BARONIES OF IRELAND

:''"Baron" was also a title in the Peerage of Ireland. Such barons had no connection to any geographic barony.''
In Ireland, a 'barony' is a historical geographical unit: normally a subdivision of a county, although some baronies straddle county boundaries as a result of subsequent reorganisation of local government. The names and boundaries of baronies were defined during the Anglo-Norman and later English conquest of Ireland, although in many cases, they correspond to earlier Gaelic territories, and some were subsequently subdivided.
An extreme example of this subdivision is the County Down barony of Iveagh covering most of the west of the county, originally the territory of the ''Mac Aonghusa'' or MacGuinness family, which was first divided into ''Lower Iveagh'' and ''Upper Iveagh'', and each of these divisions being then further subdivided into a ''Lower Half'' and an ''Upper Half''.
Some anomalies in barony structure and alignment with counties were corrected by legislation over the years.

Contents
Function
Hierarchy
Feudal Baronies
List
Antrim
Armagh
Carlow
Cavan
Clare
Cork
Donegal
Down
Dublin
Fermanagh
Galway
Kerry
Kildare
Kilkenny
Laois
Leitrim
Limerick
Derry
Longford
Louth
Mayo
Meath
Monaghan
Offaly
Roscommon
Sligo
Tipperary
Tyrone
Waterford
Westmeath
Wexford
Wicklow
See also
References
Notes

Function


Baronies were used for administrative purposes within counties from medieval times until the establishment of the county councils under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898, when they were replaced by urban and rural district councils. While baronies continue to be officially defined units, they are no longer used for many administrative purposes (they are used in land registration, and specification, such as in planning permissions). However, where two townlands in the same county have the same name, they will be disambiguated in official references as "in the barony of ...".
The Local Government (Ireland) Act also caused a number of county boundaries to be modified, with the result that a number of baronies now cross county boundaries. This can cause confusion to genealogy researchers, who may be unable to find an area referred to as being in a particular county in 19th century sources in the modern county.
In two cases, ''Rathdown'' and ''Fore'', there are adjacent baronies in neighbouring counties (Dublin/Wicklow and Meath/Westmeath respectively) with the same name. These are not the result of the 1898 Act, but instead represent ''half-baronies'', subdivisions of older baronies, which found themselves in different counties when Westmeath and Wicklow were established as separate counties in the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
Many baronies remain the focus of a modicum of local patriotism. Many clubs of the Gaelic Athletic Association bear the name of the barony in which they are located; likewise many public houses and older provincial hotels, which may display the baronial arms on signage.

Hierarchy


Baronies are a mid-level division of land in Ireland, existing between the counties and the ''townlands'', the smallest standard division (a smaller unit, the ''quarter'', was sometimes used, but is generally not recorded).

Feudal Baronies


Feudal baronies generally no longer exist. However, a Prescriptive Barony, the lordship of Fingal, granted by King John in 1208 that covered the northern district of County Dublin and consisted of several subordinate baronies, is echoed in County Fingal, a division of County Dublin formed in the administrative reorganisation of the Republic of Ireland undertaken in 1994.

List


The final catalogue of baronies numbered 331. A figure of 273 is also quoted, by combining those divided into East/West, North/South, or Upper/Middle/Lower divisions.
Antrim

Baronies in County Antrim:
# Antrim (Lower)
# Antrim (Upper)
# Belfast City [1]
# Belfast (Lower)
# Belfast (Upper)
# Carrickfergus
# Cary
# Dunluce (Lower)
# Dunluce (Upper)
# Glenarm (Lower)
# Glenarm (Upper)
# Kilconway
# Massereene (Lower)
# Massereene (Upper)
# Toome (Lower)
# Toome (Upper)
Armagh

Baronies in County Armagh:
# Armagh
# Fews (Lower)
# Fews (Upper)
# Oneilland (East)
# Oneilland (West)
# Orior (Lower)
# Orior (Upper)
# Tiranny
Carlow

Baronies in County Carlow:
# Carlow
# Forth
# Idrone (East)
# Idrone (West)
# Rathvilly
# St. Mullin's (Lower)
# St. Mullin's (Upper)
Cavan

Baronies in County Cavan:
# Castlerahan
# Clankee
# Clanmahon
# Loughtee (Lower)
# Loughtee (Upper)
# Tullygarvey
# Tullyhunco
# Tullyhaw
Clare

Baronies in County Clare:[2]
# Bunratty (Lower)
# Bunratty (Upper)
# Burren
# Clonderalaw
# Corcomroe
# Ibrickan
# Inchiquin
# Islands
# Moyarta
# Tulla (Lower)
# Tulla (Upper)
Cork

