Fassadinin

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Fassadinin
Fásach an Deighnín (
Dinin river
Ireland - 1885 Map of County Kilkenny.jpg
Map of Fassadinin
Fassadinin is located in Ireland
Fassadinin
Fassadinin
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°48′00″N 7°13′00″W / 52.8°N 7.216667°W / 52.8; -7.216667
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyCounty Kilkenny
Cantred of Odoth1358
Fasaghdenyn and Idoghe1587
Civil parishes
List
  • Attanagh
  • Odagh
  • Castlecomer
  • Kilmenan
  • Kilmacar
  • Kilmademoge
  • Kilmadum
  • Coolcraheen
  • Dysart
  • Donaghmore
  • Dunmore
  • Grangemaccomb
  • Muckalee
  • Mayne
  • Abbeyleix
  • Mothell
  • Rathbeagh
  • Rathaspick
  • Rosconnell
Government
County Council
 • BodyKilkenny County Council
Area
[4]
 • Total276.2 km2 (106.6 sq mi)

Fassadinin (

River Dinin"[1][5]), sometimes written Fassadining, is a barony in the north of County Kilkenny, Ireland.[2][6] It is one of 12 baronies in County Kilkenny.[2] The size of the barony is 276.2 square kilometres (106.6 sq mi).[4] There are 19 civil parishes in Fassadinin.[1] The chief town today is Castlecomer. The N78 Kilkenny/Athy road bisects the barony. Fassadinin is currently administered by Kilkenny County Council.[3]

Fassadinin lies at the north of the county, with the baronies of

Kilkenny and Gowran to the south (whose chief towns are Kilkenny and Gowran). It is surrounded on two sides by counties Laois to the north and Carlow
to the east.

Foulksrath Castle and Kells Priory are located in Fassadinin.[7][8][9]

History

The barony was part of in the historic kingdom of

clan called the Ua Braonáin (O'Brennan) of Uí Duach.[7][8] Uí Duach was made into the medieval cantred of Odogh or Idogh.[7] In 1358 this Barony was known by its ancient name the "Cantred of Odoth".[5] Ui Duach was also called the cantred of the Comar (from Comar now Castlecomer) which comprised the whole of the president barony of Fassadinin, and a considerable part of Galmoy. The earliest reference to the barony as Fassadinin was is 1587 where it was described as the barony of "Fasaghdenyn and Idoghe".[5]

"Ui-Duach of Ossory of the warm soil,
The fair, wide plane of the Feoir,
Not easily passable is the wood of the plain,
Its protecting chieftain is O'Broenain."

Ó hUidhrín Topographical Poem Triallam timcheall na Fodla ("Let us wander around Ireland") (1420).[8][5]

In

constables were of the barony of "Fasagh de Myn and Odoghe" or "Fasaghdenya and Odoghe". Fassadining was recorded in the Down Survey (1656),[11] the 1840 Ordnance Survey Map[12] and on Griffith's Valuation (1864).[13]

In 1247 Geoffrey de Fraxino (de la Freyne) held a quarter Knight's fee at Kilmenan in the barony of Fassadinin held previously by a Walter Purcell.[14] The 1608 constables were Robnett Purcell of Foulksrath and William O'Brena of Ballyhomyn (Ballyhimmin).[5] The early families recorded included O'Brena of Rathcally, Purcell of Esker, Purcell of Lysmayne, O'Brena of Uskertye, Farr McDonnogh of Croghtoncle, and Duffe of Crint.[10] The Brennans ruled in this region with remarkable independence and persistence, it was not until 1635 the town and remaining Brennan lands were handed over to Sir Christopher Wandesforde.[7] The Wandesfords were based in Fassadining.[7]

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.

Crannagh, Galmoy.[15]

Geography

Map of County Kilkenny (1885).

The county is subdivided into 12

Crannagh, Galmoy.[15]

Fassadinin contains the towns of Ballyragget and Castlecomer, and the settlements of Odagh, Clogh, Jenkinstown, Coan, Coolcullen and Coolbaun.[16] Fassadinin is made up of 19

List of townlands in County Kilkenny
).

The rivers

St Martin's club
has a catchment area is roughly comprehended by the barony.

Today it is part of the Roman Catholic Church diocese of Ossory and the Church of Ireland diocese of Cashel and Ossory.

See also

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c (Fiontar 2008, Fásach an Deighnín/Fassadinin)
  2. ^ a b c d (Government 2003)
  3. ^ a b Kilkenny County County. "Website". kilkennycoco.ie.
  4. ^ a b "Barony of Fassadinin, Co. Kilkenny". townlands.ie.
  5. ^ a b c d e f (Carrigan 1905, p. 23, Existing Civil Divisions or Baronies)
  6. ^ (Tighe 1802, p. 4, Baronies)
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h Walsh, Dennis. "Barony of Fassadinin". ancestry.com., Walsh, Dennis. "The Baronies of Ireland". ancestry.com. and Walsh, Dennis. "Barony Map of the Leinster Region". ancestry.com.
  8. ^ a b c d e (Ó hUidhrín & Ó Dubhagáin 1851, p. 7, PDF)
  9. ^ a b (Fiontar 2008, Foulksrath Castle)
  10. ^ a b (Hogan 1878, p. 255)
  11. ^ Down Survey Project. "Fassadining Map". downsurvey.tcd.ie. The Down Survey Project.
  12. ^ (OSI 2016, Maps – 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15)
  13. ^ (Griffith 1864, Fassadinin Search)
  14. ^ (Lewis 1837, Maps)
  15. ^ a b c (Fiontar 2008, County Cill Chainnigh/Kilkenny)
  16. ^ (Fiontar 2008, Fassadinin Towns and Fiontar 2008, Fassadinin population centres)
  17. ^ (Fiontar 2008, Fassadinin Civil Parishes)
  18. ^ (Fiontar 2008, An Deighean/Dinin River)
  19. ^ (Fiontar 2008, Castlecomer Woods and Fiontar 2008, Jenkinstown Wood
  20. ^ (Fiontar 2008, Lady's Well)
  21. ^ (Parliament 1862, p. 962, Fassadining Barony)

Sources

External links

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