Connacht or Connaught?

doolox

What is the correct English Language spelling of the province?

Is it Connaught or Connacht?

I know that in old English official nameplaces such as the Connaught Rangers and address names throughout the Commonwealth Connaught is the form used and that in Irish Connacht is the form used but also has crossed over to modern use in the English language as it is used in Ireland.

Is there a definitive version or are both acceptable???

galwayfreak

great question . looking forward to finding out

Victor

I understand Connacht is the correct spelling.

That said the use of provinces for almost anything is a bit dated - Cork has the same population as Connacht and Dublin has twice it, Leinster (including Dublin) has four times.

obliviousgrudge

Connacht I would say.

Diabhal Beag

Connacht is the equivalent of Ireland

Connaught is the equivalent of Eire.

There's the Brit way and then there's the right way

inisboffin

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

Connacht is the equivalent of Ireland

Connaught is the equivalent of Eire.

There's the Brit way and then there's the right way

Really? I would have thought the opposite (Neachtain is Naughton as Bearla for example). The former sounds more Irish and the latter more Anglo, but if you're sure...;)

KylieWyley

http://www.connachtrugby.ie/

http://www.connaughtrugby.ie/


click em both and see what happens...

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

Connacht

mathepac

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

... Connaught is the equivalent of Eire. ...

No it's not. Éire is the constitutionally correct name of our country as Gaeilge.

For years the Brits thought N-O-R-T-H-E-R-N I-R-E-L-A-N-D was pronounced "Ulster", a bit like the eejits we have who think that I-R-E-L-A-N-D is pronounced "Republic of Ireland" or "De Sout"

But Maggie and others referring to Éire is correct.

doolox wrote: »

... Is there a definitive version or are both acceptable???

Connacht is correct.

biko

Another thread here
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?threadid=2056059397
I use Connaught mostly.

Connacht received its name from a trial of magic that took place between two druids of the Tuatha De Dannans, whose names were Kithnellach and Conn. Conn won the contest by covering all of Connacht with snow, hence the name Connacht was given to the province
Conn-sneachta or Conn's snow.

Sponge Bob

It is Connacht.

The other word came from the title of a Duchy created for one of Queen Victorias myriad offspring which is now an extinct title and from a regiment in the British army that is equally extinct. Fragments of empire.

Fuinseog

doolox wrote: »

What is the correct English Language spelling of the province?

Is it Connaught or Connacht?

I know that in old English official nameplaces such as the Connaught Rangers and address names throughout the Commonwealth Connaught is the form used and that in Irish Connacht is the form used but also has crossed over to modern use in the English language as it is used in Ireland.

Is there a definitive version or are both acceptable???

connacht gaeilge
connaught english
just like conamara and connemara

Fuinseog

biko wrote: »

Another thread here
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?threadid=2056059397
I use Connaught mostly.

Connacht received its name from a trial of magic that took place between two druids of the Tuatha De Dannans, whose names were Kithnellach and Conn. Conn won the contest by covering all of Connacht with snow, hence the name Connacht was given to the province
Conn-sneachta or Conn's snow.

Kithnellach????

since when has there been the letter k in Gaelic?

Does it matter?

Starie1975

Deleted User wrote: »

Does it matter?

Matter is a general term for the substance of which all physical objects are made. Typically, matter includes atoms and other particles which have mass. A common way of defining matter is as anything that has mass and occupies volume.

Therefor Connaught or Connacht (as we'd use out west) is matter.

Cúige Chonnacht go deo!

Malice

Funnily enough, even as a Galway native I'd never actually given this any thought before. Thanks to the OP for starting such an illuminating thread!

whatlliwear

I always spell it Connaught...

Simarillion

Born and bred in Galway and would always use Connaught

mathepac

and vote for Frank Fahey ...

SparKing

Connaught is obviously an anglicisation of Connacht, it really, really annoys me when people spell it the the English way.
Comments in Connacht rugby threads spelling it Connaught, when the preferred spelling is plastered in the title and elsewhere on the page drive me to acts of random cruelty