Oireachtas Library

54023001112041

Xño

ê-9\ 5eptea-.fi"mxjÊcmxsàjaaÊT

íMrhCXt

Hin1-

Kinkprt

.Clm "

trio

K ̂ XZ rfi-^'^Q !B.CUmk

1lTwk&lt0li'^h£Ot*J% îjj\ f - \ c.dmjâ.-rv Clamara eg3í „äfe.4]l<R^v „ Ary-Ülfü

Bawí i

Nßwdf

*Crotiè

^Barnahoy

Jîàrlartvia

ifilF Olano

I>eVreuill(n'0

O WM-MtJ Q_

Huret

mnelyl

3lachal frJh,

i-rty - ó '.£>,

-amore■ß.Boje:

^ we n%etyn

^^^ 'hohheaX•Dolkf O '"£rr° Suttont

. L otpoa ^

lld Court

'head4Um

e-XtuTab^-Q

"oret ^^fy^^ßdM-e mhrocjhen' Z^TW

ramahm ^Marren Coße^^ßr^~S$*Jg£¿££Ca.

IMrw cqfiel{

QÇylmeri.

tunÓStonegra\

O 3e

•*f*

¿BÇmnd-

•Wuloï

prennes

ïuh ¡amia

ithcnaglï

ckhl

ÍMrthgrounds

M Middeigrounds

Mor Weridli

witaxuucz

Caiialis SÍVGeorgti

Ánglxs

m

wgmcr

"n^l

/* «w,¿Gh ftaloumm l$.St>non VQravJ £*■ âvCUi.4 'WaltqSi

$outb

arounis

i^n O «ó.g*** «j* «fuá» ̂ o%fS"c>.7^^^

JO,«,"0 4Ä*I»,crmcd'Viwfi^QoyL.

$.0

W^PLl ^tO»^ oV^ê^» ( Ifnamno^ Sl£ahrir

^&*

_ 2Stt\oiâ*$tëg$ï . _.,

Jïmmm ̂ ß^tz/?, f^ ff^^^» Í-P>%^hXSbn ̂W*H5*ASfmtahan I •-Knañ%& atónfm *> *'. J ' oí. .

flauen

ï£/ïeley

luxtiKilkeany■z. Colon f.Domefert

j fKoghel 6, 'Wemale

4.M Keiles 7,$rydje

8 fXfjPcrclaraab

yhley° Caftclt

& Clonad« /?, :r.c?s^m/an^-^nßar

^Tmnkputn P^- -tfaXL A

H^r^m

«öni

"Rok^wittm

t*eî£ W^VCzí¿-

*-^ ^fttó^w^

glcluT

nüfe«

/*-«,Coratfd

,iu*«ni

^!$^JG^^f]™Í9e'Ba:r

•courtln /^T\ NO"

'«* Civ jp

p-^ ap ^> ^

¿"¿»MC nwre

(T<wi¿ i>e^Ä

-» ry'Bareis

Srandfrcj,

w$f.

'''ff

njERGINIVS

Inililceôeportu5aliquot in 'Balatymowciyt^^ji

2- Spch^ fttMo

j. ïïdijienfe y /Bernes

4. ."Bdfkjyk. $. Cortón

f. ConhttS p ' 'Ryße hauen

jo.Jûrd hauen

jj Shillegh hauen

OCÍANVS

JÚ'tUiitruL IrhwMcTi commahicL.

¡S:

ia

^all

Meri -.JJ dies20

I-20 A.0

J3 20 Io Mtm*£

■Xo

The third Map of

IRELAND,com aping Meth, Media, or Mediameth, Mounfter and the reß

of Lagenia»

ESS! WÊÊkH E l^1^ Pail °*IreIand>is called|ä^] j^Síw in tneir owne language Jtfy/;, i n En-S^S Pill gÜíh itftftf. This itó is divided inWÈÊ IhEÍ tilree Countries > Eaft-Meth, WeB«>1Ë11I ||f| M -M?*^ & Long-ford-. & had in timesS!!!!! WwÈt ^a^ *^nBs> or Petty Pnnces rather

