See also:

• MEATH (pronounced with th soft, as in the)

MEATH (pronounced with th soft, as in the)  , a See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county of See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland in the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• LEINSTER

Leinster, bounded E. by the Irish See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea . S.E. by See also:

• DUBLIN

Dublin, S. by See also:

• KILDARE

Kildare and See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King's County, W. by See also:

• WESTMEATH
• WESTMEATH, EARL OF

Westmeath, N.W. by See also:

• CAVAN

Cavan and See also:

• MONAGHAN

Monaghan, and N.E. by See also:

• LOUTH

Louth . See also:

• AREA

Area J7q,32o acres, or about 905 sq. m . In some districts the See also:

• SURFACE

surface is varied by hills and swells, which to the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west reach a considerable See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation, although the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general features of a See also:

• FINE

fine champain See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country are-never lost . The See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast, See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low and shelving, extends about to m., but there is no See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour of importance . Laytown is a small seaside resort, 5 m . S.E. of See also:

• DROGHEDA

Drogheda . The See also:

• BOYNE

Boyne enters the county at its See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-western extremity, and flowing See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east to Drogheda divides it into two almost equal parts . At See also:

• NAVAN

Navan it receives the See also:

• BLACKWATER

Blackwater, which flows south-west from Cavan . Both these See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers are noted for their See also:

• TROUT (Salmo trutta)

trout, and See also:

• SALMON
• SALMON, GEORGE (1819-1904)

salmon are taken in the Boyne . The Boyne is navigable for See also:

• BARGES

barges as far as Navan whence a See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

canal is carried to See also:

• TRIM

Trim . The Royal Canal passes along the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern boundary of the county from Dublin .

In the north is a broken country of See also:

• SILURIAN

Silurian rocks with much igneous material, partly contemporaneous, partly intrusive, near Slane . Carboniferous See also:

• LIMESTONE

Limestone stretches from the Boyne valley to the Dublin border, giving rise to a See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain especially suitable for grazing . Outliers of higher Carboniferous strata occur on the surface; but the See also:

• COAL

Coal See also:

• MEASURES

Measures have all been removed by denudation . The See also:

• CLIMATE

climate is genial and favourable for all kinds of crops, there being less See also:

• RAIN (O.E. regn; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Regen, Swed. and Dan. regn; it has been connected with Lat. rigare, to wet, Gr. 13pixeav)

rain than even in the neighbouring counties . Except a small portion occupied by the See also:

• BOG (from Ir. and Gael. bogach, bog, soft)

Bog of See also:

• ALLEN, BOG OF
• ALLEN, ETHAN (1739–1789)
• ALLEN, GRANT CHARLES GRANT BLAIRFINDIEI, (1848–1899)
• ALLEN, JAMES LANE (1850– )
• ALLEN, JOHN (1476–1534)
• ALLEN, or ALLEYN, THOMAS (1542-1632)
• ALLEN, WILLIAM (1532-1594)
• ALLEN, WILLIAM FRANCIS (183o-1889)

Allen, the county is verdant and fertile . The See also:

• SOIL

soil is principally a See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich deep See also:

• LOAM (O.E. lam; the word appears in Dut. leem and Ger. Lehm; the ultimate origin is the root lai-, meaning " to be sticky," which is seen in the cognate " lime," Lat. limus, mud, clay)

loam resting on limestone See also:

• GRAVEL, or PEBBLE BEDS

gravel, but varies from a strong clayey loam to a See also:

• LIGHT

light sandy gravel . The proportion of tillage to pasturage is roughly as I to 31 . Oats„ potatoes and turnips are the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal crops, but all decrease . The See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers of See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle, See also:

• SHEEP
• SHEEP (from the Anglo-Saxon sceap, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; e.g. the German Schaf)

sheep and poultry, however, are increasing or well maintained . See also:

• AGRICULTURE
• AGRICULTURE (from Lat. ages, field, and colere, to cultivate)
• AGRICULTURE, BOARD OF

Agriculture is almost the See also:

• SOLE (Solea)

sole See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry, but coarse See also:

• LINEN

linen is See also:

• WOVEN

woven by See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand-looms, and there are a few woollen manufactories . The See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main See also:

• LINE

line of the Midland See also:

• GREAT

Great Western railway skirts the southern boundary, with a See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch line north from Cicnsila to Navan and Kingscourt (county Cavan) . From Kilmessan on this line a branch serves Trim and Athboy .

