Aidhne also known as, Uí Fhiachrach Aidhne, Maigh Aidhne / Maigh nAidhne ('Plain (of) Aidhne') was the territory of the Ui Fiachrach Aidhne, a tuath (tribal kingdom) located in the south of what is now County Galway in the south of Connacht, Ireland. Uí Fhiachrach Aidhne (also known as Hy Fiachrach was a kingdom located in what is now the south of Co County Galway (Contae na Gaillimhe is located on the West Coast of Ireland. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world Aidhne is coextensive with the present diocese of Kilmacduagh. Kilmacduagh is a small village in south County Galway, near Gort, in Ireland. The territory of Aidhne is bounded on the west by Loch Lurgain (Galway Bay) and the district of Burren in County Clare in the province of Munster. County Clare also bounds Aidhne on its south and south-east side. Aidhne is bounded on the east by the low mountains of Sliabh Echtghe / Slieve Aughty, which separate Uí Fhiachrach Aidhne from the territory of Uí Mhaine in eastern County Galway. On the north-east Aidhne is bounded by the plains of Uí Mhaine and on the north by Maigh Mucruimhe (the area around Athenry). On the north-west Aidhne is bounded by the parish of Meadhraighe / Maree which is in the territory of Uí Bhriúin Seola.
In placename lore the kingdom took its name from the mythological Aidhne, one of the ten daughters of Partholon by his first wife, Topha. In Irish mythology Partholón was the leader of the second group of people to settle in Ireland, the first to arrive after the biblical Flood. Aidhne was married to Breac.
In a later age, a branch of the Fir Bolg made Aidhne their home. In Irish mythology the Fir Bolg (Fir Bholg Firbolg were one of the races that inhabited the island of Ireland prior to the arrival of the Tuatha Dé Danann. Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh's Book of Genealogies states that the Tuath mhac nUmhoir[settled in]in Dál gCais and in Ui Fhiachrach of Aidhne. Dubhaltach MacFhirbhisigh, also known as Dubhaltach Óg Giolla Íosa Mór mac Dubhaltach Mór Mac Fhirbhisigh Duald Mac Firbis Dudly Ferbisie, and Dualdus Firbissius The Dál gCais (also Dal Cais; d̪ɑːɫ gaʃ were a dynastic group of related Septs located in north Munster who rose to political prominence in the early Their leader is given as Conall Caol mac Aonghus, grandson of Umhor. Connall was killed at the Battle of Maigh Mucruimhe in 195 A. Cath Maige Mucrama, in English the Battle of Mag Mucrama, is an early Middle Irish language tale which forms part of the Cycles of the Kings. D. , and his body brought back to Aidhne where it was interred at a leacht called Carn Connell (itself the site of a major battle some centuries later).
The territory of Uí Fhiachrach Aidhne is coextensive with the diocese of Cill Mhic Dhuach / Kilmacduagh, which contains the civil parishes of Kinvarradoorus, Killinny, Killeenavarra, Drumacoo, Kilcolgan, Ardrahan, Stradbally, Killeeneen, Killeely, Killora, Killogilleen, Kilchreest, Isertkelly, Killinan, Kilthomas, Kilbeacanty, Beagh, Kilmacduagh, Kiltartan. Kilmacduagh is a small village in south County Galway, near Gort, in Ireland. Kilcolgan' is a Village in County Galway, Ireland. The N18 passes through the village Ardrahan ( is a village in County Galway, Ireland. History Richard de Brugo conquered Galway in 1236, and granted the land to Stradbally ( An Sráidbhaile in Irish, village or "town of (one street" is a small town in County Laois, Ireland, located in the Kilmacduagh is a small village in south County Galway, near Gort, in Ireland. Kiltartan is a small area in County Galway, Ireland. It is alluded to in the William Butler Yeats poem An Irish Airman Foresees His Death. The diocese of Kilmacduagh contains the present Catholic parishes of Kinvara, Ballinderreen, Gort, Ardrahan, Craughwell, Beagh, Kilbeacanty, Kilthomas (Peterswell), Clarinbridge, Kilchreest. Kinvara (Cinn Mhara meaning " head of the sea " is a sea port village located in the south of County Galway in the province of Connacht Ballinderreen ( is a small little village located on the N67 route between Kilcolgan and Kinvara in south County Galway, in The Republic of Ireland History Gort takes its name Gort Inse Guaire, from Guaire Aidhneach, the sixth century King of Connacht and patron of St Ardrahan ( is a village in County Galway, Ireland. History Richard de Brugo conquered Galway in 1236, and granted the land to Craughwell (Creachmhaoil is a Village in County Galway, Ireland. Clarinbridge (Droichead an Chláirín is a small village approximately a 15-minute drive south of Galway, Ireland in the Diocese of Kilmacduagh.
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