^^ to rule it. And as wee read that Mo-narch or Sole King of Ireland: ¿&*y,cauièd the reve-newes of Meth* to be affigned and appropriât, to thefurniíhing of his royall table. But when the Engliíhhad once fet footing in Ireland, Hugh Lacy fubdueda great part thereof and King Henry the fécond, en-feorled him in it, and made him Lord of Meth, whowhiles he was building of a Caftle at Derwarth, andholding his head downe , to prefcribe a Carpenterfomewhat, that he would have done *. had by him hishead ftricken of with an Ax. This Hugh begat two

Sons, Hugh Earle of Ulfter, and Walter Lord ofTrim, who begat Gilbert, that dyed before his Fa-

ther. By the daughters of this Gilbert, Margaret andMaud, the one part by the Genevils, who were (asthey write) of the houfe of Lorrain, and by the Mor-timers came to the Dukes of Yorke, and foto theKings Domanie or Crownê : for Peter de Genevill,Sonne to that Maud, begat Joan efpoufed to RogerMortimer Earle of March 9 U the other part by Mar-garet wife to John Lord Verdón, and by his heires,who were Confiables of Ireland , was devolved atlength upon the diveriè families in England, as Fur-nivall Burgherrn > Crophel, &c. This Meth lyethftreched out from theIriíh Sea, as farre as to the Ri-ver Shannon. FortheSoile^tisfertillinCorne, pa-fture grounds, and Cattailej plentifull in fifh, & otherViótualls, as butter, cheefe, and milke ; watered aliowith Rivers. The equation is dileclrable to the eye,and an wholefbme aire: in regard of woods, and Mari-íhesj in the Skirts and Borders, it hath a very hardAccefle, andentrieintoit : and therefore consideringthe multitude of people, the ftaength of Caftles,andtownes. it is commonly called for the peace thereof,the Chamber of Ireland, within the memorie of ourFathers, becaufe the Countrie was too large to beGouverned by ourSherifFe, to the end that jufticemight with more facility be adminiftred, it was divi-ded by authority of Parliament in the 38 yeere ofKing Henry the eight, into two parts, namely, theCountie of Eaft-Meth,& the Countie of Weft-Meth.The Countie of Eaft-Meth is environned round a-bout with the Countie of Kildar , South with theCountie of Dublin, & the Sea Eaft, with the Territo-rieofLouthNorth,andthe Countie of Weft-MethWeft. The whole is divided into 18 Baronies. ThisCountrie is watered with the River Boyn, a noble Ri-ver, ipringing out of the Northfide of the KingsCountie, and after it hath with a fwift courfe ran cer-taine miles neere unto Drodagh,a Citie well peopled,emptyethit fèlfe into the Sea. From this fwift run-ning, it is to be thought that Boyn tooke his name:forBoan both in Iriíh and in Britifh alfo fignifyeth, fwift.

The Countie of Weft-Meth, is fo called in refpecl:

of the other abovefaid, to which it adjoyneth, on theweft fide reacheth unto the River Shanon, and lyethbetweene the Kings Countie South, and LongfordCountie North ,no lefTe infertility of the Soile,mul-

