Airgialla
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Was a kingdom of Gaelic Ireland.
Establishment
January 451: The original domain of Ulaidh is greatly reduced by the formation of Ailech (in the west) and Airghialla (in central region).
Chronology
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Took place during the late 12th century, when Anglo-Normans gradually conquered and acquired large swathes of land in Ireland.
January 1172: The English king claimed Meath and Waterford as royal ports.
January 1178: Anglo-Norman knight John de Courcy conquered Ulster in 1177.
January 1251: The Anglo-Normans controlled about three quarters of Ireland by 1250.
January 1131: In c. 1130 Donnchad Ua Cerbaill, king of Airgialla, incorporated Conaille Muirthemne into his kingdom.
January 1251: Border situation when the Majority of Munster (Ireland) fell under the control of England.
January 1401: From 1261, the weakening of the Normans enabled local Irish lords to reclaim large amounts of land that their families had lost since the Norman conquest. During this period, the lords of Airgialla successfully reconquered their ancestral territories.
Disestablishment
January 1586: The kingdom of Airgíalla survived in Monaghan under the Mac Mathghamhna, until the end of the Gaelic order in Ireland.
