Talk:Kingdom of Meath

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pronunciation[edit]

Would it be possible to add the pronunciation here? Alarichall 06:43, 22 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move[edit]

The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the proposal was move per request as the common name.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 00:20, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Kingdom of Mide → Kingdom of Meath – Per WP:COMMONNAME and WP:ENGLISH. Google Books has 12k results for "Kingdom of Meath" but only 838 for "Kingdom of Mide — JonC ^ॐ 12:32, 14 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Per Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Ireland-related articles English seems preferable here. Or rather already is since "kingdom" is English, but "Mide" appears to be Old Irish Míde minus accent. Since article is not at old Irish Cóiced na Míde, then "Kingdom of Meath" (English + English) seems more consistent. In ictu oculi (talk) 00:39, 15 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Still the wrong title?[edit]

Looking at the discussion above regarding renaming (I'd have voted against FWIW), it came to me that no matter how many Google books hits there may be, kingdom is not a very good word to use here. (Yes, there are lots of other articles for which the same objection might be raised. And if I ever get round to it, I'll raise the objection there.) Note also that there is a list of Kings of Mide, for what it' worth.

Perhaps the better title would be Mide, a topic which could incorporate both existing articles (and more besides, if anyone were ever minded to provide the material). Angus McLellan (Talk) 02:34, 12 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Druidism until the 700s?[edit]

What is the source for Christianity not being the (main? official?) religion of Meath until the 700s? Christianity had existed in Ireland since at least 431, and the country was exporting missionaries by the 500s. Even if there is evidence of Meath being predominantly pagan until the eighth century, which I doubt, the term "druidism" is still strange and should probably be changed to Celtic Polytheism ComradeKublai (talk) 04:08, 24 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Cryptic[edit]

There is too much unexplained Irish nomenclature here that badly needs context. A short example:

The Uí Néill assumed the ancient titles of Kings of Uisnech in Mide and Kings of Tara in Brega and claimed a cattle-tribute, the Bóroma Laigen, on the Laigin. The Uí Failge, under Failge Berraide, were finally expelled from the plain of Mide with the battle of Druim Derg in 514.

What is a "Laigin"? The "Uí Failge" appear out of nowhere; how could they be expelled if they never arrived? What is "the plain of Mide"? - we have not been introduced to a plain in this description of "Mide". Deeper question: What is the significance of any of this, e.g., "claimed a cattle-tribute, the Bóroma Laigen", or "the battle of Druim Derg"?

This is not encyclopedia-quality writing. Zaslav (talk) 03:27, 2 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]