Cranagh (barony)
Cranagh
Barony of Cranagh | |
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Etymology: Abounding in Trees, or Woodland | |
Coordinates: 52°40′35″N 7°25′26″W / 52.67639°N 7.42389°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Leinster |
County | County Kilkenny |
Civil parishes | List
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Government County Council | |
• Body | Kilkenny County Council |
Area | |
• Total | 210.8 km2 (81.4 sq mi) |
Crannagh (
Crannagh lies at the north west of the county, with the baronies ofHistory
The barony was part of in the historic kingdom of
"Over Magh-Airby, I now mention,
Is O'Caibhdeanaigh of the woody plain,
Head of every meeting is the steady chief,
At the head of Coill-O'g-Cathosaigh."
Described as the "Manor of Crannagh" in 1311 in the "Calendar of Ormond deeds".
In the 18th century County Kilkenny consisted of the Liberties of Kilkenny and of Callan and the baronies of Galmoy, Lower Ossory, Fassadinig, Cranagh, Shellilogher, Gowran, Kells, Knocktopher, Ida, Igrin, Iverk and Ibercon.[9] By the 19th century these were restructured into the baronies of Callan, Crannagh, Fassadinin, Galmoy, Gowran, Ida, Iverk, Kells, Knocktopher, and Shillelogher.[9]
Geography
The county of
Cranagh contains the town of
See also
- Barony (county division)
- Barony (Ireland)
- List of baronies of Ireland
- List of townlands of County Kilkenny
References
Footnotes
- ^ a b c d (Fiontar 2008, Barony of Crannach/Crannagh)
- ^ a b c (Government 2003)
- ^ a b (Kilkenny County County. "Website". kilkennycoco.ie.)
- ^ a b c ("Barony of Crannagh, Co. Kilkenny". townlands.ie.)
- ^ a b c d e f g h (Carrigan 1905, p. 23, Existing Civil Divisions or Baronies)
- ^ (Tighe 1802, p. 4, Baronies)
- ^ a b (Fiontar 2008, Crannach/Crannagh Towns and Fiontar 2008, Crannagh population centres)
- ^ a b c (O'Kelly 1985, p. 3, Crannagh Barony)
- ^ a b c d e f Walsh, Dennis. "Barony of Cranagh, Crannagh or Grannagh". rootsweb.com., Walsh, Dennis. "The Baronies of County Kilkenny". rootsweb.com. and Walsh, Dennis. "Barony Map of the Leinster Region". rootsweb.com.
- ^ a b c d (Ó hUidhrín & Ó Dubhagáin 1851, p. 7, PDF)
- ^ (Curtis 1932, p. 369, Volume III)
- ^ (Curtis 1932, p. 154, Volume V)
- ^ Down Survey Project. "Cranagh Map". downsurvey.tcd.ie. The Down Survey Project.
- ^ (Griffith 1864, Crannagh Search)
- ^ (Fiontar 2008, County of Cill Chainnigh/Kilkenny)
- ^ "Clomantagh Hill". mountainviews.ie.
- ^ (Fiontar 2008, Crannagh Rivers)
- ^ (Fiontar 2008, The Loughans)
- ^ a b (NPWS, Ballykeeffe Wood Nature Reserve)
- ^ (Fiontar 2008, Chaoimh/Ballykeefe Wood)
- ^ (Fiontar 2008, Crannagh Civil Parishes)
- ^ (Parliament 1862, p. 973, Crannagh Barony)
Sources
- ISBN 978-5-87920-646-3.
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- Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional Rural and Gaeltacht Affairsof the Government of Ireland.
- Griffith, Richard John (1864). "Griffith's Valuation". www.askaboutireland.ie.
- Government (2003). Placenames (Co. Kilkenny) Order 2003 (PDF). Dublin: Government of Ireland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 February 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- NPWS. "National Parks and Wildlife Service". www.npws.ie. Government of Ireland.
- ISBN 978-1-143-94749-0.
- O'Kelly, Owen (1985). Place Names of County Kilkenny. Kilkenny: Kilkenny Archaeological Society. ISBN 0-9501687-8-5.
- OSI, Ordnance Survey Ireland (2016). "Ordnance Survey". osi.ie.
- Parliament (1862). General alphabetical index to townlands and towns, parishes and baronies of Ireland.
- Tighe, William (1802). Statistical observations relative to the county of Kilkenny: made in the years 1800 & 1801. Printed by Graisberry and Campbell.
External links
- Walsh, Dennis. "Barony of Cranagh, Crannagh or Grannagh". ancestry.com.
- Fiontar. "Barony of Shillelogher". logainm.ie.
- "Barony of Crannagh, Co. Kilkenny". townlands.ie.