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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]
Retrieved 18 February 2019. In 1412, Henry IV issued a charter uniting them into one borough, which was granted county status and full independence from both counties. Drogheda was followed by Dublin (1548), Carrickfergus (1569), Waterford (1574), Cork (1608), Limerick and Kilkenny (both 1609) and Galway (1610).
Condons and Clangibbon. Barony map of County Cork, 1900; Condons and Clangibbon barony is in the northeast, coloured peach. Condons and Clangibbon (Irish: Condúnaigh agus Clann Ghiobúin) [1] is a historical barony in County Cork, Ireland. [2][3]
1958–1979, 1979–1997, 1997–2010, 2010–2024, 2024–present) Baronets. Baronetcies. The peerage is the collective term for all those holding titles of nobility of all degrees. The term superseded the term baronage used of the feudal era. A barony is a rank or dignity of a man or a woman who is a participant of a small rank of a British ...
Costello[1] is one of the ancient baronies of Ireland. Unusually for an Irish barony, it straddles two counties: County Mayo and County Roscommon. It comprises the modern day districts of Kilkelly, Kilmovee, Killeagh, Kilcolman, and Castlemore. Prior to the Norman conquest of Ireland, the area was called Sliabh Lugha and was ruled by the Ó ...
There were 14 baronies in County Down: [1][2] Ards Lower. Ards Upper. Castlereagh Lower. Castlereagh Upper. Dufferin. Iveagh Lower, Lower Half. Iveagh Lower, Upper Half. Iveagh Upper, Lower Half.
Peerages and baronetcies of Britain and Ireland Extant All Dukes Dukedoms Marquesses Marquessates Earls Earldoms Viscounts Viscountcies Barons Baronies En, Sc, GB, Ir, UK (Law, Life: 1958–1979, 1979–1997, 1997–2010, 2010–2024, 2024–present) Baronets Baronetcies This page, one list of hereditary baronies, lists all baronies, extant, extinct, dormant, abeyant, or forfeit, in the ...
In Ireland, a feudal barony is a customary title of gentry. The person who holds an Irish feudal barony is always referred to as a baron. However, unlike peers in the British House of Lords, they did not necessarily hold a hereditary peerage title. As a result, feudal barons were not automatically entitled to seats in the Irish House of Lords ...