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

This is a list of the baronies of County Kilkenny, Ireland. The county is subdivided into 12 baronies, 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. There are more than 140 civil parishes and 1600 townlands (See List of townlands in County Kilkenny).

History

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. Before 1200, William Marshal began the organisation of Leinster, by dividing it into four regions, governed from Wexford, Carlow, Kildare and Kilkenny. 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. 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. It additionally included the Liberties of Kilkenny and of Callan. 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" The Down Survey of Ireland was taken in the years 1656-1658. By the 19th century these were restructured into the baronies of Callan, Crannagh, Fassadinin, Galmoy, Gowran, Ida, Iverk, Kells, Knocktopher, Shillelogher. 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

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", engraved in 1671-2 by William Petty from the data of the Down Survey. This delimited all, and described most, of the baronies then extant.

County	Name	Irish name	Date	Area (acres, 1872)[A]	Notes
Kilkenny	Callan	Irish: Callainn	Created by 1841	5,653 acres (2,288 ha)	Note[Callan]
Kilkenny	Crannagh or Crannach	Irish: Crannach	By 1672	5,653 acres (2,288 ha)	Note[Crannagh Note]
Kilkenny	Fassadinin or Fassadining	Irish: Fásach an Deighnín	By 1672	68,174 acres (27,589 ha)	Note[Fassadining]
Kilkenny	Galmoy	Irish: Gabhalmhaigh	By 1672	40,236 acres (16,283 ha)	Note[Galmoy]
Kilkenny	Gowran	Irish: Gabhrán	By 1672	111,706 acres (45,206 ha)	Note[Gowran]
Kilkenny	Ida, or Ida, Igrinn and Iberchon	Irish: Uí Dheá	By 1672	60,132 acres (24,335 ha)	Note[Ida]
Kilkenny	Iverk	Irish: Uíbh Eirc	By 1672	40,528 acres (16,401 ha)	Note[Iverk]
Kilkenny	Kells	Irish: Ceanannas	By 1672	38,376 acres (15,530 ha)	Note[Kells]
Kilkenny/Waterford	Kilculliheen[Kilculliheen Note]	Irish: Cill Choilchín	By 1848	2,139 acres (866 ha)	Note[Kilculliheen]
Kilkenny	Kilkenny	Irish: Cill Chainnigh	1610	921 acres (373 ha)	Note[Kilkenny]
Kilkenny	Knocktopher	Irish: Cnoc an Tóchair	By 1672	46,765 acres (18,925 ha)	Note[Knocktopher]
Kilkenny	Shillelogher	Irish: Síol Fhaolchair	By 1672	36,684 acres (14,845 ha)	Note[Shillelogher]

A 1872 House of Commons report.

Former baronies

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.

County	Barony	Created	Abolished	Absorbed/Split into	Notes
Kilkenny	Igrin	By 15th century	By 1672	Ida	Ida was earlier called "Ida, Igrin, and Ibercon"
Kilkenny	Ibercon	By 15th century	By 1672	Ida	Ida was earlier called "Ida, Igrin, and Ibercon"
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 Kilkenny Liberties map in Down Survey.

See also

• List of baronies of Ireland
• List of townlands of County Kilkenny
• List of Irish Local Government Areas 1900 - 1921

Notes

Callan

a. ^{^} Barony of Callan Irish: Callainn 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, but 1836 Act states the "town or liberties of Callan to be a barony of the county of Kilkenny for purposes of presentments."

Crannagh

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

Fassadining

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

Galmoy

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

Gowran

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

Ida

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

Iverk

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

Kells

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

Kilkenny

i. ^{^} Kilkenny Cill Chainnigh is a barony of 921 acres (373 ha) in County Kilkenny. Formerly a county corporate, the County of the city of Kilkenny

Kilculliheen

j. ^{^} Barony of Kilculliheen (Irish: Cill Choilchín) is a historic barony, by 1848, of 2,139 acres (866 ha) partly in County Kilkenny and partly in Waterford City. 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". Originally a civil parish in the county of the city of Waterford, transferred to the county Kilkenny in 1840. Its status as a barony separate from Gaultier was not recognised by the census until 1871. 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) are entirely in Kilkenny and six (Abbeylands, Christendom, Mountmisery, Mountsion, Newrath, and Rockshire) are split between Kilkenny and Waterford.