titudè of inhabitants, or any thing elfe, than the 6*ther. Molingar by authority of Parliament was or¿dained to be the head and principall Shire, becaufè itlyeth in the midft, & the whole Countrie is layd forthinto twelve hundreds or Baronies vidz* Fertulogh,where the Tirells, Ferbille where the Darcies dwell;Delum which adorneth the noble ftock of the No-gents (who came firft out of England) with the titleof a Parliament Baron$thefe are defcended from thatSir Gilbert Nogent whom Hugh Lacy the Conque-rour of Meth, for his couragious and valliant iervicein the warres of Ireland rewarded both with thefeLands &thofè of Furrie,as that moft learned Gentle-man Richard Stanihtjrft hath recorded :Furrie,afore¿fàid, as alfo Corkery, where the Nogents dwell* Moy*aflell where the Tuts and Nogents, Maghertiernan*where very many of the Petits, and the Tuts, Moy-goily where the Tuts & Nangles¿ Rathcomire,wherethe Dalíbns, Magirquirke where the Dillons ¿ all pro*pagated from Engliíh blood doe inhabite: Clonlolan¿where the O-Malaghlins, of the old royall line ofMeth, MoycaiTel, where the Magohigans, meere I*rifh did beare fway, and others whofe very names car-»ryaharlhibundof more Barbaroumelfe, and the Iriíhloves thefe, rather then the Engliíh, in fo much as oneof their great men gave it out, that he would in noewife learne the Engliíh tongue, for feare he ihoüld inipeaking Englilhgeta wry mouth. Thus the Crowethinkes her owne birds faireft, and wee all are given*to like our owne too well, even with the difdaine, andcontempt of others. Unto Weft-Meth on the Northfide, joyneth the Countie of Longford, called beforetime Anale, heretofore inhabited by a numerous feptof the O-pharoIs: of whofe houie one of them ruledin times paft in the South part named O-pnarol-bay*that is the yellow: the other in the North called O-pharoll-Ban3 that is, the white, which is now muchinhabited by the Engliíh. Along the fide ofthisCoun*tie paffeth Shanon, the nobleft River of all Irelandiwhich runneth betweene Meth and Conaght* Heipringeth out of Therne-hils in the Countie Látrim,and forward cutting through the Lands Southward *one while overfloweth the Bankes, & enlargeth him«?fèlfe into open pooles ¿ and otherwiles drawes back a*gaine into narrow ftreights, and after he háth runneabroad into one or 2 Lakes Valeth bonet to Madec ,(as the moft learned Geographer Gerard Mercator hathobierved, whereof alfo Ptolomee hath made men-tion, and then by and by is entertayned by an otherbroad Meere (dalled Louth Regith) the name and fi-tuation whereof doth after afort imply, that the CitieRigia flood not farre fronrjrence. But when he hathonce gotten beyond this Pooíe,ánd draweth himfelfeto a narrower Channell, within tfee#$ankes, not farre

from the towne Athlon, thence Shannon having got*ten over the waterfall at Killoloe$ where he is able tobeare the biggeft ihips,that are in a divided Channel^as it were with two armes clafpeth about the City Lumirick, which the Iriíh call Loumneagh» From hence

Shannon paffing on diçealy for three fcore miles orthere abouts in lengt*h,bearing a great breadth,& ma-

king many an Jlánd by the way, at laft he runneth out

at an huge mouth into the weft Ocean beyond Knoc-Patrie, that is Patrick- Hill.

LI Conaght

SS Ireland.Conaght the fécond part of Ireland is named by Gi-

raldus Cambrenfis, Conacbtia and Conacià, in Engliih

Conaght, and in Iriih Condughtie, that part which bea-reth Weftward is clofed in with the River Shannon,the o itlet of the Lake or Lough-Erne, which ibmecall TroVis, others Banna, & with the maine WefterneSea. In ancient times wee may fee in Ptolomee, it was

inhabited by the Ganganit who where aiib named Con-tant, Auteri,and Magnat*. It is fuppofed this Iriih nameConaugbtiewas compounded of Concani & Nagnat*,xm-

leife you will derive it fromthe haven Nagnata, men-tioned by Ptolomee, which iince was impofed upon the

whole Countrie: for this haven is called Cuon in theirCountrie language, to which if you adde Nagnate, itwill differ but a litle from Conaugbtie* Well, this Pro-

vince as it is in lome places freih, and fruitfull ; fo byreaion of certaine Moift-places: yet couvered over

with graiïè , which for their foftnefle they ufually

tearme Bogbes,like as all the land befides everywhereis dangerous,and thick fet with many, and tohfe veryíhadie woods. AsfortheSea-coaft, lying commodi-ous as it doth with many bayes, creekes, & navigablerivers, afteralbrt, it inviteth the inhabitants tpnavi»gation, which iince the warres were ended, they havefound the íweetne ife & benefite thereof. As for theLords of Conacht, wee finde it recorded in the IriihHiftories,that Turloch O-mor, O-Conor ruled abiblutelyin old time this Countrie, and divided it wholly be-tweene his two Sonnes,CA/and Brien ; but at the En-

