Frenchpark (barony)
{{Short description|Barony (land unit) in County Roscommon, Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Use Irish English|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Frenchpark
| native_name = Dún Gar (Irish)
| settlement_type = Barony
| image_skyline =The Douglas Hyde Centre - geograph.org.uk - 167252.jpg
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| image_caption = Douglas Hyde Centre, near Frenchpark
| image_map =Baronies of Roscommon.jpg
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| map_caption = Barony map of County Roscommon, 1900; Frenchpark is coloured yellow, in the northwest.
| subdivision_type = Sovereign state
| subdivision_name = Ireland
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Connacht
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = Roscommon
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| area_total_km2 = 288.15
| area_total_sq_mi =111.25
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Frenchpark ({{Langx|ga|Dún Gar}}{{cite web|url=https://www.logainm.ie/en/221|title=Dún Gar/Frenchpark|website=Logainm.ie}}) is a barony in County Roscommon, Ireland.
Etymology
Frenchpark barony is named after Frenchpark town, which takes its name from the French (ffrench) family, powerful in the area from the 17th century onward, after Dominick French was granted {{Convert|5000|acre|km2|abbr=on}} in the area in 1666.{{cite web|url=http://landedestates.nuigalway.ie/LandedEstates/jsp/estate-show.jsp?id=554|title=Estate Record: French /ffrench (Frenchpark)|website=landedestates.nuigalway.ie}} The town was previously called Dún Gar, "hillfort of favour."
The Holder of the Barony of Frenchpark is today Michel Pilette Vlug of Kinnear , Baron of Kinnear
Geography
Frenchpark barony is located in the northwest of County Roscommon, south of Lough Gara.
History
This region was originally disputed between Magh Luirg and Airtech.{{cite web|url=https://www.ucd.ie/tlh/trans/rib.eriu.8.001.t.text.html|title=The Battle of Airtech - Translation [text]|website=www.ucd.ie}} A sept of the Cíarraige were early lords of Airteach, which was later taken by the McDonaghs. The O'Flanagans here were hereditary stewards to the Kings of Connacht.{{cite web |url=http://sites.rootsweb.com/~irlkik/ihm/baronie4.htm |title=Ireland's History in Maps: The Baronies of Ireland |website=Rootsweb |access-date=29 December 2018 |archive-date=6 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606154830/http://sites.rootsweb.com/~irlkik/ihm/baronie4.htm |url-status=dead }}{{Unreliable source?|date=June 2021}}
Frenchpark barony was originally part of the Boyle barony; it was divided off, then lost two townlands to Roscommon barony and gained six from County Mayo in the Boundary Survey (Ireland) Act 1859.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9rblf03SdkYC&q=frenchpark+barony&pg=PA271|title=The Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland: Adapted to the New Poor-law, Franchise, Municipal and Ecclesiastical Arrangements, and Compiled with a Special Reference to the Lines of Railroad and Canal Communication, as Existing in 1814-45|date=29 December 2018|publisher=A. Fullarton and Company|via=Google Books}} The Frenches later became Barons de Freyne.{{cite web|url=http://www.frenchfamilyassoc.com/FFA/CHARTSWEB/IREFa.htm|title=FFA Chart IREF, French Family of Frenchpark, Roscommon Co., Ireland|website=www.frenchfamilyassoc.com}}
List of settlements
Below is a list of settlements in Frenchpark barony:
References
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{{Roscommon-baronies}}
{{County Roscommon}}
Category:Baronies of County Roscommon
The Holder of the Barony of French Park is since more than 20 years , Michel Pilette of Kinnear , Baron of Kinnear , Arms registered by the Chief Herald of Ireland