Knocktopher

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

Shillelogher

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

References

• Ó Domhnaill, Séan (1943). "The Maps of the Down Survey". Irish Historical Studies. 3 (12). Irish Historical Studies Publications: 381–392. doi:10.1017/S0021121400036221. JSTOR 30006012.
• House of Commons (8 March 1872). Counties of cities, &c. (Ireland). (Area, population, &c.) Return showing the area, population, and valuation of the several counties of cities, counties of towns, baronies, and half baronies, in Ireland, and also of all towns, townships, and other districts in Ireland, subject to the provisions of local and personal acts (PDF). House of Commons Parliamentary Papers. Vol. 96. for the Marquis of Hartington. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
• Joyce, P. W. (Patrick Weston); Sullivan, A. M. (Alexander Martin) (1900). Atlas and cyclopedia of Ireland (PDF). New York : Murphy & McCarthy. p. 164.
• Tighe, William (1802), Statistical Observations relative to the County of Kilkenny (PDF), Dublin: Graisberry and Campbell, OCLC 65239312.
• Clarkson, L.A.; Kennedy, L.; Crawford, E.M.; Dowling, M.W. (12 November 1997). "Notes on Baronies of Ireland 1821–1891" (PDF). Database of Irish Historical Statistics : Religion, 1861–1911. UK Data Archive.
• Nolan, William; Whelan, Kevin, eds. (1990). Kilkenny: History and Society. Dublin: Geography Publications. ISBN 9780906602133.
• Fiontar (2008). "Placenames Database of Ireland". logainm.ie. Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs of the Government of Ireland.
• Goverment of Ireland (2003). "I.R. Uimh. 520/2003 -An tOrdú Logainmneacha (Contae Chill Chainnigh) 2003". www.irishstatutebook.ie.

Further Reading

• Beaufort, Daniel Augustus (1792). Memoir of a map of Ireland. London: W. Faden, J. Debrett, and James Edwards. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
• Clarkson, L.A.; L. Kennedy; E.M. Crawford; M.W. Dowling (12 November 1997). "Notes on Baronies of Ireland 1821–1891" (PDF). Database of Irish Historical Statistics : Religion, 1861–1911. UK Data Archive. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
• Petty, William (1851). Thomas Aiskew Larcom (ed.). History of the Cromwellian survey of Ireland, A.D. 1655-6: commonly called "The down survey". Dublin: Irish Archaeological and Celtic Society.
• Prendergast, John Patrick (1868). The Cromwellian settlement of Ireland. New York City: P. M. Haverty.
• Smith, Charles (1774). The ancient and present state of the county and city of Waterford (2nd ed.). Dublin.
• The Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland adapted to the new Poor-Law, Franchise, Municipal and Ecclesiastical arrangements ... as existing in 1844–45. Dublin: A. Fullarton & Co. 1846. Vol. I: A–C, Vol. II: D–M, Vol. III: N–Z
• No. 205A: Accounts, presented to the House of Commons, of the Presentments passed by the Grand Juries of Ireland at the Spring and Summer Assizes, in the Year 1807. House of Commons papers 1808. London. May–July 1808. Retrieved 22 March 2010.
• "IV Returns from Secretaries to Grand Juries". No.466: County Surveyors &c (Ireland). Accounts and papers of the House of Commons. Vol. 16. for Chichester Fortescue. House of Commons. 21 July 1868. Retrieved 23 March 2010.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

External links

• Praeger, Robert Lloyd. "Itineraries and accompanying maps". www.botanicgardens.ie.
• Barony Map of Ireland by Dennis Walsh
• http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlkik/ihm/barony-map-leinster.htm Barony Map of the Leinster Region] by Dennis Walsh
• Down Survey Project. "County Kilkenny". downsurvey.tcd.ie. The Down Survey Project.