gliíhméns firft arri vail in Ireland Rotherkkç bare rule,who itiled himfelfe Monarch of Ireland: yet being

put in feare,with the great preparation of the Engliihwarre, hanging io neere over his head, he betookehimfelfe into the protection of King Henry the fé-cond, without trying the hazard of Battaile.But whenas forthwith he brake his allégeance, and revoltedMiles Cogan was the firft Englifhman, that gave the at-

tempt upö Conachtjhough his enterpriie failed. How-beit, that King of Conaght abovefaid, was driven tothis exigent, as to acknowledge himfelfe thefKing ofEnglands Liege-man, to ferve him faithfully ashisman,and to pay himyeerely, of every tenth beau one hide mer cat*

able. A nd King John graunted, that the third part

or"Conaght mould remaine unto him ftill, to beheldhereditärely for a hundred markes: but William Fitz-Adelm,whote poftmtie are called in Latine de Burgo,

and Burke or Bourke in Iriih. Robert iMufcegros, GilbertClare, Earle of GloHer, and William de Berningham werethe firft Enghm.that fully fubdued this Countrie,andlaboured to bring it to civil! Gouvernement. AndWilliam Bourse and his lineall pofteritie', being calledLords of all Conaght, gouverned this Province toge-ther with Visier,ïov a long time in great peace & tran-

quility, yea and raited thereout rich reveneues, untiMthe onely daughter of William Bourse , ibleheireingroiTe both of Conaght and Vlfter was matched inmarriage with Leonelt Duke of Clarence, King Edwardthe thirds Sonne. But when as he abode ¿or the moftpart in England, and the Mortimers his fceires, & Suc-ceifours looked but negligently to th-ir patrimonie,and inheritance in Ireland. The Bouges their Allies,whome they had appointed a« pverieers of theirLands, taking the advantage of tfceir Lords abfence,and prefuming upon the trouble* in England, difpi-

fing the authority of Lawes , entring into alliancewith the Iriíh by contracting marriage with them,fei-zed upon all Conacht to therrowne behoofe,& dege-nerating by little & little3 ?ayd down Engliíh civility,and tooke upon them the Iriíh behaviour , where-of fome who fetched tAeir pedegree from RichardBouke, were called Clan-Richard: others Mac-Wil-

liam oughter, that is, the upper: other Mac-Williameughter, that is the lower. Conaght is at this day di-

vided into thefe Counties: Twomound,or Clare,Gall way, Majo, Siego ; Letrim and Rofcoman,' TheBaronies of Atterith and dare are alio under it. TheWeft more is indented in with imall in-lets and out-lets, or armes of the Sea, hath a border all alongé of

greene Hands, & rugged rocks iet orderlie, as it were

in a row, among which foure Hands called Arrans,make a Baronie : alfo Inis-ceath, and Inis-bound,

which Bede interpreterh out of the Scotiíh tonge tofignifie, the lie of white Heighfers, whereas it is àmeere Britiih word. Further within lyeth a Lakecalled Logh-Corbes (where Ptolomee placeth theRiver Aufoba) fpreadingout 20 miles or there aboutsin length, and 3 or 4 in breadth being navigable, andgarniíhed with 300 petty Hands full of grafle,& bea-

ring line-trees, which Lake when it reacheth neere

the Sea growing narrow into a River, runneth underGallway, in the Iriih tonge Gallive named ib (as ibmeaffirme ) of the Gattaci in Spaine. This is the veryprincipall Citie of this Province, and reckoned to beone of the third in Ireland: furely, it is a faire Citie,built almoft round, in manner Tower-like of Eutireand fome ftone, and is a Biíhops-Sea,& withali throw

the benefite of the haven, anc/roade above faid underit, being well frequented with Marchants, hath ealieand gainefull trafique, by exchange of rich comme*dities, both by Sea and Laud. Vnto Gallway alfo be-

