Tathe

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]

## References

1. ↑ Joyce, Patrick Weston (2007-08-10) [1898]. The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places. Longmans, Green and Co. p. 246. https://archive.org/details/originhistoryofi01joycuoft.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Morley, Henry. Ireland under Elizabeth and James I (Ireland -- History 1595-1612). G. Routledge (London). p. 363. https://archive.org/stream/irelandundereliz00morluoft/irelandundereliz00morluoft_djvu.txt.
3. ↑ George Hill (2004). The Fall of Irish Chiefs and Clans and the Plantation of Ulster: Including the Names of Irish Catholics, and Protestant Settlers (illustrated ed.). Irish Roots Cafe. pp. 276. ISBN 0-940134-42-X. https://books.google.com/books?id=D9_naRNn_asC&q=But+lis=gabhal+corruptly+lisgoole&pg=PA108.

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