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Fermoy (barony)

{{short description|Barony in County Cork, Ireland}}

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Fermoy ({{langx|ga|Mainistir Fhear Maí}};[http://logainm.ie/45.aspx Fermoy (barony)] formerly also Armoy) is a historical barony in County Cork in Ireland.{{cite book |title=The Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland adapted to the new Poor-Law, Franchise, Municipal and Ecclesiastical arrangements ... as existing in 1844–45 |year=1846 |publisher=A. Fullarton & Co |location=Dublin |pages=205–6 |chapter=Fermoy

|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4iK5_B7W1xIC&q=fermoy&pg=PA205 |volume=II: D–F}} It is bordered by the baronies of Orrery and Kilmore to the north-west; Duhallow to the west; Barretts to the south-west; Barrymore to the south; Condons and Clangibbon to the east; and Coshlea, County Limerick to the north.{{cite book |last=Joyce |first=P.W. |title=Philips' Handy Atlas of the Counties of Ireland |publisher=George Philips & Son |location=London |date=c. 1880 |page=7 |chapter=County Cork |url=http://www.botanicgardens.ie/herb/census/philips/cork3.jpg |access-date=2013-06-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710014732/http://www.botanicgardens.ie/herb/census/philips/cork3.jpg |archive-date=2011-07-10 |url-status=dead }} It is bounded to the south by the Nagle Mountains and the valley of the Munster Blackwater. The Ballyhoura Mountains mark the northern boundary. A tributary of the Blackwater, the Awbeg has two branches in its upper stretches; one branch forms the northern boundary while the other near Buttevant, forms the western limit. To the east, lies another Blackwater tributary, the Funcheon. Anomalously, the namesake town of Fermoy is actually in the barony of Condons and Clangibbon.[http://logainm.ie/10133.aspx Fermoy (town)] The town with the greatest population in the former barony is Mallow (8,578 people per the 2006 census).

History

Baronies were created after the Norman invasion of Ireland as administrative divisions of counties. They have been administratively obsolete since 1898.

In some cases, a barony corresponds to an earlier Gaelic túath, and the túath of Fermoy was under the O'Keeffe family in Gaelic times. Following the Norman invasion, the territory was divided, with the part corresponding to the modern barony claimed by the Flemings and by marriage passing to the Roches, who were styled Lords of Fermoy or Viscount Fermoy, and for whom Castletownroche is named.{{cite book|last1=Smith |first1=Charles |last2=Croker |first2=Thomas Crofton|last3=Caulfield|first3=Richard |editor=Robert Day, W. A. Coppinger|title=The Ancient and Present State of the County and City of Cork.|chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/ancientandprese00caulgoog#page/n42/mode/2up|volume=I|year=1893|publisher=Guy & Co|location=Cork|pages=20–21|chapter=Ch.i}} The other part of the túath, which included the Cistercian abbey of Fermoy at the site of the later town, went to the Condon family, as reflected in the modern barony name of Condons and Clangibbon. In the 1660s, land in the barony was granted to Sir Richard Gethin, 1st Baronet.[https://landedestates.ie/family/141 Gethin], Landed Estates: Landed estates and historic houses in Connaught and Munster. Retrieved 29 January 2023.

Civil parishes and settlements

Settlements in the barony include

Ballindangan,

Ballydahin,

Ballyhooly,

Castletownroche,

Doneraile,

Glanworth,

Killavullen,

Knockraha,

Mallow,

Newtown Ballyhay,

New Twopothouse,[http://www.logainm.ie/Children.aspx?parentID=45&typeID=ID Fermoy: population centres]

and

Shanballymore;[http://www.logainm.ie/Children.aspx?parentID=45&typeID=B Fermoy: towns]

Civil parishes wholly or partly in the barony are:

Ardskeagh,

Ballydeloughy,

Ballyhay,

Ballyhooly,

Bridgetown,

Castletownroche,

Caherduggan,

Carrigdownane,

Carrigleamleary,

Clenor,

Derryvillane,

Doneraile,

Dunmahon,

Farahy,

Glanworth,

Imphrick,

Kilcrumper,

Kilcummer,

Kildorrery,

Kilgullane,

Killathy,

Killeenemer,

Kilquane,

Litter,

Mallow,

Monanimy,

Mourneabbey,

Rahan,

St. Nathlash,

Templeroan,

and

Wallstown.[http://www.logainm.ie/Children.aspx?parentID=45&typeID=GNE Fermoy: civil parishes]

See also

References

From {{cite web |url=http://www.logainm.ie/?uiLang=en |title=Irish placenames database |publisher=Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs |work=logainm.ie |language=en, ga |access-date=16 April 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100422232126/http://logainm.ie/?uiLang=en| archive-date= 22 April 2010 | url-status= live}}:

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From other sources:

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External links

  • {{cite web |url=http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlkik/ihm/barony-map-ireland.htm |title=Barony Map of Ireland |first=Dennis |last=Walsh |year=2003 |access-date=2007-02-13 }} Source given is "Ordnance survey".

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Category:Baronies of County Cork