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Ormond Lower (Irish: Urumhain Íochtarach) is one of the baronies of Ireland, an historical geographical unit of land. It is one of 14 baronies in the traditional county of Tipperary between the baronies of Ormond Upper to the south-east (whose chief town is Toomevara) and Owney and Arra to the south-west (whose chief town is Newport). As a landlocked "peninsula", it is surrounded on three sides by counties Galway and Offaly. The territory is currently administered by North Tipperary County Council and the county town of Nenagh is located in the barony.
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Legal context
Baronies were created after the Norman invasion of Ireland as subdivisions of counties and were used for administration. While baronies continue to be officially defined units, they have been administratively obsolete since 1898. However, they continue to be used in land registration and specification such as in planning permissions. In many cases, a barony corresponds to an earlier Gaelic túath which had submitted to the Crown.
Modern times
When County Tipperary was split into North and South Ridings in 1836, Ormond Lower was allocated to the north riding. However, the neighbouring barony of Kilnamanagh was split into Upper and Lower half-baronies, being allocated to the north and south ridings respectively.[1]
Towns, villages and townlands of the barony
Civil parishes
This table[2] lists an historical geographical sub-division of the barony known as the civil parish (not to be confused with an Ecclesiastical parish).
Name in Irish Name in English An tAonach Nenagh Ard Cróine Ardcrony Baile an Gharraí Ballingarry Baile Locha Caoin Loughkeen Buiríos Uí Chéin Borrisokane Cill Bharráin Kilbarron Cill Ó dTiarnáin Killodiernan Cill Ruáin Kilruane Cloch an Phrióra Cloughprior An Cnaoi Knigh Drom Inbhir Dromineer Dura Dorrha Eaglais Chlocháin Aglishcloghane Fionnú Finnoe Lothra Lorrha Maigh Drithne Modreeny Maigh Saotha Monsea Tír Dhá Ghlas Terryglass Uisceán Uskane Other villages and townlands
Abbeville, Ballysteena, Ballyquirk, Borrisokane, Cloughjordan (town), Cloghjordanpark (townland), Cowbawn, Crotta, Drumnamahane Island, Eminiska, Feigh West, Firgrove, Graigue, Islandwood, Johnstown, Killeen, Kilruane, Lehinch, Lorrha, Loughkeen, Modreeny, Mulinkeagh, Newtown, Newtown (Guest), Newtown (Hodgins), O’Meara’s Acres, Oxpark, Portland, Quakerstown, Richmond, Stoneyacre, Townfields, Uskane, Willsborough.
See also
- List of civil parishes of North Tipperary
External links
- Walsh, Dennis (2003). "Barony Map of Ireland". http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlkik/ihm/barony-map-ireland.htm. Retrieved 2007-02-13. Source given is "Ordnance survey".
References
- ^ Murphy, Donal A. (1994). The two Tipperarys: the national and local politics —devolution and self-determination— of the unique 1838 division into two ridings, and the aftermath. Regional studies in political and administrative history. 1. Relay. p. 71. ISBN 0946327149.
- ^ Database of Ireland - civil parishes.
Clanwilliam · Eliogarty · Iffa and Offa East · Iffa and Offa West · Ikerrin · Kilnamanagh Lower · Kilnamanagh Upper · Middle Third · Ormond Lower · Ormond Upper · Owney and Arra · Slievardagh ·
Other baronies of Ireland: complete list · by county Categories:- County Tipperary geography stubs
- Baronies of North Tipperary
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