Iffa and Offa West

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Iffa and Offa West (

Middle Third to the north-east (whose chief town is Cashel) and Iffa and Offa East to the east (whose chief town is Clonmel). The area is currently administered by Tipperary County Council. The barony is within the geographic remit of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Waterford and Lismore
.

Legal context

Baronies were created after the

Norman invasion of Ireland as divisions of counties and were used the administration of justice and the raising of revenue. While baronies continue to be officially defined units, they have been administratively obsolete since 1898. However, they continue to be used in land registration and in specification, such as in planning permissions. In many cases, a barony corresponds to an earlier Gaelic
túath which had submitted to the Crown.

History

As the name suggests, in medieval times the territory of the barony (and its neighbour to the east) was controlled by the Gaelic clans of Uíbh Eoghain and Uíbh Fhathaidh. Following the conquest of Ireland by the Normans, much of the territory was, by royal grant, handed over to the victorious barons.

Feudal history

Cahir Abbey, 2007.

better source needed][1]
He enters Irish records some time prior to his marriage.

Cahir Abbey was in existence by c.1200 when the prior is listed as a witness to one of the documents contained in the register of the hospital of St. John's Dublin. In this, a grant to the hospital by Geoffrey de Camville, the prior John is described as first prior (Primo – Priore) of "Kaherdunesche", which suggests that the priory was a relatively recent foundation at this time. It is the same Geoffrey de Camville who is credited with the foundation of the priory in Cahir. Geoffrey was Baron of both Cahir and Fedamore in Co. Limerick.[2]

Having no male heir (the only child of Geoffrey and Felicia being a daughter, Felicia de Camville), the titles to the baronies lapsed.[

better source needed
]

The next time that a "

Baron Cahir" is mentioned is in the mid 16th century when a barony is created for a member of the Butler family – Thomas Butler, 1st Baron Cahir. He was a direct descendant of the Ormond branch of the Butler family, from James, the 3rd Earl. It was his father, the 2nd Earl, who had built Cahir Castle in 1375 to guard a strategic crossing point of the River Suir
.

King John around 1186 to guard another crossing of the River Suir
. A bridge was started soon after the castle was completed.

Modern times

When County Tipperary was split into North and South Ridings in 1836, Iffa and Offa West was allocated to the south riding. However, the neighbouring barony of Kilnamanagh was split into Upper and Lower half-baronies, being allocated to the north and south ridings respectively.[3]

Features

The barony is set in that part of the

Galtee Mountains – Ireland's highest inland mountain range. The summit of Galtymore forms the demarcation with County Limerick
.

Towns, villages and townlands of the barony

Ballylooby, Ballyporeen, Burncourt, Clogheen, Grange, Husseystown

Civil parishes of the barony

This table

Ecclesiastical parish
).

Name in Irish Name in English
Ard Fhíonáin Ardfinnan
Baile an Mhoirtéalaigh Mortlestown
Baile an Róistigh Rochestown
Baile Uí Bhéacáin Ballybacon
An Caisleán Nua Newcastle
An Chathair Cahir
Deargráth Derrygrath
Maigh Locha Molough
An Neadán Neddans
Seanraithin Shanrahan
An Teampall Geal Whitechurch
Teampall Toinne Templetenny
Tiobraid Tubbrid
Tulach Artáin Tullaghorton
Tulaigh Mhaoláin Tullaghmelan

See also

  • List of civil parishes of South Tipperary

References

  1. ^ http://www.geneajourney.com/camvil.html Geoffrey de Camvillle history
  2. ^ https://dirl.com/tipperary/cahir/cahir-abbey.htm Cahir Abbey history
  3. ISBN 0-946327-14-9
    .
  4. ^ Database of Ireland – civil parishes.

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