longs -, Anneria, Klaria,Sli(aia, Arftlonia, and Atonta, atowne not to bedifpifèd- Alterith ftandeth not farrefrom hence (in which semaine fome footings of thename Auteri) commody called Athenry, famous forthe name of Biminpims of an Engliih race, and glo-rieth much of thaAvarlike Baron John de Binning-ham,out of whichfamilly the Earle of Louth defen-ded. The RiverAufobe difchargeth it ielfe through

thefe Auteres «to the Sea, called now Gallway-Bay.The County cL Majo is a fertill County,and pleaiant,abundantly rch in Cattaile-deere, Haukes,and plen-

ty of honey, taking the name from Majo, a litle Citywith a Biib>ps-Sea in it. Somewhat higher lyeth theCounty cf Siego, a plentious Countrie for feeding,and raifiig of Cattaile, wholly alio coafting upon theSea, betwixt it and Vlfter, Northward, runneth theRiverTrobir, which Ptolomee calleth Ravius, as anout-fet of the Lake-Erne is fevered from the neigh-bouring Counties Le Trim, and Rofcoman, by theG>mberous Curlew*hills, & the River Sud dividethii in Twaine: the Inhabitants called this River, whichFtolomee fpeaketh of Banny, which iifuing out of theLake Earne makes the bounds of Conaght and FlftenIn fome place here about Ptolomee fetteth the CitieNagnata, but what Citie it was, it is paft finding out.He placed alfo the River Libinm in this traét, whichMr. Camden hath reduced out of exile to Dublin hisowne citie. But that place, which Ptolomee pointethout, is now called the Bay of Siego, a road full of har-bours under Siego, the principall place of this Coun-try,where a Caftle ftandeth. Next unto this Eaftwardlyeth the County of Letrim, enclofed withBreany*

the pofeilion of the Ancient famillyofoQwv^, dekcended from Rotherick Monarch of Ireland. Vnderthe County of Letsim Southward, lyeth Kofioman,running out a good length, but narrow clofed up be-tweene the Rivers Sue Weftward, and Shandu Eaft-ward, and on the Northfîde bounded with the CurbenMountaines. It is a plaine Countrie, but fruitfull fee-ding many heards of Cattaile, and being tilled yeel-deth plenty of corue. And thus much for thefe parts.

jdLtoumAm «a m m m Inriä yiiiiÉiiBiilaiJii#liiwiirtwwiwwiw^Uiwiiw n'M jflfc m*

m

o

\55\

jAíliariaírlanaica Com,

CTh&ybs and,Stahs of \

„Arm

J°

.j*tí^ ríointCon^=r

W tal

J10&1

S.JíeUns hean

yRielleacLíray

-«*

r^

Srf

Situer mot

V.«^fe ^íWc

vhtah

teMei

K

^Treconell'

cÁ'y\

710.71

CaiekV

y i

"S5»s~- O

Ccdeheß

bauen,

,y\Glan

HelyNblconagh

Ogalan

fe Jan

Lougli

Me

UbeBay of'Bú

Idyll?

■r-'.-'-rr^m

Nal >& ,,,^ Ttttriaj et,,'-*%3k± Reglas

¿tf*" leñdca.

C.fyn

m?fi¿ o**

<îatrii£? ***

iß.wit? c\*« ~4gbeno

cycjf

Xiungal lit& B^Thingall^

fungan^ >

»—^Pi*«;

<£»¿s -2y¿£

(B.Shenen,yw-

¿fa1

pCbunhrof

Œbe'BayofShfjû

"*" CKarbrai'^

Alane *Sjt^-^ c^y

"hehcke <Jk¿VF*

%auhis

>«

... i/nànùsl

JJurJhdl^UiîSÊ o\\lec1ti;lem$^

. J-nnekelh^

^WstBÏê ,

w^iO "-*> .K .!»Ü̂

394

C £ J>¿Wl

Xyl

y /JÄü^^

%Mon$~I Clone'1' Urelo..

J\mé\IM.

