Clanmahon
{{Short description|Barony in County Cavan, Ireland}}
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| name = Clanmahon
| native_name = Clann Mhathúna (Irish)
| settlement_type = Barony
| image_skyline = Micsin's Pub Kilcogy Co Cavan - panoramio.jpg
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| image_caption =Pub in Kilcogy, Clanmahon
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| map_caption = Barony map of County Cavan, 1900; Clanmahon is in the south, coloured yellow.
| 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 =79.95
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Clanmahon ({{Langx|ga|Clann Mhathúna}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.logainm.ie/en/9|title=Clann Mhathúna/Clanmahon|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 They acquired modest local taxation and spending functions in the 19th century before being superseded by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898.{{Cite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/40404101/drumloman-church-of-ireland-church-bracklagh-clanmahon-by-county-cavan|title=Drumloman Church of Ireland Church, BRACKLAGH (CLANMAHON BY.), CAVAN|website=Buildings of Ireland}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/40403111/legwee-bridge-corr-clanmahon-by-county-cavan|title=Legwee Bridge, CORR (CLANMAHON BY.), CAVAN|website=Buildings of Ireland}}{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QR86AQAAMAAJ&q=%22Clanmahon%22&pg=PA1804|title=Annala Rioghachta Eireann: 1501-1588|first=John|last=O'Donovan|date=23 February 1856|publisher=Hodges, Smith, and Company|via=Google Books}}
Etymology
Clanmahon takes its name from the Irish Clann Mathúna, originally Cloinne Mathghamhna, "Mathgamhain's tribe," the ruling Gaelic Irish dynasty in the area in the Middle Ages. The personal name Mathgamhain means "bear" and was a common name among warriors.
Geography
Clanmahon is the southern part of County Cavan, east of the River Erne and north of Lough Sheelin.
History
File:Breifne700AD.png in AD 700; Clanmahon is seen near to the "Cairpre Gabra" tribe.]]
The descendants of Tomas Mór O'Reilly, king of East Breifne 1384–92, were rulers of Clanmahon in the 15th century; Tomás was the son of Mathgamain Ua Raighillaigh. The Uí Shioradáin (O'Sheridans) were a vassal tribe.{{Cite web|url=http://sites.rootsweb.com/~irlkik/ihm/baronies.htm|title=The Baronies of Ireland - History|website=sites.rootsweb.com|access-date=23 February 2021|archive-date=17 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717210451/http://sites.rootsweb.com/~irlkik/ihm/baronies.htm|url-status=dead}} The Ua Raghallaigh (O'Reillys) were also powerful landowners until the 16th century.http://www.cavanlibrary.ie/file/Local-Studies/Library-Scanned-Docs/Breifny-Antiquarian-Society-Journal-1927-Vol-III-No-I.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}} According to the Annals of the Four Masters, in 1537, "The son of O'Reilly (Brian, the son of Farrell), a great loss in his own country, was slain by the people of the English Lord Justice
The barony of Clanmahon was created by 1609 in the Plantation of Ulster.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mee5AAAAIAAJ&q=%22Clanmahon%22|title=Land, Law and Society in Sixteenth Century Ireland: O'Donnell Lecture Delivered at University College Cork, May 1976|first=Kenneth W.|last=Nicholls|date=23 February 1978|publisher=National University of Dublin|via=Google Books}}
Clanmahon gives its name to Clanmahon Road, Donnycarney, Dublin; several streets in that area are named after Irish clans.http://www.makingofdublincity.com/dublin/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Volume-5.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}
List of settlements
Below is a list of settlements in Clanmahon: