ancient Kingdom of Uí Failghe

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The ancient Kingdom of Uí Failghe was a Gaelic Irish polity centered in what is now County Offaly, whose ruling dynasty and territory gave the modern county its name.

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ancient Kingdom of Uí Failghe canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Gaelic kingdom
historic polity
affectedBy Norman invasion of Ireland
associatedWith River Barrow region
River Shannon region
borderedBy Kingdom of Leinster
Kingdom of Mide
chronologicalNote existed before Norman invasion of Ireland
continent Europe
coreTerritory modern County Offaly
country Ireland
culture Gaelic Irish culture
dissolutionCause Tudor conquest of Ireland
economy cattle-raising
pastoral agriculture
ethnicGroup Gaels
governmentType hereditary monarchy
tanistry
historicalEra Early Middle Ages
High Middle Ages
Late Middle Ages
historicalRegion Offaly (Uíbh Fhailí)
linked to: Offaly
integratedInto English-administered shire system
language Early Modern Irish
Middle Irish
legalSystem Brehon law
locatedIn Leinster
central Ireland
namedAfter Uí Failghe people
linked to: Gaels
nameGaveRiseTo County Offaly
nativeLanguage Irish
nativeName Uí Failghe
partOf Gaelic Ireland
politicalOrganization clan-based society
politicalStructure tuath-based kingdom
preChristianReligion Celtic paganism
religion Gaelic Christianity
ruledBy kings of Uí Failghe
rulingDynasty Uí Failghe dynasty
status defunct
successor County Offaly
King’s County
linked to: King's County
typeOfState sub-kingdom of Leinster

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County Offaly namedAfter ancient Kingdom of Uí Failghe
Offaly namedAfter ancient Kingdom of Uí Failghe
subject linked to: Offaly, Ireland