ViCanal

Cifi

Qenqorul

'Doßeafr,

? E.Faddn yJt^ry %

_ OrKnertcfeldoU "«*«&

^ 1 ° ¿r'^iSP -,n KKuiUrr Umo,-e

^ (jrenfiei WRofe Ccmon ■*Vrf"

tytykjiCloncy^ RaSfE £*/

'Rendit^

ArâdCroßh

■^¿Robert^

\Z/jßßatumv y\Itobueh-oK

W,r^3^¥oníly^j¿v>car

-0° Tohber

fXogh

¿%Jfa,

£ti&

QALuherla\ßi'rra

1 ii1 , I j 1 '

^Clœtur K rollout

Drome ■va;-

^«/. 6 \CrJ9ovmeMme,

roi ^-^ -, ^=-ä woltnety*^ „ . ^fc*^0'

r- "O MiTruf.WQn ternegh

, , BStokes- ci oir"enles

¿date CrVm>ii\ tj?**.

^1 33meA OßMt '

Merdoal o^fyO- * roi

°S.2)oIfW_l

O£j*r¿

Toghtßtoti

^Çreat*

JlanÁ

KiUeg l

■ ■ ■ mir «m ■ W| »im miiijuEngaJZ<7 ^O p Ä^J ^•° JO

^ „ JL X- O Clnnpfert-^Sb. y A ff , O . O/ x/^^:

Oí

^° ^ ' Men; JJ dies

OCA OôÔIOl

Spp_

tauen

íKoriioviro■we

J3I!

5fL L*to^/f%^-2^u

JJPumve/ih ca.

ÂM

ftdn

ilfifù

^^^^^çféylmalre.B_-T nan ^

&Ö-Tient i

^>:;«r_motv

(CaSiai

lie.

iCol;

liujhe

20

Scott;

ûHletareti

Cam'tyr

ï_îî«W_,

■mart

IM

Zû

irtrJ.

■eu"_2_¿t

y$-ibt'ii

&Urû

o ,:4_=í

îxûegban >-flE%5¿/ W^Cfprgtn \^j/(A ~PÊk -? tY Í¡Por!fenilal If* - ^^%^v >

<_K¿» __<_*^r ÍC^#fc«íffi.,4 /taw 11 fí^-._ ~ —"

forna, do^v ne,

isnMJne.

vm&fitirk.

ïla/Caintyr , <^ ^

^

PARS.

h-JCofif

ifc_

Öbaßtoiau>"' 3sofi Ogdlan

nâtrah

'meahh. ^^^^^^^^

vl^^^Za^ 9r i«?^^^" ^^^w¿^^_?I^Í¿Ajt_fe.Ac^lp ^?^te«"' -aeajae.^.... .. ̂ WJf'

{fiíení

r*- t\. r smr/^ ° \ (Han jlhe. Arrange.^- Lenw ^^^^^

:<*£-•*

Stund, ab.

•.rJCawe Jîulis auk.

C.FüTL'OUca. oj

<«J^

*£¡US "oße tie

_ Copland des

'JfelaineJûirrons

fii

í^4f'"íífr

««r

.$_.&/ /ir? yi <r "\.'^.^w^_í'^!_3^S.^.w«

^Styr Marty ne

O/brth rock

.Jlauzh rock

Xalbots court

smites caflelfew caßet

,'ows.:.cbéXU mm. #iië;

(sc&mç.i-wsm

JnnekeVL

S.Tatriis roh

"^ Akí'QtÍPoMy- S&X&- raerte ° yW"al 0 / q^^^f^Vf r°f*-

oih^^^^^be Cjrmt warl>nart-

'm- .„ y

*^__== íi'^vir.

yy w^ te.

