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The ive Cúigí were as follows:
Cúige Uladh-Ulster
Cúige Connacht-Connacht
Cúige Laighean-Leinster North and South Cúige Mumhan-Munster
Incidentally, a little nugget of information some readers may not be aware of, the addition of the suix ster to the old names is due to Norse inluence, something we will be touching on in chapters 4 and 5.
The Kings of Ulster resided at Eamhain Mhacha, Navan Fort, near present day Armagh. Navan Fort is recorded as a city (Isamnaion) on the map of Ireland drawn by the famed ge- ographer, Ptolemy of Alexandria, in the second century A.D.
Ráth Cruachan, Rath Croghan near Tulsk, county Roscommon was the seat of the Kings of Connacht.
At Dinn Ríogh, Dinn Rí on the banks of the river Barrow, in county Carlow, the Kings of Southern Leinster built their royal dún, and the Kings of the smaller Northern ifth of Leinster built theirs at Teamhair, Tara, in county Meath. Teamhair translates as ‘an elevated place, an assembly hill or acropolis.’ It is told that Amergin, whom we mentioned earlier,
