Connacht (ËkÉnÉt) or or Connaught. 1  a province and ancient kingdom of NW Republic of Ireland: consists of the counties of Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, and Sligo. 2  Pop: 464 296 (2002). 3  Area: 17 122 sq km (6611 sq miles).oun. 1  a province and ancient kingdom of NW Republic of Ireland: consists of the counties of Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, and Sligo. 2  Pop: 464 296 (2002). 3  Area: 17 122 sq km (6611 sq miles).
When the US Civil War began, Tubman worked for the Union Army, first as a cook and nurse, and then as an armed scout and spy. The first woman to lead an armed expedition in the war, she guided the raid at Combahee Ferry, which liberated more than seven hundred slaves.
Harriet Tubman's career in the Railroad was ending by December 1860. She made her last rescue trip to Maryland, bringing seven people to Canada. In the ten years she worked as a conductor on the Railroad, Harriet managed to rescue over 300 people.