Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
By 1609. 69,279. Named after Castlerahan parish, ultimately from the ancient Castlera [c]han hillfort. Cavan. Clankee. Clann Chaoich[i 4] By 1609. 64,377. The name means "Caoch's clan"; Caoch (meaning "blind" or "squint") was the nickname of Niall mac Cathal na Beithí mac Annadh Ó Raghallaigh (died 1296).
King John signs Magna Carta at Runnymede in 1215, surrounded by his baronage.Illustration from Cassell's History of England, 1902.. In the kingdom of England, a feudal barony or barony by tenure was the highest degree of feudal land tenure, namely per baroniam (Latin for "by barony"), under which the land-holder owed the service of being one of the king's barons.
Barony map of County Cork, 1900; Condons and Clangibbon barony is in the northeast, coloured peach. Condons and Clangibbon. Coordinates: 52°13′26″N 8°12′24″W / 52.22383392976069°N 8.206543367043672°W / 52.22383392976069; -8.206543367043672. Sovereign state.
Barony (Ireland) In Ireland, a barony (Irish: barúntacht, plural barúntachtaí[1]) is a historical subdivision of a county, analogous to the hundreds into which the counties of England were divided. Baronies were created during the Tudor reconquest of Ireland, replacing the earlier cantreds formed after the original Norman invasion. [2]
Kells ( Irish: Ceanannas, meaning "head fort, seat or residence") is a barony in the south-west of County Kilkenny, Ireland. [4] [1] [5] It is one of 12 baronies in County Kilkenny. [1] The size of the barony is 155.6 square kilometres (60.1 sq mi). [3] There are 10 civil parishes in Kells, made up of 167 townlands. [4]
Iffa and Offa West ( Irish: Uíbh Eoghain agus Uíbh Fhathaidh Thiar) is a barony in County Tipperary, Ireland. This geographical unit of land is one of 12 baronies in County Tipperary. Its chief town is Cahir. The barony lies between Clanwilliam to the north-west (whose chief town is Tipperary ), Middle Third to the north-east (whose chief ...
Ida ( Irish: Uí Dheá [3] [4]) is a barony in the south-east of County Kilkenny, Ireland. [1] [5] Ida is made up of 16 civil parishes containing 191 townlands, it is one of 12 baronies in the County. [3] [6] The barony is 249.8 square kilometres (96.4 sq mi) in size, with highest point at Tory Hill. [7] The chief town is Slieveroe. [8]
Fassadinin (Irish: Fásach an Deighnín, meaning 'Wilderness along the 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 ...