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Definition of Tuath
1. Noun. (historical) A tribe or group of people in Ireland, having a loose voluntary system of governance entered into through contracts by all members. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tuath
1. a people (Irish history) [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tuath
Literary usage of Tuath
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish by Eugene O'Curry (1873)
"... throughout all Eriu, and the bondage rule of the lords of Eriu was established
over them alter they had distributed them, ut est hic. " tuath ..."
2. Celtic Scotland: A History of Ancient Alban by William Forbes Skene (1880)
"We are then told that ' every person in a " tuath " accepts equal stock or ...
the Ri tuath, or else every person in the tuath accepts it from the Ri tuath, ..."
3. An Historical Account of the Plantation in Ulster at the Commencement of the by George Hill (1877)
"The tuath of Tir-Enna [so called from Enna, the sixth son of Conall ... and a
half tuath that is in each of them ; 18 quarters in each division. 6. ..."
4. The Story of the Irish Before the Conquest: From the Mythical Period to the by Mary Catharine Guinness Ferguson (1903)
"... Battle of the White Strand- Arrival of the Firbolgs — Their works in stone —
Arrival of the tuath-De-Danaans — Battles of ..."
5. Journal by Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (1901)
"... appears in that of a burying-place at the Brugh and in that of one among the
tuath Resent ... tuath ..."
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