^fe;^__NNXf_fe^-^..-flfe^.-_^aa

JASeUenj* \XaArmt „M

:...- Mi :^0: c¿L^l^s vene$ V^v^wti / i

rgfoutt

eVcote

•enecafid

^omtlfaiawljl

*Xt

\

trurft » ' _.-^'.a>

Clone*' X>reloMi^M^^^MÉ^m^kí^ey ̂ vJ^T^^Pm Z^T mWr

». _\.'*S*s;..;

Tologb^ Oíi^ ¿

,# ff_ö4i^^-^gv ;.í -¿fe^L?R^' títfV'1

9

.V r> C 1^

:-V¿)>l <r<777

rewords

ihn.

wUrnfm

ret

\m*. iC1>0V Old

ßJTew -^y^''r Kügügham | /^KjlbrU ,2*&r-~ X*ß

W/^^Jy fJarnaboT / '"j^\ 3yotte y^lee°\l^clagh yß.Salet -V^, „

^iLiÉu^_irj«^-«wiu^ji^ w ij w ■ ai m .n _aL'?ii jw wi pj bbje^j

^RaT/ií

Ca7y.

7Ȁ, O-

Ranortj

aebd .♦'

/5 /;

Î7;;

P^S' -jp»—-

^Ufe^i4u_Itme-ts ylawL

Zortoß

illr'm

'Ram.

latían

it'H^^^iyn politney

'§oa:j

button-

Ttíwißml

é-°.\ Merx JJ dies é° JZ J3

'Tfortb

f¿r ittds

J&

The fécond Map of

E L A N D,VVberein are defcribed Vlfter, Connaght, Mcth, and part of Leinfter.

if

I R

Fter the generall deferíption ofIreland,before we begin the repre-fentatiö of thé feverall parts there-of: I thought good firft to fet down

a diftribution. It is diftributed intofive parts or Provinces, ( for it was

fometimes a Pentarchie ) namely,

Mounfter Southward: Leinfter Eaftward, Connachtin the Weft, Ulfter in the North, and Meth almoft in

the very midft is íhut in with all the reft,in which Pro-vinces there lyes fome other remarkeable territoires.

As in Leinfter,Fingall,OfTalio,Leifie,Oiferie, & Or-mundie. In Meth, Slany, Uriel or Fume and Del-viny. In Connacht, Clarie. In U liter the three Coun-ties j Louth, Down and Antrimme, Lecally and Tre-

concly. In Mounfter are Typperary, Kerrie\3 Corke-ny, Defmqndie, Twomondy,andfome others. Thereis an other partition of Ireland, which we have tou-ched in the generall Map,that ought carefully and di-ligently to be confide red by him, that will conceive aright of the State, and condition of this Countrie, inthat he muft obièrve, it is divided into the Engliíh, &Irifh pales : the Natives holding the one, and the En-gliíh race the other; the Engliíh pale is íó called, be-cauie it is rounded with Engliíh tenements, and inhe-ritances, as it were with pahiadoes and Rampards.forafter the Engliíh had reeftabliíhed Dermicius into hisCountrie, & Kingdome, by the victories, which theygott over the Irifh they tooke from them this Coun-trie, their armes, & provisions : the victorious Engliíhheld this part which they chofe for their retreate, &:abodej, till there hapned fome difference betweenethem,and the conquered Iriih,having made as it werea divorce of this He, they called this part of their re-treate the Engliíh pale, in which Lagenia lyeth, nowcommonly called Leinfter. Meth and this part ofUlfter named alfo Uriel, but the principallpart ofLagenia is called Fingall, neere unto Develin North-ward, andistherenownedft of all: Methfollowes af-ter. Mercator reprefenteth well thefe parts , and hathdiftributed them into foure Maps,beginning firft withUlfter, Meth, and part of Leinfter : wee will repre-fent unto you as faithfully as wee can, the forme andqualities of all the feverall parts, according to the or-der , which our Authour taketh. Ultonia in Latin,Ulfter in Engliíh, Cui-Guiäj in Irifh, that is the Pro-vince Guilty, and of our Welch'Britans Vltw. ThisProvince reacheth unto the Hyperborean Sea, on theone fide it isfeparated from Meth by the river Boyne,on the other fide beyond Connacht by the Lake Ern,and the River Ban. It is a fpacious Countrie, beipredwith many, and thofe very large Logges, or Lakes,(haded with diverfe thickets and woods, in fome pla-ces fruitfull, in others barraine j howbeit freih andgreene to fee to in every place, and repleniihcd withCattle. This Countrie is divided into the hitherpart, and the further part. The hither part of it wasin times paft divided into 3 Counties, Louth yDowne^zAntrimme y and now the reft is layd out into feven newCounties, Cavon, Termanagh, LMonaghan, Armach, Col-ranyTir-oen&i Denegaflox Tir-conel. This Province was

