Located in the province of Leinster, County Meath is bordered by Dublin, Louth, Kildare, Offaly, Westmeath, Cavan, and Monaghan, as well as the shoreline of the Irish Sea. Known as "The Royal County," the historic Kingdom of Meath was the seat of the High King of Ireland for a time. It was also the island's fifth province, ruled for centuries by the Southern Uí Néill dynasty in the late 1100s. The seat of the High King of Ireland was at Tara. Rich with history, the archaeological complex of Brú na Bóinne in the north-east of the county is 5,000 years old. North of Navan is Randalstown which has the earliest known evidence of human settlement, Mesolithic flints, in the county.","County Westmeath (Westmeath, Contae na hIarmhí or simply An Iarmhí)
Located in the province of Leinster, the Eastern and Midland Region. It formed part of the historic Kingdom of Meath. The kingdom was named Mide (meaning 'middle') because it was located in the geographical center of Ireland. Following the Norman invasion, the territory formed the basis for the Anglo-Norman Lordship of Meath granted by King Henry II of England to Hugh de Lacy in 1172. ","Leinster is in the southeast of Ireland, and is the most populous of the four provinces, with approximately 1,500,000 people. This province contains the counties of Carlow, Dublin, Kilkenny, Laois (formerly Leix), Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath, Wexford, and Wicklow. These divisions have remained","The Bretons were originally from the ancient province of Brittany which lies in the northwestern peninsula of France. Formerly known as Armorica, a possession of the Roman Empire, this land consists of a plateau with a deeply indented coastline, and is broken by hills in the west. ","Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical. The female equivalent is baroness.","The Irish Potato Famine, also known as The Great Famine or Great Hunger lasted from 1845 to 1850 and resulted in a great exodus of Irish refugees fleeing to Britain, Australia, and North America, one of the most dramatic waves of Irish migration in history. It was one of the world's worst disasters in world history - over one million people died in a five year span.","It is generally thought that Norse Viking, Leif Erikson, was the first European to arrive on the island of Newfoundland, now the easternmost province of Canada. He arrived there in the year 1000 and established L'Anse aux Meadows, the only known Viking settlement in North America outside of Greenland. This site remains a historical site in Canada and it is located on the north coast of the island.",null],"lnksHoverSummaryImgURL":[null,"/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/books2.webp?pos=floatRight","","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/books.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/county_meath.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/ireland_westmeath.webp?pos=floatRight","","","","","",null],"mode":"f","s":"O'Dylan","sU":"DILLON","oC":"IR","o":"Irish","o2":null,"cOk":true,"c":"/dpreview/DILLON/IR/O%27Dylan/family-crest-coat-of-arms.png","c2":"/dpreview/ANDERSON/SC/Anderson/family-crest-coat-of-arms.png","v":"1","sections":["","SettlersUS","SettlersCA","SettlersAU","SettlersNZ","SettlersZA","SettlersWI","Settlers","ContemporaryNotable","ContemporaryNotables","HistoricEvents","RelatedStories","Motto","SuggestedReading","Citations",""]}
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