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Tathe

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A tathe or tate is a unit of area which was used in Fermanagh and Monaghan, equivalent to 60 Irish acres.[1] Four tathes make a quarter of land, four quarters make a ballibetagh and, in Fermanagh, seven ballibetaghs make a barony, of which there were seven.[2] However, the measure of a ballybetagh is far larger in Fermanagh than in Monaghan.[2] In total at this period in time (1609), it was estimated that Fermanagh which had 51 ballibetaghs and a half of "chargeable lands" contained the same area as Monaghan which had 100 ballibetaghs.[2]

A quick survey of 1608 found the Tathe to be only half the extent assigned to it by the Irish which was 60 native Irish acres.[3]

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