Dartrey Heritage

Dartrey Forest, County Monaghan, Ireland was formerly the estate of the Dawson family, who had the title "Earl of Dartrey" from 1866 to 1933. It is currently managed by Coillte as a commercial forest. The Dartrey (Dartraighe, Dartraige Coininnsi, Dairtre, Dartree, Dartry) Kingdom was a wider area of the region which once belonged to the McMahons and O'Boylans. The name is derived from the Dartraige, the ‘calf people’ who were an early Irish tribe that dwelt in and around the area of north Roscommon, east Sligo, west Leitrim and southern Monaghan. It was a sub-kingdom of the larger Airgíalla Kingdom, which at one stage stretched from Lough Neagh to Tara, before being reduced by the Normans. The Book of Rights lists the tribes of the Airgíalla in the 5th century and their entitlements. The poem was composed by the bard Benén to preserve the law and its benefits.
Image File history File links Dartrey_oaks. ... Image File history File links Dartrey_oaks. ... Statistics Province: Ulster County Town: Monaghan Code: MN Area: 1,294 km² Population (2006) 55,816 Website: www. ... Coillte Teoranta from Irish or The Irish Forestry Board Limited is a state-sponsored company of the Republic of Ireland that gives money grants to people who are wishing to plant forestry on their land and manages the forests owned by the Irish Government. ... Dartry is an affluent part of the Rathmines suburb of Dublin. ... Statistics Province: Connacht County Town: Roscommon Code: RN Area: 2,547 km² (983 mi²) Population (2006) 58,700 Website: www. ... Statistics Province: Connacht County Town: Sligo Code: SO Area: 1,836 km² Population (2006) 60,863 Website: www. ... Statistics Province: Connacht County Town: Carrick-on-Shannon Code: LM Area: 1,588 km² Population (2002) 25,799 Website: www. ... It has been suggested that Kingdom of Oriel be merged into this article or section. ...

Benén's Poem

1. This difficulty rests upon the descendants of the Collas, the bright host of Liathdruim,
that they do not know the amount of their stipend, from the king of bright Fuaid.

2. Here is the tradition—I shall relate it for you— of the descen­dants of gentle Cairpre:
learn, people of Fál of the fiana, the handsome stipends of the Airgialla.

16. The king of Dartraige, a flame of valour, is entitled to four hardworking slaves,
four swords hard in battle, four horses, and four golden shields...

External links

Dartrey Heritage
Dartrey History: resources
Wikimapia Map
Airgialla Law Poems