The , also known as , meaning "thirty hundreds", was a unit of land-holding in eleventh and twelfth century
Ireland
Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...
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- Land units The term appears to relate to the number of troops an area could raise.
Background
Described as a "spatial unit of royal
tenure,
taxation, local government, and military
levy", largely corresponded to a local petty kingdom ruled by a petty king. A minority, however, were ruled by a (leader) or an (governor), appointed by a superior kings.
In the
province of
Ulster
Ulster (; or ; or ''Ulster'') is one of the four traditional or historic provinces of Ireland, Irish provinces. It is made up of nine Counties of Ireland, counties: six of these constitute Northern Ireland (a part of the United Kingdom); t ...
, a was subdivided into roughly twenty-eight , meaning "lands of a food-provider", and around 463 , meaning "six-horse plough-teams".
During the eleventh century, the system became established across the island, a refinement on a pre-existing system.
See also
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Townland
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Carucate
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References
Notes
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External links
The Triocha Céts
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11th century in Ireland
12th century in Ireland
Former subdivisions of Ireland
Irish words and phrases