Topic summary
Connaught
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Connacht.
Name
The usual English spelling in Ireland since the Gaelic revival is Connacht, the spelling of the disused Irish singular. The official English spelling during English and British rule was the anglicisationConnaught, pronounced or . This was used for the Connaught Rangers, an Irish regiment in the British Army; in the title of Queen Victoria's son Arthur, Duke of Connaught; and the Connaught Hotel, London, named after the Duke in 1917. Usage of the Connaught spelling is now in decline and is not a recognised version.