Meath Ireland

Meath, a county of Ireland, province of Leinster, bounded N by Cavan, Monaghan, and Louth; E by the Irish Channel and the port of Dublin; S by Kildare; and W by W. Meath ( Hotels, Meath, Ireland) , 36 m. long, and 44 1/2 broad. Its principal rivers are Boyne, Black Water, and tributary streams of the Nanny, the Rye Water and Moynalty. Meath ( Bed and breakfasts, Meath, Ireland) is the site of some of the most extraordinary pre-historic remains to be found anywhere in Europe, the vast Neolithic burial complexes of the Boyne valley, erected by the pre-Celtic peoples of Ireland before the pyramids of Egypt. In the original Gaelic divisions Mide was in fact a fifth province and, as well as the present Co. Meat(Holiday apartments, Meath,Ireland), incorporated what is now WestMeath and large parts of Cavan and Longford. It was reduced to its present size by the Normans in the thirteenth century; large parts of the territory had been granted to Hugh de Lacy, who built massive fortifications at Trim and elsewhere to enforce and protect his possession.

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Posted on April 17th, 2008 under Genealogy. Tags: Black Water, Boyne, Cavan, chief towns, Co. Meath, Dublin, Gaelic, Hugh de Lacy, Ireland, Kildare, Leinster, Louth, Meath, Meath Heritage Centre, Mill Street, Monaghan, Moynalty, Normans, records, Rye Water, surnames, Trim, WestMeath. Comments: None

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Posted on April 17th, 2008 under Uncategorized. Tags: Adamnans Pavilion, Ath Truim, Blackwater, Boyne, Boyne Valley, Catholic King James II, Christian Celtic, churchyard, Co. Meath, Cormac mac Airt, Cormacs House, County Meath, Critachain, Dowth, Dublin, High Kingship, Ireland, Irish rebels, Irish Sea, Kells, King Johns Castle, La Tone, Lathrach an Forraid, Leinster, Lough Sheelin, Meath, monuments, Mur Tea, Mycensaean, National Museum, Navan, Orange, Paganism, Petric, Portray, Professor Macalister, Protestant King William, Rath na Riogh, Rath Riogh, Rath Riogi, River Boyne, Royal Irish Academy, Royal Meath, Scandinavia, Sheve Bregh, Silurian, stones, Tara, Teach Clwrmaic, Ternary Breg, Teuch Chormaic, The New Grange, Touch Miodchuarta, Treasury of Atreus, Trim, Trim Castle, Tuatha, Ulster, Yellow Book of Lecan. Comments: None

The ruins of Trim Castle are. more extensive than those of any other castle in Ireland. Trim is the ancient Ath Truim (the ford of elder-tree) : the ancient ford can still be seen above the town bridge over the Boyne. The castle was built to protect this. Though it is commonly called King Johns Castle the present castle, which is Edwardian in plan, was certainly not. built until after the date of Johns visit to Ireland. A castle was founded at Trim by Hugh de Lacy in 1173 ; probably this was only an earthen mote with a wooden stockade. The present ruins occupy about two acres. The principal feature is the keep, which is Norman in type ; the draw- bridge, portcullis and gateway arc also well preserved. The castle was defended by a moat fed by water from the River Boyne

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Posted on April 17th, 2008 under Architecture. Tags: Ath Truim, Boyne, Ireland, King Johns Castle, Meath, River Boyne, Trim, Trim Castle. Comments: None

This is a coastal resort lying on a short patch of coastline which is County Meaths only outlet to the sea. Its name derives from Baile an Bhiadhtaigh meaning the town of the Hospitaller. A long beautiful sandy beach lies 10 km to the south of the adjacent Laytown to the mouth of Boyne as Mornington. In 1850 was found out on the beach at Bettystown the 18^th century Tara Brooch, one of the best samples of the gold ornamental art of the Early Christian Ireland which is presently preserved in the National Monument in Dublin.

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Posted on April 17th, 2008 under Town. Tags: Baile an Bhiadhtaig