill of Tara , located near the River Boyne, is an archaeological complex that runs between Navan and Dunshaughlin in County Meath, Leinster, Republic of Ireland....
    , and was probably co-extensive with Hy-Many
    Hy-Many

    U? Maine, often referred to as Hy Many, was one of the oldest and largest kingdoms located in Connacht, Ireland. Its territory of approximately encompassed all of what is now north, east and south County Galway, south and central County Roscommon, an area near County Clare, and at one stage had apparently subjugated land on the east ba...
     at its greatest extent.


  • The Gamanraige ruled the territory between the Gallimhe or Galway
    Galway

    Galway is the fourth largest city in the Republic of Ireland and the only city in the province of Connacht in Republic of Ireland. The city is located on the west coast of Ireland....
     river, to the Drowes and Duff river
    Duff River

    The River Duff, or Bunduff, is a river in County Sligo and County Donegal, Ireland. The River Duff is 14 miles long, flowing from Glenade Valley to the sea....
    s in the north-east. Their capital was Rath Eochaidh, later called Cruachan
    Cruachan, Ireland

    Cruachan was believed to be the ancient capital of the kingdom of Connacht, the seat of Medb and her husband Ailill mac M?ta of Connacht in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology....
    .
This territory seems to have being Ol nEchmacht proper.

All three may be the kingdoms or peoples called, respectively, the Concani, Auteni and Nagnatae
Nagnatae

The Nagnatae or Nagnate were a people listed as living in the west of Ireland according to Ptolemy's map of c. 150 A.D. They are thought to be identical with the Fir Ol nEchmacht....
 who are shown on Ptolemy
Ptolemy

Claudius Ptolemaeus , known in English as Ptolemy , was a Roman Greek mathematics, Greek astronomy, geographer and astrologer. He lived in History of Roman Egypt, and was probably born there in a town in the Thebaid called Ptolemais Hermiou; he died in Alexandria around 168 AD....
's map of Ireland, dated to c.150
150

Events...
 A.D. (Some are of the opinion that Ptolemy's map may be based on cartograpy carried out as much as five hundred years earlier). Nagnatae is generally agreed to be a corruption of nEchmacht.

It was only with the rise of The Connachta dynasty that the term Fir Ol nEchmacht was dropped and the province was renamed Connacht
Connacht

Connacht is the western Provinces of Ireland of Ireland, comprising counties County Galway, County Leitrim, County Mayo, County Roscommon, County Sligo....
.

See also



Sources

  • Foras Feasa Eirann, Geoffrey Keating
    Geoffrey Keating

    Seathr?n C?itinn, known in English language as Geoffrey Keating, was a 17th century Ireland Roman Catholic Church priest, poet and historian....
    , 1636.
  • Leabhar Mor nGenealach, Dubhaltach MacFhirbhisigh, 1649-1666.
  • Ogyia, Ruaidhri O Flaithbheartaigh, 1684.
  • The History of Mayo, T.H.Knox, 1908.