Iar Chonnachta (longer form - Iarthar Chonnachta) (anglicised spelling- Iar Connaught) covers the portion of County Galway west of Lough Corrib (Loch nOirbsean) and the Gaillimh / Galway River (better known as the River Corrib) and the portion of County Mayo in the barony of Ross. County Galway (Contae na Gaillimhe is located on the West Coast of Ireland. Lough Corrib ( Loch Coirib in Irish) is a Lake in the west of Republic of Ireland. Iar Chonnachta means "West Connacht".

The area of Co. Galway, lying between Kilkieran Bay to the west and Lough Corrib to the east, is sometimes described as Iar Connaught on some maps and books, however this is incorrect, as this area was the territory of Dealbhna Thíre Dhá Locha which only ever formed a part of Iar Chonnachta. Maigh Seola the part of County Galway east of Lough Corrib, stretching from Tuam to Athenry to Maree was included in Iar Chonnachta before the 1200s. Maigh Seola was a term used to describe the land along the east shore of Lough Corrib in County Galway, Ireland. County Galway (Contae na Gaillimhe is located on the West Coast of Ireland. Tuam (pronounced /tʃuəm/ Tuaim is a town in County Galway, Ireland. Athenry (æθənˈraɪ Baile Átha an Rí balʲɑːˈɾiː transl After its leading family, the O'Flahertys, were expelled west of Loch Corrib and the Galway (now Corrib) River during the English invasion of Connacht, Maigh Seola was no longer considered to be in Iar Chonnachta. O'Flaherty is a major Irish Clan, originally called the Muintir Mhurchadha of which the name Ua Flaithbertaig became the name of its ruling dynasty Galway (Gaillimh is the only city in the province of Connacht in Ireland. The River Corrib ( Irish - Gaillimh / Abhainn na Gaillimhe) in the west of Ireland flows from Loch Coirib / Lough Corrib Since the middle of the 19th century most of Iar Chonnachta has been generally called Connemara largely due to the emerging tourist industry of that time. The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar Connemara (in Irish: Conamara) which derives from Conmhaicne Mara (meaning descendants of Con Mhac of the sea is a district in the west of

The territory of Dealbhna Thíre Dhá Locha / Delbhna Tir Dha Locha covered the eastern half of Iar Chonnachta. Dealbhne Thíre Dhá Loch(a (" The Dealbhne of the Two Lochs") was a tuath (a tribal kingdom of medieval Ireland located in Iar Connacht in the west Connemara / Conmhaicne Mara (Conmaicne Mara) covered the western portion of the territory. The Conmhaicne (descendants of Con Mhac) were an ancient tribal grouping that were divided into a number of distinct branches that were found scattered around Ireland Joyce Country (the Barony of Ross) covered the north-eastern portion of Iar Chonnachta. The native rulers of Joyce Country were the Partraighe an tSléibhe whose territory also covered the south of the barony of Carra in County Mayo.

Maigh Seola the plain lying on eastern side of Lough Corrib was also considered to be part of Iar Chonnachta up until the 1200s when the native rulers of Maigh Seola - the O Flahertys / Uí Fhlaithbheartaigh who styled themselves the kings of Iar Chonnachta were ousted from Maigh Seola during the Norman invasion of Connacht in that century. Maigh Seola was a term used to describe the land along the east shore of Lough Corrib in County Galway, Ireland. The later medieval period in Ireland (" Norman Ireland " was dominated by the Cambro-Norman invasion of the country in 1171. As they were the most powerful clan in this part of Connacht it seems that the O Flahertys and the earlier kings of Maigh Seola held some sway over all of Iar Chonnacht even before the O Flahertys were forced west of Loch Coirib. The O Flahertys are believed to have had control over Dealbhne Thíre Dhá Locha before leaving Maigh Seola. When the O Flahertys fled west of Lough Corrib, they established complete rule over the native clans there. The O Flahertys remained as lords of Iar Chonnachta until they lost their lands in the upheavals of the mid 1600s.

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