The territory belonging to a tribe is now termed _Tuath_, the tribe itself _Ciniol_, as implying a race of men sprung from a common ancestor. The land of the tribe is now found in three different positions. There was first that part of the original territory of the tribe which still remained the _Feacht Finne_ or common property of the tribe, and consisted of the common pasture lands, on which each freeman of the tribe had a right to pasture his cattle, and of the common tillage lands annually divided among those freemen who possessed cattle, a possession which entitled them to the usufruct of a share of the arable land and to a habitation in each township. The cattle each person had were termed his _Cro_, a name also applied to the enclosure in which they were housed, and the entire cattle of the tribe were termed their _Creaght_. Then, secondly, there was the official or mensal land set apart for the maintenance of the _Ri_ or _Toisech_, the _Tanist_, and the other functionaries of the tribe, as the Bard, the Brehon or judge, the Sennachy or historian, etc.; and along with this land may be classed the Church land or Termon land given to the Church free of all imposition, which land was held to form a sanctuary. Lastly, there was the land held by individual ownership. This land was the _Orba_ or inheritance land, which belonged to the _Flaith_ or chiefs, and which was transmissible to their successors. The principal part of this land was retained by the chief in demesne, and on it he had settled the strangers called _Fuidhir_ who consisted of two classes, Free and Bond, and formed a body of retainers entirely under his control; and here too were the _Bothach_ or Cottiers, and those who by length of residence had become _Sencleithe_. The land not retained by himself was given off to freemen of the tribe to whom he had given stock either by _Saer_ or by _Daer_ stock tenure, and who thus became his _Ceile_ or tenants. [Sidenote: The _Dun_ or fort.]