Clankee
{{Short description|Barony in County Cavan, Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=March 2023}}
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| native_name = Clann Chaoich (Irish)
| settlement_type = Barony
| image_skyline = Country road, Drumad, Co. Cavan - geograph.org.uk - 863667.jpg
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| map_caption = Barony map of County Cavan, 1900; Clankee is in the east, coloured turquoise.
| subdivision_type = Sovereign state
| subdivision_name = Ireland
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Ulster
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = Cavan
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| area_total_sq_mi =100.59
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Clankee ({{Langx|ga|Clann Chaoich}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.logainm.ie/en/11|title=Clann Chaoich/Clankee|website=Logainm.ie}}) is a barony in County Cavan, Ireland. 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 They acquired modest local taxation and spending functions in the 19th century before being superseded by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898.{{Cite web|url=https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/40402815/laurel-mount-bracklin-clankee-by-bailieborough-county-cavan|title=Laurel Mount, BRACKLIN (CLANKEE BY.), BAILIEBOROUGH, CAVAN|website=Buildings of Ireland}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/40403515/shercock-road-annagh-clankee-by-kingscourt-county-cavan|title=Cabra Cottage, Shercock Road, ANNAGH (CLANKEE BY.), Kingscourt, CAVAN|website=Buildings of Ireland}}{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZFZHAQAAMAAJ&q=Clankee&pg=PA295|title=The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry when Cromwell Came to Ireland: Or, A Supplement to Irish Pedigrees|first=John|last=O'Hart|date=22 February 1892|publisher=Clearfield|via=Google Books}}
Etymology
The barony name means "Clan (family) of the one-eyed"; cáech ("blind in one eye") was the nickname of the local Ua Raghallaigh (O'Reilly) chieftain Niall O'Reilly, son of Cathal na Beithí, son of Annadh Ó Raghallaigh (died 1256).{{Cite web|url=https://www.libraryireland.com/IrishPlaceNames/Clankee.php|title=Clankee - Irish Place Names|website=www.libraryireland.com}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.dil.ie/7571|title=eDIL - Irish Language Dictionary|website=www.dil.ie}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/5070813/5066605/5098294|title=My Home District|website=dúchas.ie}}
The barony also is recorded under the name Clann Chaoich an Fheadha (Clankee of the lengths), Clann Chaoich Uachtarach (“Upper Clankee”) or Clann Chaoich na Seanchlainne (Clankee of the old family).
Geography
Clankee is the easternmost part of County Cavan, mostly woods, drumlins, lakes and bogs, bordering on County Monaghan and County Meath.{{Cite web|url=https://www.clanocleary.com/breffni/|title=Breffni – Clann Uí Chléirigh}}
History
File:Breifne700AD.png in AD 700; Clankee is seen near to the "Gailenga" tribe.]]
Clankee was formerly part of the territory of the Gailenga Móra. The MacTullys, McGargans, O’Clerys and O’Coyles were powerful families in the area.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gM8VrOjTtIIC&q=Clankee&pg=PA78|title=The Annals of Ireland: Translated from the Original Irish of the Four Masters|first1=Michael|last1=O'Clery|first2=Owen|last2=Connellan|date=22 February 1846|publisher=B. Geraghty|via=Google Books}} In 1471, a battle between the O’Reilly's and the O’Farrell's took place at Clankee in which the O’Reilly commander was killed and the Chief O’Farrell was taken prisoner.
The barony of Clankee was created by 1609 in the Plantation of Ulster; it was archaically spelled Clonky.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A04VAAAAYAAJ&q=castlerachan&pg=PA171|title=The confiscation of Ulster ... commonly called the Ulster plantation|first=Thomas|last=MacNevin|date=22 February 1846|publisher=J. Duffy|via=Google Books}}{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iBxLAAAAYAAJ&q=Clankee|title=The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland|first=Royal Society of Antiquaries of|last=Ireland|date=22 February 1909|publisher=The Society|via=Google Books}}{{Cite journal|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/25513941|title=Killan Old Church, County Cavan|author=Hall, Thomas|year=1908|journal=The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland|volume=38|issue=4|pages=334–343|jstor=25513941}}{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wdxDAAAAYAAJ&q=clonky&pg=PA455|title=The Present State of Great Britain, and Ireland,: Being a Complete Treatise of Their Religion, Policy, Manufactures, Customs, Government and Commerce. Of the Britons Original: Their Sciences, and Arts; Nobility and People, and Strength by Sea and Land. With a Large Description of London; and a Curious Abstract of Each King's Reign from Ecbert, to the End of George I. Also His Majesty's German Dominions, and Genealogy... To which are Added Lists of All the Offices in England, Scotland, and Ireland; with Their Whole Establishment, Civil, Military, and Ecclesiastical...|first=Guy|last=Miege|date=22 February 1745|publisher=J. Brotherton, G. Strahan, R. Ware, J. Clarke, C. Hitch, and J. Hodges|via=Google Books}}
List of settlements
Below is a list of settlements in Clankee: