![]() After the Normans took control of Ireland in the 12 th century, Mide gradually became County Meath and County Westmeath and eventually merged into the province of Leinster, primarily due to the development and importance of 'The Pale' an area of c.1,500 km square around Dublin being the centre of Anglo-Norman commercial activity and tight rule. The 'cĂșige' were subsequently referred to as provinces. Mide * Ulster * Munster * Leinster * Connacht ![]() When the Tuatha system of rule was replaced by Gaelic rule the areas of Ireland were known as 'cĂșige', which in Irish means 'portion' or 'fifth', indicating the original division of the five areas:
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