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Map of the baronies of County Kilkenny taken from Atlas and cyclopedia of Ireland.[1]

This is a list of the baronies of County Kilkenny, Ireland.[2] The county is subdivided into 12 baronies,[3] which Kilkenny in the centre of the county, and clockwise from north of the county, Fassadinin, Gowran, Ida, Kilculliheen, Iverk, Knocktopher, Kells, Callan, Shillelogher (barony), Crannagh, Galmoy.[2] There are more than 140 civil parishes[4] and 1600 townlands (See List of townlands in County Kilkenny).[5]

History

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The arrival of Cambro-Norman knights, the Norman invasion of Ireland, followed in 1172 by the invasion of King Henry II of England, lead to the creation of the shire of Kilkenny by John, King of England.[6] Before 1200, William Marshal began the organisation of Leinster, by dividing it into four regions, governed from Wexford, Carlow, Kildare and Kilkenny.[7] By the fourteenth century Anglo-Norman Lordship of Ireland the greater part of the county was divided into twelve cantred, (from north to south) Aghaboe, Galmoy, Odogh, Shillelogher, Kilkenny, Oskelan, Callan, Erley, Kells, Knocktopher, Ogenty, and Iverk.[7]: 75  These cantred analogous to the cantref of Wales or the hundred of England. The area of a cantred usually corresponded to that of an earlier trícha cét of Gaelic Ireland, and sometimes to that of a rural deanery in the medieval Irish church. Cantreds declined in the fourteenth century and had fallen into disuse by the 16th-century Tudor reconquest of Ireland, when the barony became the subunit of the counties.

Baronies were created after the Norman invasion of Ireland as subdivisions of counties, mainly cadastral. In many cases, a barony corresponds to an earlier Gaelic túath which had submitted to the Crown. While baronies continue to be officially defined units, they have been administratively obsolete since the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898. However, they continue to be used in land registration and specification such as in planning permissions. Useful 19th century land records, such as Griffith's Valuation (1849-50 for Kilkenny) and the Tithe Applotment Survey (1823-38), were organized by Barony, Civil Parish and Townland.

In the 18th century County Kilkenny consisted of the following baronies: Galmoy, Lower Ossory, Fassadinig, Cranagh, Shellilogher, Gowran, Kells, Knocktopher, Ida, Igrin, Iverk and Ibercon.[8] It additionally included the Liberties of Kilkenny and of Callan.[8] In the Down Survey it was called "Callan Liberties", however, the 1836 Act explicitly states the town and liberties of Callan "shall be deemed and taken to be a barony"[9][10] The Down Survey of Ireland was taken in the years 1656-1658.[11] By the 19th century these were restructured into the baronies of Callan, Crannagh, Fassadinin, Galmoy, Gowran, Ida, Iverk, Kells, Knocktopher, Shillelogher.[8] Baronies were mainly cadastral but with some administrative functions prior to the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898. Baronies continue to be officially defined units used in land registration and specification such as in planning permissions, however both civil parishes and baronies are now largely obsolete. Townlands were often traditionally divided into smaller units called quarters, but these subdivisions are not legally defined. For religious administration, the county was divided into parishes. The barony boundaries and the parish boundaries were not connected.

List

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Creation date is sometimes specified as an upper bound (and possibly a lower bound) rather than the precise year:

