Note 504 — Chapter XVIII · ON THE CONSTITUTION OF IRELAND
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Leland, ii. 189, 211; 3 & 4 P. and M. c. 1 and 2. Meath had been divided into two shires, by separating the western part. 34 H. 8, c. 1. "Forasmuch as the shire of Methe is great and large in circuit, and the west part thereof laid about or beset with divers of the king's rebels." Baron Finglas says, "Half Meath has not obeyed the king's laws these one hundred years or more." Breviate of Ireland, apud Harris, p. 85.