East Shelmaliere
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East Shelmaliere
Síol Maoluír Thoir (Irish) | |
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 Barony map of County Wexford, 1900; East Shelmaliere barony is in the southwest, coloured yellow. | |
  East Shelmaliere | |
| Coordinates: 52°23′N 6°28′W / 52.38°N 6.46°W | |
| Sovereign state | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | Wexford |
| Area | |
• Total | 203.6 km2 (78.6 sq mi) |
East Shelmaliere, also called Shelmaliere East, (Irish: Síol Maoluír Thoir) is a historical barony in southwest County Wexford, Ireland.[1][2]
Baronies were mainly cadastral rather than administrative units. They acquired modest local taxation and spending functions in the 19th century before being superseded by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898.[3][4]
History
[edit]The barony takes its name from the local tribe, the Síl Máel Uidir, "Seed of Bald Uidir."[5][1][6]
Geography
[edit]East Shelmaliere is in the south of the county, west of the River Slaney and north of Wexford Harbour.[7]
List of settlements
[edit]Settlements within the historical barony of East Shelmaliere include:[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Síol Maoluír Thoir/Shelmaliere East". logainm.ie.
- ^ https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/site/474/mount-anna-shelmaliere-east-kilpatrick-mountanna
- ^ General Register Office of Ireland (1904). "Alphabetical index to the baronies of Ireland". Census of Ireland 1901: General topographical index. Command papers. Vol. Cd. 2071. HMSO. pp. 966–978.
- ^ Office, Ireland Public Record (12 February 1891). "Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records and of the Keeper of the State Papers in Ireland: Presented to Both Houses of the Oireachtas". Stationery Office. – via Google Books.
- ^ Ruprecht Fadem, M. E. (2019:29). Silence and Articulacy in the Poetry of Medbh McGuckian. United States: Lexington Books.
- ^ Peritia: Journal of the Medieval Academy of Ireland. (1984:557). Ireland: Medieval Academy of Ireland.
- ^ "Shelmaliere West". www.townlands.ie.
- ^ "Shelmaliere East". www.townlands.ie.