  • "By 1672" indicates baronies depicted in Hiberniae Delineatio, "Perry's Atlas",[12] engraved in 1671-2 by William Petty from the data of the Down Survey.[13] This delimited all, and described most, of the baronies then extant.[14]
County Name Irish name Date Area
(acres, 1872)[A]
Notes
Kilkenny Callan Irish: Callainn[Callan 1] Created by 1841[10] 5,653 acres (2,288 ha) Note[Callan]
Kilkenny Crannagh or Crannach Irish: Crannach[15] By 1672 5,653 acres (2,288 ha) Note[Crannagh Note]
Kilkenny Fassadinin or Fassadining Irish: Fásach an Deighnín[16] By 1672 68,174 acres (27,589 ha) Note[Fassadining]
Kilkenny Galmoy Irish: Gabhalmhaigh[17] By 1672 40,236 acres (16,283 ha) Note[Galmoy]
Kilkenny Gowran Irish: Gabhrán[18] By 1672 111,706 acres (45,206 ha) Note[Gowran]
Kilkenny Ida, or Ida, Igrinn and Iberchon Irish: Uí Dheá[19] By 1672 60,132 acres (24,335 ha) Note[Ida]
Kilkenny Iverk Irish: Uíbh Eirc[20] By 1672 40,528 acres (16,401 ha) Note[Iverk]
Kilkenny Kells Irish: Ceanannas[21] By 1672 38,376 acres (15,530 ha) Note[Kells]
Kilkenny/Waterford Kilculliheen[Kilculliheen Note] Irish: Cill Choilchín[22] By 1848[23] 2,139 acres (866 ha) Note[Kilculliheen]
Kilkenny Kilkenny Irish: Cill Chainnigh[24] 1610 921 acres (373 ha) Note[Kilkenny]
Kilkenny Knocktopher Irish: Cnoc an Tóchair[25] By 1672 46,765 acres (18,925 ha) Note[Knocktopher]
Kilkenny Shillelogher Irish: Síol Fhaolchair[26] By 1672 36,684 acres (14,845 ha) Note[Shillelogher]
A 1872 House of Commons report.[27]

Former baronies

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The Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Act 1840 (3 & 4 Vict. c.108) separated the rural hinterland or "liberties" from some of the counties corporate, restricting their jurisdiction to the relevant municipal town, borough, or city. The Counties and Boroughs (Ireland) Act 1840 (3 & 4 Vict. c.109) provided that the rural area would form a new barony of the adjacent county until the county Grand Jury should decide to allocate it to an existing barony. The reallocation happened quickly in some cases, slower in others.[28]

County Barony Created Abolished Absorbed/Split into Notes
Kilkenny Igrin By 15th century By 1672 Ida Ida was earlier called "Ida, Igrin, and Ibercon"[29]
Kilkenny Ibercon By 15th century By 1672 Ida Ida was earlier called "Ida, Igrin, and Ibercon"[29]
Kilkenny Lower Ossory By 15th century By 1672 Fassadining
Kilkenny Kilkenny liberties 1840 c.1840 Made by the 1840 Act from the portion of the County of the City of Kilkenny outside the borough of Kilkenny[30] Kilkenny Liberties map in Down Survey.[31]

See also

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Notes

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Callan

a. ^ Barony of Callan Irish: Callainn[a 1] is a barony of 5,653 acres (2,288 ha) in County Kilkenny. Named after Callan town. Marked as "Callen Liberties" map in Down Survey,[a 2] but 1836 Act states the "town or liberties of Callan to be a barony of the county of Kilkenny for purposes of presentments."[a 3][10]

  1. ^ "Callainn/Callan". logainm.ie. Goverment of Ireland.
  2. ^ Down Survey Project. "Callan Liberties Map". downsurvey.tcd.ie. The Down Survey Project.
  3. ^ 6 & 7 Will.IV c.116 §154
Crannagh

b. ^ Barony of Crannagh or Crannach[10] (Irish: Crannach)[b 1] is a barony, by 1672, of 58,675 acres (23,745 ha) in County Kilkenny. Cranagh map in Down Survey.[b 2]

  1. ^ "Crannach/Crannagh". logainm.ie. Goverment of Ireland.
  2. ^ Down Survey Project. "Cranagh Map". downsurvey.tcd.ie. The Down Survey Project.
Fassadining

c. ^ Fassadinin or Fassadining[10] (Irish: Crannach)[c 1] is a barony of 68,174 acres (27,589 ha) Fassadining map in Down Survey.[c 2] By 1672