wholly inhabited in Ptolomees time by the VoluntyDarni,Robogdy & Erdini.The Volunty from whenceperadventure are come Guly, and Ulfter held threeCounties, Downe, Antrimme and Louth,which is al-

fo called Iriel : this Louth had for Earle Sr. John Bir-minghan , otherwife called Brimicham an Englifh-mân, whomein reward of his Marfhall Valour, whenhe had difcomfited, & in a pitcht feild flaine by Dun-dalke Edward Brus, who aÄuming the title of Kingof Ireland for a time,had made foule worke with fire,andfword in Ireland: King Edward the fécond ad-vanced to the honour of Earle of Louth. He had fei-zed likewife upon the next quartiers,namely, tir-oen,whom fome interprit to be the Countrie of Eugeniw.Bremy lueagh, Mournc, & thofe places, which thefir/s-urfis of an Engliíh race poífeífed: which degeneratingfrom their name were called the Mac-Mahons, that is,in the Irifh language the Sons of Vrfus, or the Beare,with Kilwarnie & Kilulto, much encombred with thickwoods. They ruled here as Tirranicall Lords, a longtime, and derive their Genealogie from Walter titz-urfèy who embrued his hands with the bloudie murthe-ring of Thomas Arch-Bifhop of Canterburie, theyhave no remarkeable thing in them, but make men-tion of the petty Kings of Ireland. Among thetownes of greateft note Armach is accounted thechiefeft, becaufe it js an Archepifcopall Sea, and Me-tropolitane of the whole Iland:it is the very fame thatBede nameth Dear-march\ and out of the Scottiih, andIrifh language interpreted! it the feild of Okes: whereabout the yeare jóo Columban founded a Monafte-

rie, which at laft in an inftant almoft was erected intoa MetropolitaneSea,by Vivian the Legate,& brought

under the power of the Engliíh by Sr. John Crucy ,andin Our time this ancient church was burnt through thewicked rebellion of O-Neale. This Countrie is full

of great Lakes, and Bogges: theiè lye inwardly, butby the maritimate Coaft,the Sea doth fo winde it felfein: and with fundry Creeks ,& Bayes: encroch with-in the land: yea and the Lough, or Lake full óf Sal-

mons dilateth it felfe befides Dyffrin a Valley full of

woods, the Inheritance in old time of the Manjevils,afterward of the Whites^ in fücli fort, that it makethtwo Bilands, Lecall Southward , and Ardes North-

ward. Lecallarich, and battle ground, bearethoutfartheft into the Eaft of any part of Ireland, & is theiitmoft promontorie, or Cape thereof,which the Ma-riners now terme S.Iohns Foreland. Ptolomee caUleth it Ifanium , perhaps of the.Brittiíh word J/a9

which fignifyeth loweft. In the very (height thereof*flourifheth Dunum , whereof Ptolomee alfo made

mention (though not in the right place ) now namedHowne3a towne of very great antiquitie,andaBifhopsSea. Ardes is a little territoire right over againft ity 6cfeparated from it by a Brooke,which the Engliíh raceof the Savages, heretofore poífeííed , wherein Sir

Thomas Smith, Knight of the order, and one of the

Queenes privie Councell with a generous courage,

peopled it in our dayes,which had a mifchivous eventfor the Irifh having by craft furprized his Son, whome

he had left there as chiefe, caufed him to be tome inpeeces, and devoured with dogs, but thefe deiperaterebels were fhortly after ferved with the fame iauce,and bought their repentance full deare, for being ta-

ken, they were eaten up by Wolves : there are otherLakes alfo mentioned in the Generall Map. Amongthe Rivers Finàerm,which was well knowne to Ptolo-mee prefenteth it felfe firft, now called the Bay ofKnoc-fergtts a fafe haven, which tooke the name of a

K k towne