911:) was used as a measure for time in preference to a day. As was normal for Islam and Jews and in line with the Bible (It was evening and morning of the first day), the Irish held that a new day began at sunset, not at sunrise, so that a Wednesday night would precede the day of Wednesday.
395:", as it was an area of land that was at some point worth three cows. It is sometimes erroneously interpreted as the area needed to graze three cows, but it is far too large for that; in modern Ireland, a cow grazes on about 0.4 ha, so twenty or more could graze a
861:
1279:
1079:
1324:
17:
1274:
337:
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1593:
1318:
1871:
1866:
1583:
1403:
1959:
1902:
1897:
1851:
1502:
1492:
1393:
920:
1907:
1477:
1415:
1072:
1954:
1841:
1628:
1881:
1856:
1709:
1457:
1765:
1735:
1699:
1608:
1346:
1284:
39:
1821:
1806:
1760:
1638:
1613:
1598:
1558:
1482:
1065:
1816:
1801:
1791:
1781:
1719:
1689:
1659:
1623:
1548:
1467:
1442:
1437:
1432:
1425:
1129:
1811:
1786:
1750:
1714:
1694:
1684:
1669:
1664:
1654:
1563:
1487:
1388:
1119:
1109:
947:
1876:
1796:
1755:
1745:
1674:
1578:
1517:
1512:
1472:
1462:
1452:
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1167:
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1124:
1211:
1704:
1679:
1618:
1568:
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1543:
1507:
1398:
1361:
1330:
1201:
1740:
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1420:
1366:
1356:
1633:
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1196:
1147:
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925:
1088:
35:
31:
525:
The term "townland" is still used to designate very small named areas in the countryside.
62:, "thumb-lengths". These figures assume a man's foot to measure 25 cm (9.8 in).
8:
1861:
1381:
1312:
895:
scruple) was used for measuring gold weight and was equal to a quarter-ounce (7 g).
1016:
1376:
1152:
992:
Customary acres and their historical importance, being a series of unfinished essays"
1408:
348:
appear in documents; their value is uncertain, perhaps being equivalent to 1 and 2
1573:
27:
1923:
1497:
1114:
803:
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1371:
1243:
1183:
966:
930:
43:
1928:
1216:
1206:
1191:
873:
744:
1527:
1258:
1157:
1057:
943:
780:
556:
365:"Catalogue of the Irish manuscripts in the British Museum v.1" gives
513:
1030:
1933:
1603:
904:
845:
830:
767:
559:'s eggshell was used as a standard unit, roughly 55 ml.
58:("foot") was the length of a man's foot, divided into twelve
42:(Middle Ages) or perhaps earlier, before being displaced by
892:
677:
392:
1044:
722:
583:
427:
373:
Stair Ercuil ocus a bás: the life and death of
Hercules
362:(4 thumb-lengths in a palm, 3 palms in a foot). and
985:
1946:
986:Seebohm, Frederic; Hugh Exton, Seebohm (1914).
360:ceithri orlaighi i mbais, teora basa i troighid
1073:
988:"2: The Irish units of tribute and food-rent"
948:"23: Measures, Weights, Mediums of Exchange"
340:or bell could be heard. Other units such as
336:was a unit set at the distance from which a
952:A Smaller Social History of Ancient Ireland
885:
1087:
1080:
1066:
399:. Ireland in total covered about 870,000
544:Originally a term for a petty kingdom.
14:
1947:
1061:
942:
921:List of obsolete units of measurement
851:, although an older native name was
484:Adopted following Norman invasions.
24:
1110:International System of Units (SI)
1045:"EDIL - Irish Language Dictionary"
1031:"EDIL - Irish Language Dictionary"
1017:"EDIL - Irish Language Dictionary"
880:at 10 pennyweights (15.6 g).
862:The Manners and Customs of Ireland
25:
1971:
967:"tir cumaile [Old Irish]"
799:screpul(l), scripul(l), screaball
369:(4 grains in the thumb-length).
387:The basic unit of area was the
30:texts record a wide variety of
1037:
1023:
1009:
973:. Sizes, Inc. 1 September 2008
46:from the 16th century onward.
18:Old Irish units of measurement
13:
1:
1960:Obsolete units of measurement
1120:US customary units (USCS/USC)
936:
994:. Longman's, Green, & co
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633:
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488:
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289:
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187:
163:
158:
134:
129:
105:
100:
7:
914:
843:
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807:
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784:
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681:
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624:
607:
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536:
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264:
255:
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183:
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154:
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108:
10:
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1955:Irish units of measurement
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122:
119:
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1890:
1834:
1774:
1728:
1647:
1536:
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1305:
1298:
1267:
1236:
1229:
1182:
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1140:
1102:
1095:
703:
564:
408:
67:
49:
34:, organised into various
1212:Quantum chromodynamical
898:
844:Word borrowed from the
696:
566:Table of capacity units
382:
356:Ancient Laws of Ireland
40:Early Christian Ireland
38:. These were used from
1325:centimetre–gram–second
1089:Systems of measurement
926:Metrication in Ireland
886:
766:One grain of the best
1847:Biblical and Talmudic
1313:metre–kilogram–second
217:10.4 or 12.5 cm
69:Table of length units
32:units of measurement
864:lists two types of
705:Table of mass units
449:land of three cows
410:Table of area units
379:(warrior's paces).
1319:metre–tonne–second
1115:UK imperial system
876:(31.1 g) and
1942:
1941:
1830:
1829:
1294:
1293:
1285:Foot–pound–second
1225:
1224:
1202:Heaviside–Lorentz
859:
858:
694:
693:
643:1 pint 3 fl. oz.
548:
547:
391:, "land of three
330:
329:
16:(Redirected from
1967:
1409:Mesures usuelles
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1302:
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1082:
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1021:
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1013:
1003:
1001:
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982:
980:
978:
962:
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889:
776:pinginn, penginn
757:
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1891:List articles
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1775:South America
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1476:
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1471:
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1466:
1464:
1461:
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1458:Luxembourgian
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1387:
1383:
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1363:
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1358:
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1353:
1350:
1348:
1345:
1344:
1342:
1338:
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1331:gravitational
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1326:
1323:
1320:
1317:
1314:
1311:
1310:
1308:
1304:
1301:
1297:
1286:
1283:
1281:
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1273:
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1260:
1257:
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1245:
1242:
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1210:
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1200:
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1195:
1193:
1190:
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1187:
1185:
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1174:
1171:
1169:
1166:
1164:
1161:
1159:
1156:
1154:
1151:
1149:
1148:Apothecaries'
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1145:
1143:
1139:
1131:
1128:
1127:
1126:
1123:
1121:
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1116:
1113:
1111:
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1107:
1105:
1101:
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1094:
1090:
1083:
1078:
1076:
1071:
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1064:
1063:
1060:
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1040:
1032:
1026:
1018:
1012:
1008:
993:
989:
984:
972:
968:
964:
953:
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945:
941:
940:
932:
931:Irish measure
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927:
924:
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906:
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894:
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888:
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863:
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832:
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823:
819:
805:
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773:
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737:
733:
728:
724:
721:
716:
713:
710:
709:
702:
679:
673:
669:
664:1.74 gallons
655:great vessel
652:
648:
631:
627:
602:
598:
594:
589:
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570:
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259:62.5 cm
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135:thumb-length
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128:
103:
99:
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57:
47:
45:
44:Irish measure
41:
37:
33:
29:
19:
1872:Mesopotamian
1766:Puerto Rican
1163:Astronomical
1054:
1039:
1025:
1011:
996:. Retrieved
991:
975:. Retrieved
970:
955:. Retrieved
951:
944:Joyce, P. W.
908:
902:
887:screpall Ăłir
884:
882:
877:
874:pennyweights
869:
865:
860:
852:
848:
825:
821:
798:
775:
739:
671:
650:
629:
600:
554:
530:
508:
494:plough-land
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345:
341:
333:
331:
311:
290:
274:double-step
269:
248:
227:
188:
178:8.4 cm
159:
149:2.1 cm
130:
120:0.7 cm
101:
59:
55:
53:
26:
1736:Costa Rican
1700:Seychellois
1609:Singaporean
1404:Traditional
1259:Metrication
1197:Geometrised
1153:Avoirdupois
781:pennyweight
688:21 gallons
445:tir-cumaile
401:tir-cumaile
397:tir-cumaile
389:tir-cumaile
377:ceim curadh
324:39.4 yards
304:9 ft 10 in
283:4 ft 11 in
238:25 cm
1949:Categories
1822:Venezuelan
1807:Paraguayan
1761:Nicaraguan
1639:Vietnamese
1614:Sri Lankan
1599:Philippine
1559:Indonesian
1483:Portuguese
1377:Winchester
1280:Comparison
1230:Background
1168:Electrical
937:References
814:18.519 Gr
622:2 fl. oz.