  1. ^ "Crannach/Fassadining". logainm.ie. Goverment of Ireland.
  2. ^ Down Survey Project. "Fassadining Map". downsurvey.tcd.ie. The Down Survey Project.
Galmoy

d.^ Galmoy (Irish: Gabhalmhaigh)[d 1] was, by 1672, a barony of 40,236 acres (16,283 ha) in County Kilkenny. Galmoy map in Down Survey.[d 2]

  1. ^ "Gabhalmhaigh/Galmoy". logainm.ie. Goverment of Ireland.
  2. ^ Down Survey Project. "Galmoy Map". downsurvey.tcd.ie. The Down Survey Project.
Gowran

e. ^ Gowran (Irish: Gabhrán)[j 1] was, by 1672, a barony of 111,706 acres (45,206 ha) in County Kilkenny. Named after Gowran village. Gowran map in Down Survey.[j 2]

  1. ^ "Gabhrán/Gowran". logainm.ie. Goverment of Ireland.
  2. ^ Down Survey Project. "Galmoy Map". downsurvey.tcd.ie. The Down Survey Project.
Ida

f. ^ Ida, or Ida, Igrinn and Iberchon Uí Dheá[19] was, by 1672, a barony of 60,132 acres (24,335 ha) in County Kilkenny. Ida, Igrinn and Iberchon include on Down Map[f 1] Now also partly in Wexford. Ida, Igrinn and Iberchon include on Down Map[f 1] Now also partly in Wexford.

  1. ^ a b Down Survey Project. "Galmoy Map". downsurvey.tcd.ie. The Down Survey Project.
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Iverk

g. ^ Iverk (Irish: Uíbh Eirc)[g 1] was, by 1672, a barony of 40,528 acres (16,401 ha) in County Kilkenny. Iverk map in Down Survey.[g 2] Iverk map in Down Survey.[g 2]

  1. ^ "Uíbh Eirc/Ida". logainm.ie. Goverment of Ireland.
  2. ^ a b Down Survey Project. "Galmoy Map". downsurvey.tcd.ie. The Down Survey Project.
Kells

h. ^ Kells (Irish: Ceanannas)[h 1] was, by 1672, a barony of 38,376 acres (15,530 ha) in County Kilkenny. Kells map in Down Survey.[h 2] By 1672

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  2. ^ Down Survey Project. "Kells Map". downsurvey.tcd.ie. The Down Survey Project.
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Kilkenny

i. ^ Kilkenny Cill Chainnigh[i 1] is a barony of 921 acres (373 ha) in County Kilkenny. Formerly a county corporate, the County of the city of Kilkenny[i 2][32]

  1. ^ "Cill Chainnigh/Kilkenny". logainm.ie. Goverment of Ireland.
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Kilculliheen

j. ^ Barony of Kilculliheen (Irish: Cill Choilchín[j 1]) is a historic barony, by 1848, of 2,139 acres (866 ha) partly in County Kilkenny[j 1] and partly in Waterford City.[j 2] Historically, it has been transferred several times between the county of the city of Waterford and the counties of Kilkenny and Waterford. It now contains the only part of Waterford city on the left bank of the River Suir. The Parliamentary Gazetteer of 1846 states "as it lies on the left bank of the Suir, which, for the most part, divides co. Waterford from co. Kilkenny, most topographists mistakingly assign it to the barony of Ida, co. Kilkenny".[j 3] Originally a civil parish in the county of the city of Waterford, transferred to the county Kilkenny in 1840.[23] Its status as a barony separate from Gaultier was not recognised by the census until 1871.[33] It was transferred to County Kilkenny in 1898. It is now also partly in the city of Waterford. Of the barony's eleven townlands, five (Belmount, Ballinvoher, Newtown, Ballyrobin, and Rathculliheen[j 4]) are entirely in Kilkenny and six (Abbeylands, Christendom, Mountmisery, Mountsion, Newrath, and Rockshire[l 1][j 5]) are split between Kilkenny and Waterford. [j 6]

