tuathn.
/tʊə/, U.S. /ˈtuə/, Irish English /ˈtuəh/ Irish History.
A ‘tribe’ or ‘people’ in Ireland; hence, the territory or district of a tribe, in which sense written in 16th cent. toghe, toughe n.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinship group > tribe > [noun] > Irish
tuath1873
stateship1917
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > part of country or district > [noun] > district inhabited by a tribe
tribe1643
tribeship1840
tuath1873
stateship1917
1873 W. K. Sullivan in O'Curry's Anc. Irish I. Introd. 79 The term Tuath was..applied to the people occupying a district which had a complete political and legal administration, a chief or Rig, and could bring into the field a battalion of seven hundred men. The word was also applied however to a larger division, consisting of three or four, or even more Tuaths, called a Mór Tuath, or great Tuath,..associated together for certain legal and legislative purposes.
1877 W. F. Skene Celtic Scotl. II. ii. x. 460 Before letters were introduced..each tuath, or tribe, had probably its own variety of the common speech.
1898 J. Heron Celtic Church 14 A group of families from a common ancestry made a sept; a still larger group was called a clann..; while a tribe or tuath consisted of several of such clanns, septs, and families.
1898 J. Heron Celtic Church 16 There were in Ireland one hundred and eighty four tuaths or tribal territories.
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