The Connachta were named after Conn of the Hundred Battles, a mythical ancestor who was later euhemerized and given a place in Irish history. The Connachta were led by a man known to later history as Túathal Techtmar. They landed at the mouth of the Boyne and pushed inland to Tara, the seat of the local Ernean king, which they sacked. They soon carved out for themselves a new province between Ulster and Leinster, running from the mouth of the Liffey to the mouth of the Boyne and inland as far as the Shannon. In time, this fifth province came to be known as “Meath,” presumably for no other reason than that it contained the Hill of Uisneach.