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Connell may refer to: Places *Connell (barony), County Kildare, Ireland **Great Connell Priory, a historic former house *Connell, Washington, United States Other uses *Connell (surname), including a list of people with the name See also

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Connell (barony)
Connell (), also called Great Connell, is a Barony (Ireland), barony in County Kildare, Republic of Ireland. Etymology Connell derives its name from Old Connell (Irish ''Seancongbhail''/''Seanchonail'', "old settlement"), a site in modern Newbridge, County Kildare, Newbridge where Saint Conleth lived as a hermit until his consecration in AD 490. Later it was the site of Connell Ford, a crossing point on the River Liffey, Liffey, and Great Connell Priory was built on the east bank in 1202. Location Connell barony is found in central County Kildare, from the bend of the River Liffey, Liffey to the Hill of Allen. History Connell barony was part of the ancient territory of the Uí Fáeláin sept of the Uí Dúnlainge branch of the Laigin sept, and ancestral home of the O'Byrne family, Uí Broin before the arrival of the Normans. The Uí Thuathail (O'Tooles), allies of the O'Byrnes, were also here. List of settlements Below is a list of settlements in Connell barony: *Allenwood, C ...
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