  1. ^ a b "Cill Choilchín/Kilculliheen". logainm.ie. Goverment of Ireland.
  2. ^ Kilculliheen (barony, Waterford)
  3. ^ "Kilculliheen". The Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland adapted to the new Poor-Law, Franchise, Municipal and Ecclesiastical arrangements ... as existing in 1844–45. Vol. II: D–M. Dublin: A. Fullarton & Co. 1846. p. 391.
  4. ^ townlands in Kilculliheen, Co Kilkenny
  5. ^ townlands in Kilculliheen, Co Waterford
  6. ^ "I.R. Uimh. 520/2003 — An tOrdú Logainmneacha (Contae Chill Chainnigh) 2003". p. Schedule, Section A (Administrative units): Chapter 3 (Baronies): Number 9.

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Knocktopher

k. ^ Knocktopher Cnoc an Tóchair[k 1] was, by 1672, a barony of 46,765 acres (18,925 ha) in County Kilkenny. Knocktopher map in Down Survey.[k 2] Named after Knocktopher village.

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  2. ^ Down Survey Project. "Knocktopher Map". downsurvey.tcd.ie. The Down Survey Project.
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Shillelogher

l. ^ Shillelogher Irish: Síol Fhaolchair[26] was, by 1672, a barony of 36,684 acres (14,845 ha) in County Kilkenny. Shillelogher map in Down Survey.[l 2]

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  2. ^ Down Survey Project. "Sheelogher Map". downsurvey.tcd.ie. The Down Survey Project.

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References

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  1. ^ (Joyce & Sullivan 1900, p. 164, Map of County Kilkenny)
  2. ^ a b "Baronies of County Kilkenny". logainm.ie. Goverment of Ireland.
  3. ^ (Goverment of Ireland 2003)
  4. ^ "Baronies of County Kilkenny". logainm.ie. Goverment of Ireland.
  5. ^ (Goverment of Ireland 2003) "Townlands of County Kilkenny". logainm.ie. Goverment of Ireland.
  6. ^ The older term shire was historically equivalent to 'county', the shire of Kilkenny apparently dates from before 1200, as remnants of Strongbow's palatine county in Leinster. Sir John Davies wrote in 'Discovery of the true causes why Ireland was never entirely subdued' - True it is that King John made twelve shires in Leinster and Munster—namely, Dublin, Kildare, Meath, Urial or Louth, Catherlogh, Kilkenny, Wexford, Waterford, Cork, Limerick, Kerry, and Tipperary. Yet these counties did stretch no further than the lands of the English colonies did extend.
  7. ^ a b (Nolan & Whelan 1990, pp. 75–97) Empey (1990). "County Kilkenny in the Anglo-Norman period". In Nolan, William; Whelan, Kevin (eds.). Kilkenny: History and Society. Dublin: Geography Publications. pp. 75–97. ISBN 9780906602133.
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  9. ^ 6 & 7 Will.IV c.116 §154
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  11. ^ "Homepage of The Down Survey Project". downsurvey.tcd.ie.
  12. ^ Petty, Sir William (1685). Hiberniae Delineatio: Atlas of Ireland. Frank Graham. ISBN 9780900409301.
  13. ^ Down Survey Project. "County Kilkenny Map". downsurvey.tcd.ie.
  14. ^ (Ó Domhnaill 1943, p. 381–392)
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  23. ^ a b Return of counties, cities and towns in Ireland of which valuation has been completed. Command papers. Vol. 71 (1) HC No.487. HMSO. 5 July 1848. p. 5.
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  27. ^ (House of Commons 1872)
  28. ^ Parliamentary gazetteer of Ireland Vol.I p.515
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  30. ^ Parliamentary gazetteer of Ireland, Vol.II pp.429–30
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