Note 14 — Chapter I · The Early History—Before A. D. 843.

Bed. Hist. Ecc., l. 1, c. 34. Uladh may be said to have had three meanings—1. Legendary Uladh, the northern kingdom of Ireland answering very nearly to modern Ulster; 2. Historical Uladh, the province lying to the eastward of Lough Neagh, and the rivers Bann and Newry; 3. Uladh proper, the southern and principal portion of the historical province, answering to the diocese of Down. The other historical divisions were, Iveagh on the south-west, answering to the diocese of Dromore, and Dal-Araidhe on the north, the “district of the Airds,” or hill-country, equivalent to the diocese of Connor. Dalaraide must not be confounded with Dalriada. It was gradually restricted to the northern portion, known as Tuisceart or the north.