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Connacht Connacht or Connaught ( ; or ), is the smallest of the four provinces of Ireland, situated in the west of Ireland. Until the ninth century it consisted of several independent major Gaelic kingdoms (Uí Fiachrach, Uí Briúin, Uí Maine, C ...
or Connaught is a western province in Ireland. Connacht or Connaught may also refer to:


Places

* Connaught Hill, a community park in
Prince George, British Columbia Prince George is a city in British Columbia, Canada, situated at the confluence of the Fraser River, Fraser and Nechako River, Nechako rivers. The city itself has a population of 76,708; the metro census agglomeration has a population of 89,490 ...
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Connaught Cadet Training Centre Connaught Cadet Training Centre (Connaught CTC) (French: ''Centre d'instruction des cadets de Connaught''; ''CIC Connaught'') is a training centre for Royal Canadian Army Cadets, Royal Canadian Air Cadets, and Royal Canadian Sea Cadets since 198 ...
, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada * Connaught Village, a neighbourhood in central London *
Republic of Connacht The Irish Republic of 1798, more commonly known as the Republic of Connacht, was a short-lived state proclaimed during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 that resulted from the French Revolutionary Wars. A sister republic of the French Republic, it ...
, a short-lived republic located in Connacht province in 1798 *
Rural Municipality of Connaught No. 457 The Rural Municipality of Connaught No. 457 ( 2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 14 and Division No. 4. History The RM of Connaught No. 457 incorporated as a ...
, a rural municipality in Saskatchewan, Canada * Taman Connaught, a township in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia * Connaught Place (disambiguation), several places * Connaught Park (disambiguation), several places *
Connaught, Ontario (disambiguation) Connaught, Ontario may refer to: *Connaught, a community in Admaston/Bromley, an incorporated township in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada *Connaught, a community in North Dundas, a township in the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry ...
, several places in Ontario, Canada


Schools

* Connacht Ulster Technological University * Connaught School for Girls, a secondary school in Leytonstone, England * The Connaught School, the former name of Alderwood School in Aldershot, England


Buildings

* Connaught Armoury, a building in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada * Connaught Barracks, Dover, an army installation at Dover, England *
Connaught Battery Connaught Battery is a World War I era harbour defence battery located north of York Redoubt at Ferguson's Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada. It took its name from the then Governor General of Canada, the Duke of Connaught, who was Queen Victoria's th ...
, harbour defences in Nova Scotia * Connaught Bridge Power Station, a generating station in Selangor, Malaysia *
Connaught Building The Connaught Building is a historic office building in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, owned by Public Services and Procurement Canada. It is located at 555 MacKenzie Avenue, just south of the United States Embassy. To the east, the building looks out o ...
, a building in Ottawa * Connaught Hall (disambiguation), two English university halls of residence *
Connaught Hospital Connaught Hospital is the principal adult referral hospital in Sierra Leone. Connaught Hospital was opened in 1912 by the Duke of Connaught, Prince Arthur. President Kabbah re-opened the hospital on May 5, 2006, alongside the Princess Christia ...
, a hospital in Sierra Leone * Connaught Rooms, hotel and conference centre in London, England *
Connaught Theatre The Connaught Theatre is a Streamline Moderne-style theatre and cinema in the centre of Worthing, in West Sussex, England. Built as the Picturedrome cinema in 1914, the venue was extended in 1935 and became the new home of the Connaught Theatre ...
, a former cinema in Worthing, England * Old Connaught House, a house in Dublin *
Royal Connaught Hotel The Royal Connaught Hotel is a 12-storey building in downtown Hamilton, Ontario. It was built by Harry Frost of Buffalo, New York in 1914, who also started up and owned the Frost Fence Company in Hamilton. It is located at the corner of King ...
, a building in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada *
The Connaught (hotel) The Connaught is a five-star luxury hotel located on the corner of Carlos Place and Mount Street in Mayfair, London.Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince, ''London 2010'', Frommer's, New York City: John Wiley & Sons, 2011, p. 14/ref> The hotel is own ...
, a five-star hotel in London, England * The Connaught (Sydney), a landmark residential apartment building in Sydney, Australia