461:72 square
334:magh-space
262:2 ft 1 in
220:4 or 5 in
1817:Uruguayan
1802:Colombian
1792:Brazilian
1782:Argentine
1720:Tanzanian
1690:Mauritian
1660:Ethiopian
1624:Taiwanese
1594:Pakistani
1574:Mongolian
1549:Cambodian
1468:Norwegian
1438:Icelandic
1433:Hungarian
1426:Byzantine
1382:Exchequer
1130:Hong Kong
971:sizes.com
791:6.173 Gr
763:0.772 Gr
672:oilmedach
605:eggshell
375:mentions
338:cock-crow
123:1/4 inch
1903:Obsolete
1898:Humorous
1852:Egyptian
1812:Peruvian
1787:Bolivian
1751:Honduran
1715:Tunisian
1695:Moroccan
1685:Malagasy
1670:Eritrean
1665:Egyptian
1655:Algerian
1584:Nepalese
1564:Japanese
1498:Scottish
1488:Romanian
1389:Estonian
1299:Historic
1275:Overview
1244:Overview
1141:Specific
946:(1906).
915:See also
878:unge beg
870:unge mĂłr
729:Imperial
717:Relative
714:Meaning
630:méisrin
590:Imperial
578:Relative
575:Meaning
551:Capacity
514:townland
490:seisrech
463:forraigh
434:Imperial
422:Relative
419:Meaning
270:deiscéim
228:troighid
91:Imperial
81:Relative
78:Meaning
56:troighid
1934:Modulor
1908:Unusual
1877:Persian
1835:Ancient
1797:Chilean
1756:Mexican
1746:Haitian
1675:Guinean
1579:Myanmar
1518:Swedish
1513:Spanish
1503:Serbian
1493:Russian
1473:Ottoman
1463:Maltese
1453:Latvian
1448:Italian
1394:Finnish
1372:English
1352:Cypriot
1347:Cornish
1254:History
1249:Outline
1184:Natural
1125:Chinese
1103:General
1096:Current
909:oĂdhche
804:scruple
760:0.05 g
753:⁄
661:7.92 L
640:660 mL
612:⁄
455:9.3 ha
350:fertach
342:inntrit
312:forrach
291:fertach
241:9.9 in
210:⁄
200:⁄
181:3.3 in
171:⁄
152:0.8 in
142:⁄
131:ordlach
113:⁄
60:ordlach
36:systems
1929:N-body
1867:Indian
1842:Arabic
1705:Somali
1680:Libyan
1648:Africa
1619:Syrian
1569:Korean
1554:Indian
1544:Afghan
1508:Slovak
1478:Polish
1416:German
1399:French
1362:Danish
1340:Europe
1306:Metric
1237:Metric
1217:Stoney
1207:Planck
1192:Atomic
998:20 May
977:20 May
957:20 May
872:at 20
811:1.2 g
788:0.4 g
734:Notes
731:value
726:value
719:value
676:great
651:olderb
619:55 mL
595:Notes
592:value
587:value
580:value
537:4,320
518:1,440
458:23 ac
439:Notes
436:value
431:value
424:value
358:reads
280:1.5 m
106:grain
96:Notes
93:value
88:value
83:value
50:Length
1917:Other
1882:Roman
1862:Hindu
1857:Greek
1741:Cuban
1629:Tatar
1589:Omani
1528:Welsh
1523:Swiss
1443:Irish
1421:Greek
1367:Dutch
1357:Czech
1327:(CGS)
1321:(MTS)
1315:(MKS)
1287:(FPS)
1268:UK/US
905:night
849:uncia
846:Latin
841:1 oz
838:28 g
831:ounce
826:uinge
822:ungae
768:wheat
745:grain
711:Unit
685:95 L
572:Unit
531:tuath
509:baile
474:acre
470:achar
416:Unit
321:36 m
253:step
232:foot
193:fist
164:palm
102:grán
75:Unit
1634:Thai
1604:Pegu
1537:Asia
1175:(US)
1158:Troy
1000:2015
979:2015
959:2015
899:Time
893:gold
866:unge
853:mann
740:grán
697:Mass
682:144
678:mead
497:120
452:n/a
393:cows
383:Area
346:lait
344:and
318:144
301:3 m
295:rod
256:2.5
249:céim
189:dorn
835:72
658:12
557:hen
298:12
205:or
160:bas
1951::
990:.
969:.
950:.
903:A
883:A
868::
855:.
824:,
808:3
785:1
770:.
723:SI
637:1
614:12
601:og
584:SI
555:A
477:1
428:SI
403:.
332:A
277:6
235:1
202:12
144:12
115:36
86:SI
54:A
1081:e
1074:t
1067:v
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1019:.
1002:.
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961:.
907:(
891:(
755:8
751:1
610:1
212:2
208:1
198:5
173:3
169:1
140:1
111:1
20:)
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