ancient Kingdom of Mide

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The ancient Kingdom of Mide was a central Irish kingdom that historically encompassed much of present-day County Meath and served as a core power base for early High Kings of Ireland.

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ancient Kingdom of Mide canonical 1

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish kingdom ⓘ
former polity ⓘ
historic kingdom ⓘ
associatedWithSaint Saint Columba ⓘ
linked to: St. Colmcille

Saint Finnian of Clonard ⓘ
linked to: Finnian of Clonard
associatedWithTitle King of Tara ⓘ
linked to: High Kings of Tara
borderedBy Kingdom of Connacht ⓘ
Kingdom of Leinster ⓘ
Kingdom of Munster ⓘ
Kingdom of Ulster ⓘ
capital Tara ⓘ
Uisneach ⓘ
centralRoleIn High Kingship of Ireland ⓘ
corePowerBaseOf High Kings of Ireland ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
declineCentury 12th century ⓘ
disruptedBy Norman invasion of Ireland ⓘ
earlierReligion pre-Christian Irish paganism ⓘ
emergedFrom Uí Néill expansion ⓘ
floruitCentury 10th century ⓘ
11th century ⓘ
8th century ⓘ
9th century ⓘ
language Old Irish ⓘ
laterLanguage Middle Irish ⓘ
locatedIn central Ireland ⓘ
province of Leinster ⓘ
linked to: Leinster
nameLanguage Old Irish ⓘ
nameMeaning middle ⓘ
overkingdomOf Southern Uí Néill territories ⓘ
partOf Uí Néill sphere of influence ⓘ
politicalCenter Hill of Tara ⓘ
politicalSystem Gaelic kingship ⓘ
producedRuler Conchobar mac Donnchada ⓘ
Domnall Midi ⓘ
Donnchad Midi ⓘ
Flann Sinna ⓘ
Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill ⓘ
Máel Sechnaill mac Máele Ruanaid ⓘ
religion Celtic Christianity ⓘ
religiousCenter Hill of Uisneach ⓘ
religiousSiteWithin Clonard Abbey ⓘ
Durrow Abbey ⓘ
linked to: Durrow
roughlyCorrespondsTo County Meath ⓘ
ruledByDynasty Clann Cholmáin ⓘ
Southern Uí Néill ⓘ
linked to: Clann Cholmáin
successorEntity Lordship of Meath ⓘ
territoryIncluded Clonard ⓘ
linked to: Clonard Abbey

Durrow ⓘ
Hill of Tara ⓘ
Hill of Uisneach ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

County Meath → namedAfter → ancient Kingdom of Mide ⓘ