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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

* Townland * Carucate *


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The Triocha Céts
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tricha Cet 11th century in Ireland 12th century in Ireland Former subdivisions of Ireland Irish words and phrases