Gamanraige

Gamanraige

The Gamanraige were the main branch of the Fir Ol nEchmacht, a people who ruled much of Ireland west of the Shannon in the pre-historic era.

The Gamanraige ruled the territory between the Gallimhe or Galway river, to the Duff and Drowes rivers in the north-east. Their capital was Rath Eochaidh, later called Cruchain. This territory seems to have been Ol nEchmacht proper. It was only with the rise of The Connachta dynasty that the term Fir Ol nEchmacht was dropped and the province was renamed Connacht.

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*"Foras Feasa Eirann", Geoffrey Keating, 1636.
*"Leabhar Mor nGenealach", Dubhaltach MacFhirbhisigh, 1649-1666.
*"Ogyia", Ruaidhri O Flaithbheartaigh, 1684.
*"The History of Mayo", T.H.Knox, 1908.


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