Meath

Meath, a county in Leinster, Ireland, touching the Irish Sea between Louth and Dublin, is watered by the Boyne River and its tributary the Blackwater; the surface is undulating, the soil fertile; some oats and potatoes are grown, but most of the county is under pasture; there is a little linen and coarse woollen industry; the chief towns are Navan (4), Kells (2), and the county town Trim (1).

Population (circa 1900) given as 77,000.

Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)