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160. "The Fothairt who went to Leinster are of the race of 

 Eochu Find Fuath nAirt, i.e. the seven Fothairt in every place where 

 they are."' 



161. Compared with the account in Keating, the foregoing contemplates a 

 much smaller extent of the tricha cet. Cenel Conaill, Cenel nEogain, and 

 Airgialla comprise 37 tricha cets. These occupy much less than the modern 

 Ulster, as they do not comprise the counties of Antrim, Down, and Cavan. 

 The ancient Ulster of Keating's account, somewhat larger than the modern 

 province, contains only thirty-six tricha cets. 



162. We can assign a period to the Lecan statement. It is earlier than the 

 Norman occupation of Meath at tlie close of the twelfth century, and later 

 than the death of Mac Liag in 1016. It is likely that the tricha cet varied 

 according to the population at different periods, and that Keating's account is 

 referable to a time when the country was less populous than in the eleventh 

 and twelfth centuries. 



163. Two modern baronies retain the name tricha, Trougli (an Triucha, 

 Tricha Get Cladaig), 37,377 statute acres, in co. Monaghan, and Trughanacmy 

 (T. an Aicme), 195,282 statute acres, in Kerry. 



164. Other instances from Onom. Goed. are : — 



Tricha Baguine = baronies Boylagh and Banagh, co. Donegal. 



„ Cairbri = bar. Carbury, co. Sligo. 

 Tricha cet Cera, aj)parently somewhat larger than bar. Carra, co. 

 Mayo. 

 „ „ Cianachta = ancient kingdom of Cianacht Breg. 

 „ „ Cualnge, perhaps = kingdom of Conaille. 

 „ „ Enna mic NeUl = tricha Enna = two bars, of Eaphoe, co. 



Donegal. 

 ,, „ Fer nArda = bars, of Corcomroe and Burren, co. Clare 



= ancient kingdom of Corcu Mu Druad. 

 „ „ Mugdorn, perhaps = bar. Cremorne (Cricli M.), co. Monaghan. 

 „ „ na nOilen = bar. Islands, co. Clare. 

 „ „ na Soillse = bar. Lecale, co. Down. 

 Tricha Eogaiu = two bars. Inishowen, co. Donegal. 

 „ Luigdech = bar. Kilmacrenan, co. Donegal. 

 „ Medonach = bar. Barryroe, or part thereof, co. Cork. 



165. O'Donovan's Supplt. to O'Eeilly's Diet, has: "Rifj: 'ri rig,' rex 

 rec/ulorum, a chief whose authority was recognized by seven petty chieftains. 



' This is a frequent phrase with reference to peoples scattered apart in various territories. 



