EAST MEATH, a county of Ireland, bounded on the east by the ocean and the county of Dublin, on the west by West-Meath, on the south-west by Kildare, and on the north and north-east by Cavan and Louth. It is 32 miles long and 25 broad; contains 18 baronies; and sends to parliament, besides two knights of the shire, 12 members for the boroughs of Trim, Aboy, Navan, Kells, Daleek, and Ratoath. This country abounds in corn, pasture, and herds of cattle; the air and soil being good, and the inhabitants numerous. Several noble families have also titles of honour within it. Horns, prodigiously large, supposed to be those of the moose-deer, have been found not only in this country, but in several other parts of Ireland. Trim is the county-town.
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