Baronies in County Cork:
# Bantry
# Barretts
# Barrymore
# Bear
# Carbery (East, East division)[3]
# Carbery (East, West division)
# Carbery (West, East division)
# Carbery (West, West division)
# Condons & Clangibbon
# Cork
# Courceys
# Duhallow
# Fermoy
# Ibane & Barryroe
# Imokilly
# Kerrycurrihy
# Kinalea
# Kinalmeaky
# Kinnatalloon
# Kinsale
# Muskerry (East)
# Muskerry (West)
# Orrery & Kilmore
Donegal

Baronies in County Donegal:
# Banagh
# Boylagh
# Inishowen (East)
# Inishowen (West)
# Kilmacrenan
# Raphoe (North)
# Raphoe (South)
# Tirhugh
Down

Baronies in County Down:
# Ards (Lower)
# Ards (Upper)
# Castlereagh (Lower)
# Castlereagh (Upper)
# Dufferin
# Iveagh (Lower-Lower Half)[4]
# Iveagh (Lower-Upper Half)
# Iveagh (Upper-Lower Half)
# Iveagh (Upper-Upper Half)
# Kinelearty
# Lecale (Lower)
# Lecale (Upper)
# Lordship of Newry
# Mourne
Dublin

Baronies in County Dublin:
# Balrothery (East)
# Balrothery (West)
# Castleknock (not the same as the village and district of Castleknock)
# Coolock (not the same as the village and district of Coolock)
# Dublin
# Dublin City[5]
# Nethercross
# Newcastle (not the same as the village of Newcastle)
# Rathdown (Half-Barony of)
# Uppercross
Fermanagh

Baronies in County Fermanagh:
# Clanawley
# Clankelly
# Coole
# Knockninny
# Lurg
# Magheraboy
# Magherastephana
# Tirkennedy
Galway

Baronies in County Galway:
# Aran[6]
# Athenry
# Ballymoe
# Ballynahinch
# Clare
# Clonmacnowen
# Dunkellin
# Dunmore
# Galway
# Kilconnell
# Kiltartan
# Killian
# Leitrim
# Longford
# Loughrea
# Moycullen
# Ross
# Tiaquin
Kerry

Baronies in County Kerry:
# Clanmaurice
# Corkaguiny
# Dunkerron (North)
# Dunkerron (South)
# Glanarought
# Iraghticonnor
# Iveragh
# Magunihy
# Trughanacmy
Kildare

Baronies in County Kildare:
# Carbury
# Clane
# Connell
# Ikeathy & Oughterany
# Kilcullen
# Kilkea & Moone
# Naas (North)
# Naas (South)
# Narragh & Reban (East)
# Narragh & Reban (West)
# Offaly (East)
# Offaly (West)
# Salt (North)
# Salt (South)
Kilkenny

Baronies in County Kilkenny:
# Callan
# Crannagh
# Fassadinin
# Galmoy
# Gowran
# Ida
# Iverk
# Kells
# Kilculliheen[7]
# Kilkenny City
# Knocktopher
# Shillelogher
Laois

Baronies in County Laois:
# Ballyadams
# Clandonagh
# Clarmallagh
# Cullenagh
# Maryborough (East)
# Maryborough (West)
# Portnahinch
# Slievemargy
# Stradbally
# Tinnahinch
# Upper Woods
Leitrim

Baronies in County Leitrim:
# Carrigallen
# Drumahaire
# Leitrim
# Mohill
# Rosclougher
Limerick

Baronies in County Limerick:
# Clanwilliam
# Connello (Lower)
# Connello (Upper)
# Coonagh
# Coshlea
# Coshma
# Glenquin
# Kenry
# Kilmallock
# Limerick City[8]
# Owneybeg
# Pubblebrien
# Shanid
# Small County
Derry

Baronies in County Londonderry:
# Coleraine
# Keenaght
# Liberties of Coleraine
# Liberties of Londonderry
# Londonderry Borough[9]
# Loughinsholin
# Tirkeeran
Longford

Baronies in County Longford:
# Ardagh
# Granard
# Longford
# Moydow
# Rathcline
# Shrule
Louth

Baronies in County Louth:
# Ardee
# Drogheda
# Drogheda Town[10]
# Dundalk (Lower)
# Dundalk (Upper)
# Ferrard
# Louth
Mayo

Baronies in County Mayo:[11]
# Burrishoole
# Carra
# Clanmorris
# Costello
# Erris
# Gallen
# Kilmaine
# Murrisk
# Tirawley
Meath

