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cantred was a subdivision of a
county in the Anglo-Norman
Lordship of Ireland between the 13th and 15th centuries, analogous to the
cantref of Wales or the
hundred of England. In
County Dublin the equivalent unit was termed a
serjeanty, while in
County Meath and environs it was a
barony. The area of a cantred usually corresponded to that of an earlier
trícha cét of
Gaelic Ireland, and sometimes to that of a
rural deanery in the medieval Irish church. Paul Mac Cotter has "demonstrated the existence of 151 certain cantreds and indicated the probable existence of a further 34." Cantreds were replaced by
baronies from the 16th century.
