• Túath (plural túatha) is the Old Irish term for the basic political and jurisdictional unit of Gaelic Ireland. Túath can refer to both a geographical territory...
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    meaning "the folk of the goddess Danu"), also known by the earlier name Tuath Dé ("tribe of the gods"), are a supernatural race in Irish mythology. Many...
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    North Ayrshire (Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Àir a Tuath, pronounced [ˈʃirˠəxk aːɾʲ ə ˈt̪ʰuə]) is one of 32 council areas in Scotland. The council area...
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    Steòrnabhagh a Tuath (English: Stornoway North) is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the Comhairle nan Eilean Siar. It elects four Councillors...
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    North Uist (redirect from Uibhist a Tuath)
    North Uist (Scottish Gaelic: Uibhist a Tuath; Scots: North Uise) is an island and community in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. In Donald Munro's A Description...
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    Loch Tuath (Scottish Gaelic: Loch-a-Tuath) is a sea loch in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland that separates the Isle of Mull and the island of Ulva. Loch Tuath...
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    one of the Tuath Dé, or a king's right to rule is affirmed by an encounter with an otherworldly woman (see sovereignty goddess). The Tuath Dé can also...
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  • Camas Tuath (Scottish Gaelic: north bay) is an inlet bay on the Ross of Mull. The bay has two small tidal islands and two Quarrymans' Cottages which the...
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  • Uibhist a Tuath (Scottish Gaelic for 'North Uist') is one of the 11 wards of Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Scottish Gaelic for 'Council of the Western Isles')...
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    North Sea (redirect from An Cuan a Tuath)
    [ˈnûːrˌʂøːn], Nynorsk: Nordsjøen, Scots: North Sea and Scottish Gaelic: An Cuan a Tuath. A 1482 recreation of a map from Ptolemy's Geography showing the "Oceanus...
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    to Greece. Those who went into the north became the Tuatha Dé Danann (or Tuath Dé), the main pagan gods of Ireland. Those who went to Greece became the...
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  • with] 'fervour over the people' or 'valour of the tribe', from Old Irish túath 'people, tribe, tribal territory' + gal 'ardour, valour', from Proto-Celtic...
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  • present" and "March of the Celts" "echoes from the past". "Deireadh an Tuath", which translates from Irish as "End of the Tribe", refers to past spirits...
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    original territory of Maigh Seóla. Iar Connacht remained a subordinate túath of Connacht, until the 13th century, after which it was more independent...
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    Lanarkshire (Scots: North Lanrikshire; Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Lannraig a Tuath) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the north-east of...
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  • single tribe), was most commonly a local petty king of a single túath, although one túath might be many times the size of another. There are generally estimated...
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    about the god-like Túatha Dé Danann and other mythical races. Many of the Tuath Dé are thought to represent Irish deities. They are often depicted as kings...
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  • petty-kingdoms known as a túath (a group of people), equating at their largest to the size of an Irish barony. These túath were ruled by a king, or rí...
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    Loch a Tuath (Scottish Gaelic for 'Broad Bay', lit. 'North Loch'') is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the Comhairle nan Eilean Siar. It...
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    Irish mythology; although some members of the two races have offspring. The Tuath Dé defeat the Fomorians in the Battle of Mag Tuired. This has been likened...
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    political control existed at the level of the Irish: túath (pl. Irish: túatha). A Irish: túath was an autonomous group of people of independent political...
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    Sgir’ Uige agus Ceann a Tuath Nan Loch (English: Mid Lewis) was one of the nine wards used to elect members of the Comhairle nan Eilean Siar. It elected...
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    divide Ireland between them: the Milesians take the world above, while the Tuath Dé take the world below (i.e. the Otherworld). Scholars believe that the...
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    inherited the property needed to settle down as full landowning members of the túath". For most of the year they lived in the wild, hunting, cattle raiding other...
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    Northbay (redirect from Am Bàgh a Tuath)
    Northbay (Scottish Gaelic: Am Bàgh a Tuath) is a township and community in the north of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland. Northbay...
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  • Corann was an ancient Irish túath in northwest Connacht represented now by the present barony of Corran in County Sligo. The name is derived in legend...
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    the north of the world are the supernaturally-gifted Tuatha Dé Danann (or Tuath Dé), who represent the main pagan gods of Ireland. They come to Ireland...
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    territory was the túath (plural: túatha), which was typically the territory of a single kin-group. Several túatha formed a mór túath (overkingdom), which...
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    lordships known as túatha (singular: túath). Law tracts from the early 700s describe a hierarchy of kings: kings of túath subject to kings of several túatha...
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    Thuaisceart Éireann In Scots Gaelic: Rìoghachd Aonaichte Bhreatainn agus Èirinn a Tuath King Charles III Parliamentary Hereditary No codified constitution  Vatican...
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