From Drogheda (county Louth) a branch of the Great See also:

• NORTHERN

Northern railway crosses the county from east to West by Navan and See also:

• KELLS

Kells to See also:

• OLDCASTLE, SIR JOHN (d. 1417)

Oldcastle . The See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population (76,111 in 1891; 67,497 in 1901) suffers a large decrease, considerably above the See also:

• AVERAGE

average of Irish counties, and See also:

• EMIGRATION (from Lat. emigrare; e, ex, out of, and migrare, to depart)

emigration is heavy . Nearly 93% are See also:

• ROMAN

Roman Catholics . The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief towns are Navan (pop . 3839), Kells (2428) and Trim (1513), the county See also:

• TOWN

town . Lesser See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market towns are Oldcastle and Athboy, an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient town which received a See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter from See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry IV . The county includes eighteen baronies . Assizes are held at Trim, and See also:

• QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter sessions at Kells, Navan and Trim . The county is in the See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant dioceses of See also:

• ARMAGH

Armagh, Kilmore and See also:

• MEATH (pronounced with th soft, as in the)

Meath, and in the Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic dioceses of Armagh and Meath . Before the See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union in 1800 it sent fourteen members to See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament, but now only two members are returned, for the north and south divisions of the county respectively . See also:

• HISTORY

History and Antiquities.—A See also:

• DISTRICT

district known as Meath (Midhe), and including the See also:

• PRESENT

present county of Meath as well as Westmeath and See also:

• LONGFORD

Longford, with parts of Cavan, Kildare and King's County, was formed by Tuathal (c . 13o) into a See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom to serve as mensal See also:

• LAND

land or See also:

• PERSONAL

personal See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate of the Ard Ri or over-king of Ireland .

See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

Kings of Meath reigned until 1173, and the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title was claimed as See also:

• LATE

late as the 15th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century by their descendants, but at the date mentioned See also:

• HUGH
• HUGH, ST

Hugh de See also:

• LACY, FRANZ MORITZ, COUNT (1725-1801)
• LACY, HARRIETTE DEBORAH (1807-1874)
• LACY, MICHAEL ROPHINO (1795–1867)

Lacy obtained the lordship of the country and was confirmed in it by Henry II . Meath thus came into the See also:

• ENGLISH

English " See also:

• PALE (through Fr. pal, from Lat. palms, a stake, for paglus, from the stem pag- of pangere, to fix; " pole " is from the same original source)

Pale." But though it was declared a county in the reign of See also:

• EDWARD

Edward I . (1296), and though it came by descent into the See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of the See also:

• CROWN

Crown in the See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person of Edward IV., it was See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long before it was fully subdued and its boundaries clearly defined . In 1543 Westmeath was created a county apart from that of Meath, but as late as 1598 Meath was still regarded as a province by some, who included in it the counties Westmeath, East Meath, Longford and Cavan . In the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• PART

part of the 17th century it was at last established as a county, and no longer considered as a fifth province of Ireland . There are two ancient See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round towers, the one at Kells and the other in the See also:

• CHURCHYARD
• CHURCHYARD, THOMAS (c. 152o-16o4)

churchyard of Donaghmore, near Navan . By the See also:

• RIVER

river Boyne near Slane there is an extensive ancient See also:

• BURIAL

burial-See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place called Brugh . Here are some twenty burial mounds, the largest of which is that of New See also:

• GRANGE (through the A.-Fr. graunge, from the Med. Lat. granea, a place for storing grain, granum)

Grange,.a domed See also:

• TUMULUS

tumulus erected above a circular chamber, which is entered by a narrow passage enclosed by great upright blocks of See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone, covered with carvings . The See also:

• MOUND

mound is surrounded by remains of a stone circle, and the whole forms one of the most remarkable extant erections of its See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind . See also:

• TARA
• TARA, VISCOUNTS AND BARONS

Tara (q.v.) is famous in history, especially as the seat of a royal See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace referred to in the well-known lines of See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• MOORE, A
• MOORE, ALBERT JOSEPH (1841–1893)
• MOORE, EDWARD (1712–1757)
• MOORE, GEORGE (1853– )
• MOORE, GEORGE FOOT (1851– )
• MOORE, HENRY (1831–1895)
• MOORE, JOHN (1729-1802)
• MOORE, SIR JOHN (1761-1809)
• MOORE, THOMAS (1779-1852)

Moore . Monastic buildings were very numerous in Meath, among the more important ruins being those of Duleek, which is said to have been the first ecclesiastical See also:

• BUILDING

building in Ireland of stone and See also:

• MORTAR

mortar; the extensive remains of Bective See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

Abbey; and those of Clonard, where also were a See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral and a famous See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college . Of the old fortresses, the See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle of Trim still presents an imposing See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance .

There are many fine old mansions .