Streets

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Connaught Drive Connaught Drive (Simplified Chinese, Chinese: 康乐通道) is a one-way road linking Stamford Road to Fullerton Road on the northern side of the Singapore River within the Downtown Core in Singapore. Esplanade Park is on the left side of the road ...
, a road in Singapore * Connaught Place (disambiguation), a location in several cities *
Connaught Road Connaught Road ( Chinese: 干諾道) is a major thoroughfare on the north shore of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It links Shing Sai Road in Kennedy Town to the west and Harcourt Road in Admiralty to the east. Location The road consis ...
on the north shore of Hong Kong Island *
Connaught Street Connaught Street is a street in Central London. Located in the City of Westminster, it is part of the Tyburnia area of Paddington north of Hyde Park. It runs west to east from Hyde Park Square to the Edgware Road. It continues eastwards becoming ...
, a street in Central London *
Connaught Square Connaught Square in London, England, was the first garden square, square of terraced house, city houses to be built in Bayswater. It is named after a royal, the Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, Earl of Connaught who ...
, a square in Westminster, London * Connaught Square (Thunder Bay), a square in Thunder Bay, Canada


Companies and corporations

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Connaught Laboratories The Connaught Medical Research Laboratories was a non-commercial public health entity established by Dr. John G. FitzGerald in 1914 in Toronto to produce the diphtheria antitoxin. Contemporaneously, the institution was likened to the Pasteur Inst ...
, a company now part of Sanofi Pasteur vaccines company *
Connaught Motor Company Connaught Motor Company is a British manufacturer of high-performance hybrid technology cars, best known for the Type D hybrid sports car concept. The company was founded by ex-Jaguar engineers Tim Bishop and Tony Martindale in 2004. Due to ...
, a British manufacturer of high performance road cars *
Connaught plc Connaught plc was a company in the United Kingdom, operating in the social housing, public sector and compliance markets. A constituent of the FTSE 250 Index, it went into administration in October 2010. History The business was founded by Wi ...
, a UK company operating in the social housing, public sector and compliance markets


Sport

* Connaught (horse) (1965-1987), a thoroughbred racehorse trained in Britain * Connaught Cup (disambiguation), several Canadian sporting competitions *
Connaught Engineering Connaught Engineering, often referred to simply as Connaught, was a Formula One, Formula Two and other sports car divisions constructor from the United Kingdom. Their cars participated in 18 Grands Prix, entering a total of 52 races with their ...
, a British Formula One and sports car constructor of the 1950s *
Connacht GAA Connacht GAA (Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Chonnacht) or formally the Connacht Province (Gaelic games)#Provincial councils, Provincial Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association is the governing body for Gaelic games that are played in the Pr ...
, the provincial council governing Gaelic games in the Irish province *
Connaught Park Racetrack Connaught Park, later known as Hippodrome d'Aylmer, was a thoroughbred, steeplechase and harness racing track, later having a casino and live betting parlor, that operated from 1913 until 2009. The track was located in the Aylmer, Quebec district ...
, a horse-racing track at Aylmer, Quebec *
Connacht Rugby Connacht Rugby is one of the four professional provincial men's rugby union, rugby teams from the island of Ireland. Connacht competes in the United Rugby Championship and the European Rugby Champions Cup. The team represents the IRFU Connacht B ...
, either the governing body for rugby union in the Irish province, or its senior team which competes in the Magners League * Royal Connaught Boat Club, a watersports club in Pune, India


People

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Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (Arthur William Patrick Albert; 1 May 185016 January 1942) was the seventh child and third son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. He served as Gove ...
(1850–1942), third son of Queen Victoria *
Prince Arthur of Connaught Prince Arthur of Connaught (Arthur Frederick Patrick Albert; 13 January 1883 – 12 September 1938) was a British military officer and a grandson of Queen Victoria. He served as Governor-General of the Union of South Africa from 20 November 19 ...
(1883–1938), only son of the 1st Duke, predeceased his father *
Alastair Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn Alastair Arthur Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (9 August 1914 – 26 April 1943) was a member of the British Royal Family. He was the only child of Prince Arthur of Connaught and Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife. He was a gr ...
(1914–1943), only child of Prince Arthur of Connaught, died unmarried and without issue


Transport

* RMS ''Connaught'' (1897), a mail and passenger steamship built in 1897, torpedoed in World War I * Connaught Road railway station, a former east London station *
Connaught Tunnel The Connaught Tunnel is in southeastern British Columbia, on the Revelstoke, British Columbia, Revelstoke–Donald, British Columbia, Donald segment. The tunnel carries the Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) main line under Mount Macdonald in ...
, a railway tunnel in British Columbia * SS ''Duke of Connaught'', several steamships


Other uses

* Connacht, a major character in the ''Myth'' computer game series {{Disambiguation