Baronies in County Meath:
# Deece (Lower)
# Deece (Upper)
# Duleek (Lower)
# Duleek (Upper)
# Dunboyne
# Fore
# Kells (Lower)
# Kells (Upper)
# Lune
# Morgallion
# Moyfenrath (Lower)
# Moyfenrath (Upper)
# Navan (Lower)
# Navan (Upper)
# Ratoath
# Skreen
# Slane (Lower)
# Slane (Upper)
Monaghan

Baronies in County Monaghan:
# Cremorne
# Dartree
# Farney
# Monaghan
# Trough
Offaly

Baronies in County Offaly:
# Ballyboy
# Ballybritt
# Ballycowen
# Clonlisk
# Coolestown
# Eglish
# Garrycastle
# Geashill
# Kilcoursey
# Philipstown (Lower)
# Philipstown (Upper)
# Warrenstown
Roscommon

Baronies in County Roscommon:[12]
# Athlone[13]
# Ballintober (North)
# Ballintober (South)
# Ballymoe
# Boyle
# Castlereagh
# Frenchpark
# Moycarn
# Roscommon
Sligo

Baronies in County Sligo:
# Carbury
# Coolavin
# Corann
# Leyny
# Tireragh
# Tirerril
Tipperary

Baronies in County Tipperary:

★ In North Tipperary:
# Eliogarty
# Ikerrin
# Owney & Arra
# Ormond (Lower)
# Ormond (Upper)
# Kilnamanagh (Upper)

★ In South Tipperary:
# Clanwilliam
# Iffa & Offa (East)
# Iffa & Offa (West)
# Kilnamanagh (Lower)
# Middlethird
# Slievardagh
Tyrone

Baronies in County Tyrone:
# Clogher
# Dungannon (Lower)
# Dungannon (Middle)
# Dungannon (Upper)
# Omagh (East)
# Omagh (West)
# Strabane (Lower)
# Strabane (Upper)
Waterford

Baronies in County Waterford:
# Coshmore & Coshbride
# Decies within Drum
# Decies without Drum
# Gaultiere
# Glenahiry
# Middlethird
# Upperthird
# Waterford City[14]
Westmeath

Baronies in County Westmeath:
# Brawny
# Clonlonan
# Corkaree
# Delvin
# Farbill
# Fartullagh
# Fore
# Kilkenny West
# Moycashel
# Moyashel & Magheradernon
# Moygoish
# Rathconrath
Wexford

Baronies in County Wexford:
# Ballaghkeen (North)
# Ballaghkeen (South)
# Bantry
# Bargy
# Forth
# Gorey
# Scarawalsh
# Shelburne
# Shelmaliere (East)
# Shelmaliere (West)
Wicklow

Baronies in County Wicklow:
# Arklow
# Ballinacor (North)
# Ballinacor (South)
# Newcastle
# Rathdown
# Shillelagh
# Talbotstown (Lower)
# Talbotstown (Upper)

See also



List of Irish Local Government Areas 1900 - 1921

References


;rootsweb: Barony Map of Ireland Source given is "Ordnance survey"
;ANHI: A New History of Ireland: Volume IX: Maps, Genealogies, Lists: A Companion to Irish History, Part II, , , , , 1984, Source given is "County boundaries, barony boundaries", scale 1:633600, Ordnance Survey of Ireland, 1938
;Mitchell: A new genealogical atlas of Ireland, , Brian, Mitchell, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1986, Source given is General index to the Townlands and Towns, Parishes and Baronies of Ireland, , Alexander, Thom, , , Quotes figure of 331 baronies.
;Ryan: Irish Records: Sources for Family and Local History, , James G., Ryan, Ancestry Inc., 1999, No source given, but Mitchell is listed in bibliography. Quotes figure of 273, thiough the maps show 331.

Notes


1. not distinguished from Lower Belfast in ANHI
2. also part of barony of Leitrim originally in Galway
3. Neither East nor West Carbery is subdivided into East and West divisions in ANHI
4. Neither Upper nor Lower Iveagh is separated into Upper and Lower halfs in ANHI
5. not distinguished from barony of Dublin in ANHI
6. not named in ANHI or rootsweb
7. Kilculliheen in Kilkenny was part of Gaultiere in Waterford until the Local Government Act 1898
8. called "North Liberties" in ANHI
9. not distinguished from Tirkeeran in ANHI
10. not separated from barony of Drogheda in ANHI
11. also part of barony of Ross originally in Galway, and of Tireragh originally in Sligo
12. also part of Clancostello originally in Mayo
13. split into North and South in ANHI
14. not distinguished from Gaultiere in ANHI


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