Glenquin

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Glenquin

| native_name = Gleann an Choim (Irish)

| settlement_type = Barony

| image_skyline = Castles of Munster, Glenquin, Limerick. - geograph.org.uk - 1392716.jpg

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| image_caption = Glenquin Castle near Killeedy

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| map_caption = Barony map of County Limerick, 1900; Glenquin is in the southwest, coloured green.

| subdivision_type = Sovereign state

| subdivision_name = Ireland

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Munster

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Limerick

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| area_total_sq_mi =150.6

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Glenquin ({{irish place name|Gleann an Choim}}) is a historical barony in southwest County Limerick, Ireland.{{Cite web|url=https://www.logainm.ie/en/142|title=Gleann an Choim/Glenquin|website=logainm.ie}}

Baronies were mainly cadastral rather than administrative units.{{Cite web|url=https://landedestates.ie/barony/361|title=CoshleaBarony | Landed Estates | University of Galway|website=landedestates.ie}} They acquired modest local taxation and spending functions in the 19th century before being superseded by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898.{{cite book |author=General Register Office of Ireland |title=Census of Ireland 1901: General topographical index |chapter-url=http://www.histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/PageBrowser?path=Browse/Census%20(by%20date)/1901/Ireland&active=yes&mno=453&tocstate=expandnew&tocseq=3800&display=sections&display=tables&display=pagetitles&pageseq=first-nonblank |series=Command papers |volume=Cd. 2071 |year=1904 |publisher=HMSO |pages=966–978 |chapter=Alphabetical index to the baronies of Ireland}}{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ni0NAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Athlone+North%22++&pg=RA1-PA79|title=Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records and of the Keeper of the State Papers in Ireland: Presented to Both Houses of the Oireachtas|first=Ireland Public Record|last=Office|date=12 February 1891|publisher=Stationery Office.|via=Google Books}}

History

Glenquin was anciently part of the Uí Fidgenti (Uí Chonaill Gabra). Later, the Ó hAilgheanáin (O'Hallinans) ruled the area and built Glenquin Castle ({{irish place name|Gleann an Choim}}, "valley of the hollow") before being pushed out by the O'Briens.{{Cite web|url=http://sites.rootsweb.com/~irlkik/ihm/baronie4.htm|title=The Baronies of Ireland - History|date=17 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717210451/http://sites.rootsweb.com/~irlkik/ihm/baronie3.htm |archive-date=17 July 2019 }} It was formerly called Kyllyde hy Connil ("Killeedy of the O'Connells").Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society. (1899:11). Ireland: The Society.

Glenquin barony, named for the castle, was created in 1841; prior to that, it was part of Connello Upper.{{cite book |last=Wyndham-Quin |first=Caroline |author2=Edwin Richard W. Wyndham-Quin |title=Memorials of Adare manor; with historical notices of Adare|publisher=privately printed by Messrs Parker|location=Oxford|year=1865 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_IDUJAAAAQAAJ/page/n288 277] |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_IDUJAAAAQAAJ}}

Geography

Glenquin is in the southwest of the county, bordering County Kerry to its west; much of the border is formed by the River Feale. Glenquin is also bound by the Oolagh River to the north and the Mullaghareirk Mountains to the south, where it borders County Cork. It also contains the Allaghaun River and River Deel.{{Cite web|url=https://www.townlands.ie/limerick/glenquin/|title=Glenquin|website=www.townlands.ie}}

List of settlements

Settlements within the historical barony of Glenquin include:{{Cite web|url=https://www.logainm.ie/en/142/sub/ID|title=Sub-units of: Cois Máighe/Glenquin|website=logainm.ie}}

References

Category:Baronies of County Limerick