Erin (Eh-rin) – Four primary provinces or Kingdoms comprised what the Gaelic called old Ireland. Connachta (Kon-akh-ta) is in the northwest; Mummu (Moo-moo), later called Munster, is in the southwest; Ulaida (Ul-ay-duh) is in the northeast; and Laigin (Lay-gin) is in the southeast. Royal Mide (Roy-uhl My-de) was carved out of the latter two provinces, which held the High Kings in Tara. Unfortunately, this last Kingdom did not survive as a province on its own after the heroic period of the fifth century passed; High Kings would not reemerge for another four to five centuries.