The Conmhaícne Angaile (the '

Conmhaícne The Conmhaícne or Conmaicne were a people of early Ireland, perhaps related to the Laigin, who dispersed to various parts of Ireland. They settled in Connacht and Longford, giving their name to several Conmaicne territories. T. F. O'Rahilly's ...

descended from Angaile') were an early people of

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

. Their tuath comprised the territory of Annaly, now County Longford.

Origin

The

or Conmaícne were a people of early Ireland, perhaps related to the

Laigin The Laigin, modern spelling Laighin (), were a Gaelic population group of early Ireland. They gave their name to the Kingdom of Leinster, which in the medieval era was known in Irish as ''Cóiced Laigen'', meaning "Fifth/province of the Leinster ...

, who dispersed to various parts of

. They settled in

Connacht Connacht ( ; ga, Connachta or ), is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the west of Ireland. Until the ninth century it consisted of several independent major Gaelic kingdoms ( Uí Fiachrach, Uí Briúin, Uí Maine, Conmhaícne, and Del ...

and Longford, giving their name to several Conmaícne territories. Other branches of the

were located in County Galway, Roscommon, Mayo, and Leitrim.

Territory

Their territory was bounded by native Irish forests in places, by the River Shannon and Conmaícne of Maigh Rein to the east, Breifne O'Reilly to the north, and Leinster to the east.

Taoiseach

The chief Conmaícne family were the

Ó Fearghail Ó Fearghail is a family name of the Irish nobility from County Longford who were historically the Princes of Annaly. The patronym means "descendant of Fearghail", whose name means "man of valour". Fearghail was a great-grandson of Angaile, th ...

, who descended from the great-grandson of Angaile.

Diocese

The Diocese of the Conmaícne (or Ardagh) was established in 1111 as the see for east

. Fourteen years later, at the Synod of Kells-Mellifont its area was reduced to the territory of the Conmaícne in County Longford and south

County Leitrim County Leitrim ( ; gle, Contae Liatroma) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Connacht and is part of the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the village of Leitrim. Leitrim County Council is the local authority for the ...

.P Galloway, ''The Cathedrals of Ireland'', Belfast, 1992

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* * * ''A Chorographical Description of West or H-Iar Connaught written A.D. 1684'' by Roderic O'Flaherty ESQ with notes and Illustrations by,

James Hardiman James Hardiman (1782–1855), also known as Séamus Ó hArgadáin, was a librarian at Queen's College, Galway. Hardiman is best remembered for his '' History of the Town and County of Galway'' (1820) and '' Irish Minstrelsy'' (1831), one of the f ...

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