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Leitrim (County Galway barony)
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'''Leitrim''' ([[Irish language|Irish]]: ''Liatroim'') is a [[Barony (Ireland)|barony]] in the extreme south-east of [[County Galway]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]].<ref group="4" name="Leitrim"></ref> It is bounded, on the north, by the barony of Kilconnell; on the north-east by the barony of Longford; on the east by [[Lough Derg (Shannon)|Lough Derg]]; on the west by the barony of Loughrea; and to the north-west by the baronry of Athenry. It is 20 miles in length from north to south and is 9.5 miles in breadth.<ref group="2" name="Caherakilleen">[https://ift.tt/2q01Cxn The Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland, Volume 2, pg 614]</Ref> To the south lies a barony of the [[Leitrim (County Clare barony)|same name]] in [[County Clare]]. By the terms of the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898, land from the Galway barony was allocated to the newly created Clare barony. This effected a restitution to Clare of a part of the ancient Kingdom of [[Thomond]].<ref group="3" name="Thomond"></ref>
Settlements in the barony include Caherakilleen<ref group="4" name="Caherakilleen"></ref>, [[Mountshannon]], [[Tynagh]] and [[Whitegate, County Clare|Whitegate]].
==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 [[Gaels|Gaelic]] túath which had submitted to the Crown.
==Civil parishes==
There are 10 [[Civil parishes in Ireland|civil parishes]] in the barony.
* Ballynakill<ref group="4" name="Ballynakill"></ref>
* Kilcooly<ref group="4" name="Kilcooly"></ref>
* Kilmeen<ref group="4" name="Kilmeen"></ref> (Also partly in the barony of Loughrea)
* Killoran<ref group="4" name="Killoran"></ref> (Also partly in the baronies of Clonmacnowen and Longford)
* Kilreekill<ref group="4" name="Kilreekill"></ref>
* Kilteskill<ref group="4" name="Kilteskill"></ref>
* Duniry<ref group="4" name="Duniry"></ref> (Also partly in the barony of Longford)
* Leitrim<ref group="4" name="Leitrim CP"></ref>
* Abbeygormacan<ref group="4" name="Abbeygormacan"></ref>
* Tynagh<ref group="4" name="Tynagh"></ref>
Two parishes, Clonrush<ref group="4" name="Clonrush"></ref> and Inishcaltra<ref group="4" name="Inishcaltra"></ref> were transferred from the barony in 1898 to the newly created barony of the same name - [[Leitrim (County Clare barony)|Leitrim]].
==Physical geography==
The highest peak in the barony is the Scalp (380m), part of the [[Slieve Aughty]] range. [[Lough Derg (Shannon)|Lough Derg]] forms the barony's eastern boundary. Three rivers flow in an easterly direction to the Lough; from north to south they are the Cappagh, the Woodford and the Coos. The mines at Tynagh were a source of lead and zinc from the 1960s until their closure in 1981.
The [[R353 road (Ireland)|R353]] [[Regional road (Ireland)|regional road]] bisects the barony from east to west. At the northern end is the [[N65 road (Ireland)|N65]] national road.
==References==
From Irish Manuscripts, Public Records Office of Ireland
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From :
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From The Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland
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[[Category:Baronies of County Galway]]
Settlements in the barony include Caherakilleen<ref group="4" name="Caherakilleen"></ref>, [[Mountshannon]], [[Tynagh]] and [[Whitegate, County Clare|Whitegate]].
==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 [[Gaels|Gaelic]] túath which had submitted to the Crown.
==Civil parishes==
There are 10 [[Civil parishes in Ireland|civil parishes]] in the barony.
* Ballynakill<ref group="4" name="Ballynakill"></ref>
* Kilcooly<ref group="4" name="Kilcooly"></ref>
* Kilmeen<ref group="4" name="Kilmeen"></ref> (Also partly in the barony of Loughrea)
* Killoran<ref group="4" name="Killoran"></ref> (Also partly in the baronies of Clonmacnowen and Longford)
* Kilreekill<ref group="4" name="Kilreekill"></ref>
* Kilteskill<ref group="4" name="Kilteskill"></ref>
* Duniry<ref group="4" name="Duniry"></ref> (Also partly in the barony of Longford)
* Leitrim<ref group="4" name="Leitrim CP"></ref>
* Abbeygormacan<ref group="4" name="Abbeygormacan"></ref>
* Tynagh<ref group="4" name="Tynagh"></ref>
Two parishes, Clonrush<ref group="4" name="Clonrush"></ref> and Inishcaltra<ref group="4" name="Inishcaltra"></ref> were transferred from the barony in 1898 to the newly created barony of the same name - [[Leitrim (County Clare barony)|Leitrim]].
==Physical geography==
The highest peak in the barony is the Scalp (380m), part of the [[Slieve Aughty]] range. [[Lough Derg (Shannon)|Lough Derg]] forms the barony's eastern boundary. Three rivers flow in an easterly direction to the Lough; from north to south they are the Cappagh, the Woodford and the Coos. The mines at Tynagh were a source of lead and zinc from the 1960s until their closure in 1981.
The [[R353 road (Ireland)|R353]] [[Regional road (Ireland)|regional road]] bisects the barony from east to west. At the northern end is the [[N65 road (Ireland)|N65]] national road.
==References==
From Irish Manuscripts, Public Records Office of Ireland
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From :
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From The Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland
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[[Category:Baronies of County Galway]]
October 14, 2018 at 11:44PM
