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Features: Irish Counties & Surnames - County Meath

Trim Castle, County Meath by Andrew Parnell
Trim Castle, County Meath, © 2007, Andrew Parnell
COUNTY MEATH

Irish Name: An Mhí
Nickname: The Royal County
Motto: Tré Neart le Chéile (Stronger Together)
County Town: Navan
Province: Leinster
Region: Mid-East

Tartan: The County Meath tartan is a traditional plaid pattern in red, forest green, and navy blue, with gold, sky blue, and creamy white accents. It was designed by Polly Kitteridge for the house of Edgar in 1997. (Reproduction rights restricted to House of Edgar, Macnaughton Holdings Ltd.)

  • County Meath Tartan

County Meath Common Surnames

(Ireland Census):
Brady, Brien, Byrne, Clarke, Connor, Daly, Duffy, Dunne, Farrell, Kelly, Lynch, Maguire, Mahon, Martin, Mathews, Reilly, Smith

(Irish Emigrants):
Brennan, Dolan, Fitzsimmons, King, Leonard, Lynch, Mahon, O'Reilly, Reilly, Riley, Yore

Next page: County Monaghan

References: The counties of Ireland and their nicknames, 2019, Aidan Lonergan, The Irish Post; Surname Connections to the Irish Counties, RootsWeb, 2007; Irish Surnames and Their Counties, A Letter From Ireland, 2016; Counties of Ireland, Wikipedia, The Scottish Register of Tartans.
Photo credits: (Header) County Meath tartan pattern © 1997, House of Edgar, Perth Scotland; used with express permission from House of Edgar, Macnaughton Holdings Ltd.; (Featured) Trim Castle, County Meath (Cropped), 2007, Andrew Parnell, used under Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 2.0, (Related Resources) Island of Ireland location map, © 2010, NordNordWest, used under Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 3.0. Edited by Susan Wallace.
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Location map of County Meath
Location of County Meath
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