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Also Known As Ulaid • Ulaidh

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Major Events

Everyday life during the Troubles
the Troubles
Battle of Clontarf
Battle of Clontarf

Related Places

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
constituent unit, United Kingdom
Antrim Mountains
Antrim
former county, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Mourne Mountains, Northern Ireland
Down
former district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Armagh
former district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Slieve Gallion
Londonderry
former county, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Key People

Walter Devereux, 1st earl of Essex
English soldier
Sorley Boy MacDonnell
Scots-Irish chieftain
Edmund Mortimer, 5th earl of March
English noble
Arthur Chichester, Baron Chichester
English lord deputy of Ireland
Hugh de Lacy, earl of Ulster
Anglo-Norman lord
John de Courci
Anglo-Norman conqueror
Magnus III
king of Norway
Richard de Burgh, 2nd earl of Ulster
Irish noble