Editing Connacht (section)

== Name ==
The name comes from the medieval ruling dynasty, the ''Connacht'', later [[Connachta]], whose name means "descendants of Conn", from the mythical king [[Conn of the Hundred Battles]]. The name of the province in the Irish language is ''Connachta''.<ref name=foclóir /> Originally ''Connacht'' was a singular [[collective noun]], but it came to be used only in the plural ''Connachta'', partly by analogy with plural names of other dynastic territories like [[Ulaid]] and [[Laigin]], and partly because the Connachta split into different branches.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=O'Rahilly|first=T. F.|year=1942|title=Notes, Mainly Etymological|journal=Ériu|publisher=Royal Irish Academy|volume=13|page=157|jstor=30006811}}</ref> Before the Connachta dynasty, the province (''cúige'', "fifth") was known as [[Cóiced Ol nEchmacht]]. In Modern Irish, the province is usually called ''Cúige Chonnacht'', "the Province of Connacht", where ''Chonnacht'' is plural [[genitive case]] with [[Irish initial mutations#Lenition|lenition]] of the ''C'' to ''Ch''.

The usual English spelling in Ireland since the [[Gaelic revival]] is ''Connacht'', the spelling of the disused Irish singular. The official English spelling during [[British rule in Ireland|English and British rule]] was the [[anglicisation]] ''Connaught'', pronounced {{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|ɒ|n|ɔː|t}} or {{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|ɒ|n|ə|t}}.<ref name="Wells2008">{{Cite book|last=Wells|first=John C.|title=Longman Pronunciation Dictionary|year=2008|publisher=Pearson Longman|isbn=978-1-4058-8117-3|pages=s.v. Connacht; Connaught|no-pp=y}}</ref> This was used for the [[Connaught Rangers]], an Irish regiment in the [[British Army]]; in the title of Queen Victoria's son [[Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn|Arthur, Duke of Connaught]]; and the [[Connaught Hotel]], London, named after the Duke in 1917. Usage of the Connaught spelling is now in decline. State bodies use ''Connacht'', for example in [[Central Statistics Office (Ireland)|Central Statistics Office]] census reports since 1926,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cso.ie/en/media/csoie/census/census1926results/volume1/C%201926%20V1%20T1.pdf|title=Population of Saorstát Éireann and of each Province at each Census since 1881 and the Numbers of Marriages, Births and Deaths Registered in each Intercensal Period since 1871|work=Census 1926 Volume 1 – Population, Area and Valuation of each DED and each larger Unit of Area|publisher=CSO|access-date=15 June 2014|archive-date=14 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114121311/http://www.cso.ie/en/media/csoie/census/census1926results/volume1/C%201926%20V1%20T1.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> and the name of the [[Connacht–Ulster (European Parliament constituency)|Connacht–Ulster]] European Parliament constituency of 1979–2004,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1977/en/act/pub/0030/sched2.html|title=European Assembly Elections Act, 1977, Schedule 2|work=[[Irish Statute Book]]|access-date=15 June 2014|archive-date=27 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727003020/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1977/en/act/pub/0030/sched2.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1993/en/act/pub/0030/sec0009.html|title=European Parliament Elections Act, 1993, Section 9|work=[[Irish Statute Book]]|access-date=15 June 2014|archive-date=27 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727010852/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1993/en/act/pub/0030/sec0009.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1997/en/act/pub/0002/sched3.html|title=European Parliament Elections Act, 1997, Schedule 3|work=[[Irish Statute Book]]|access-date=15 June 2014|archive-date=27 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727003433/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1997/en/act/pub/0002/sched3.html|url-status=live}}</ref> although ''Connaught'' occurs in some statutes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2014/en/si/0091.html|title=S.I. No. 91/2014 – Statistics (Carriage of Passengers, Freight and Mail by Air) Order 2013.|work=[[Irish Statute Book]]|access-date=15 June 2014|archive-date=27 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727022300/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2014/en/si/0091.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1987/en/si/0200.html|title=S.I. No. 200/1987 – Garda Síochána (Associations) (Superintendents and Chief Superintendents) Regulations, 1987.|work=[[Irish Statute Book]]|access-date=15 June 2014|archive-date=27 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727013005/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1987/en/si/0200.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Among newspapers, the ''[[Connaught Telegraph]]'' (founded 1830) retains the anglicised spelling in its name, whereas the ''[[Connacht Tribune]]'' (founded 1909) uses the Gaelic. [[Connacht Rugby]] who represent the region and are based in [[Galway]], use the Gaelic spelling also.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.connachtrugby.ie/|title=Connacht Rugby Website|website=www.connachtrugby.ie|access-date=2016-07-28|archive-date=25 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160725111403/http://www.connachtrugby.ie/|url-status=live}}</ref>