First Sentence

"THE plain of Meath which included the greater parts of the present counties of Meath and Dublin, was known by the name of Magh Breagh, signifying either the Magnificent Plain, or, as mentioned by the Latin writers under the name of Bregia;-the Rev. Dr. O'Connor has translated it on the authority of ancient tradition, Campus Brigantium, or the Plain of the Brigantes, from being possessed by the Brigantes, who were called by the Irish Clanna Breogain."