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Meath

American  
[meeth, meeth] / miθ, mið /

noun

  1. a county in Leinster, in the E Republic of Ireland. 902 sq. mi. (2,335 sq. km). Trim.


Meath British  
/ miːð, miːθ /

noun

  1. a county of E Republic of Ireland, in Leinster province on the Irish Sea: formerly a kingdom much larger than the present county; livestock farming. County town: Trim. Pop: 134 005 (2002). Area: 2338 sq km (903 sq miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In Dublin and the neighboring county of Meath, that power figure rises to more than half.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

On a recent day at Kyoto’s Kiyomizu Temple, Joe Kilgannon and his wife Catherine, who live in County Meath in Ireland, said they found the crowds “a bit overwhelming.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025

The school said Mr O'Connor was also a board member of Autism Support Louth and Meath and worked as a "professional advocate for the rights of people with disabilities".

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2025

According to NASA, one of the oldest recorded eclipses in human history may have been on Nov. 30, 3340 BCE, as petroglyphs were found at the Loughcrew Megalithic Monument in County Meath, Ireland.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2024

The enmity between Leinster and Meath has not even yet quite died out.

From Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland by Russell, T. O.

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