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The Uí Méith ruled from northern County Louth, eastern County Armagh, and later in County Monaghan. John O'Donovan in his notes on the Annals of the Four Masters stated that there were two groups of the Ui Meith name; the Uí Méith Macha (or Uí Méith Tiri) and the Uí Méith Mara. The Uí Méith Macha were based in the barony of Monaghan, County Monaghan. The Uí Méith Mara, meaning "Omeath by the sea", was seated in Cualigne in northern County Louth. The name Uí Méith survives as the present day name of the village Omeath.[1]
Kings of Uí Méith
- 674 Scannlan mac Fingen (abt.0635-0674)
- 711 Tnúthach mac Mochloinges (abt.0640-0711)
- 747 Muiredach Menn mac Máel Murca (abt.0690-0747)
- 755 Flaithnia mac Tnúthaich (abt.0685-0755)
- 1027 Cú Locha mac Gairbíth (abt.0945-1027)
- 1161 Imar mac Duib Dara (abt.1100-1161)
Jaski table 32 has a list of additional unconnected kings.
Sources
- Jaski, Bart Genealogical tables of medieval Irish royal dynasties Table-32 Early Irish Kingship Succession by Jaski Bart, Published by Four Courts Press, 2013, ISBN 1846824265 ISBN 9781846824265
- O'Clery The O'Clery Book of Genealogies ed, S. Pender, Analecta Hibernica 18 (Dublin 1951)