The , also known as , meaning "thirty hundreds", was a unit of land-holding in eleventh and twelfth century Ireland.Place Names NI - Land units The term appears to relate to the number of troops an area could raise.

Background Described as a "spatial unit of royal tenure, taxation, local government, and military levy", largely corresponded to a local petty kingdom ruled by a petty king. A minority, however, were ruled by a (leader) or an (governor), appointed by a superior kings.

In the province of Ulster, a was subdivided into roughly twenty-eight , meaning "lands of a food-provider", and around 463 , meaning "six-horse plough-teams".

During the eleventh century, the system became established across the island, a refinement on a pre-existing system.

See also Townland Carucate

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External links The Triocha Céts