Connello Lower
Connello Lower
Conallaigh Íochtaracha (Irish) | |
|---|---|
 The River Deel near Rathkeale | |
 Barony map of County Limerick, 1900; Connello Lower is in the northwest, coloured yellow. | |
  Connello Lower | |
| Coordinates: 52°32′N 8°58′W / 52.54°N 8.96°W | |
| Sovereign state | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | Limerick |
| Area | |
• Total | 193.6 km2 (74.7 sq mi) |
Connello Lower (Irish: Conallaigh Íochtaracha; sometimes Lower Connello,[1] and occasionally spelled Conello)[2] is a historical barony in northwest County Limerick, Ireland.[3][4][5]
Baronies were mainly cadastral rather than administrative units.[6] They acquired modest local taxation and spending functions in the 19th century before being superseded by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898.[7][8]
History
[edit]Originally western Limerick was a single vast barony known as Connello.[9][10] It was divided into Lower (northern) and Upper (southern) halves some time before 1821, and 1841 the western part of Connello Lower was made a separate barony, Shanid, while the western half of Connello Upper became the barony of Glenquin.[11]
The Connello Lower region was the anciently the possession of the Uí Chonaill Gabra, part of the Uí Fidgeinti; the name refers to an ancestor, Conall Gabra, "Conall of the White Horse."[12] The Connalla was the name of the Eóganachta cantred. The Ó Coileáin (Collins or Cullane) were lords of Connello until they moved to County Cork in the 13th century.[13]
Geography
[edit]Connello Lower is in the northwest of the county, south of the Shannon Estuary and incorporating the lower part of the River Deel's basin.[14]
List of settlements
[edit]Settlements within the historical barony of Connello Lower include:[15][16]
References
[edit]- ↑ "O'Collins Lords of Lower Connello, County Limerick". 10 July 2016.
- ↑ Hanley, Vincent (17 October 2017). "Early Divisions in Ireland – The Origins of our Counties, Baronies, Parishes and Townlands".
- ↑ "Connello Lower". www.townlands.ie.
- ↑ 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. (1846:215–6). Ireland: A. Fullarton and Company.
- ↑ "Connello Lower". www.townlands.ie.
- ↑ "CoshleaBarony | Landed Estates | University of Galway". landedestates.ie.
- ↑ General Register Office of Ireland (1904). "Alphabetical index to the baronies of Ireland". Census of Ireland 1901: General topographical index. Command papers. Vol. Cd. 2071. HMSO. pp. 966–978.
- ↑ Office, Ireland Public Record (12 February 1891). "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". Stationery Office. – via Google Books.
- ↑ Kenney, J. F. (1966:389). The Sources for the Early History of Ireland: Ecclesiastical: An Introduction and Guide. Ireland: Octagon Books.
- ↑ "Ui Conaill Gabhra - Irish Names and Surnames". www.libraryireland.com.
- ↑ Wyndham-Quin, Caroline; Edwin Richard W. Wyndham-Quin (1865). Memorials of Adare manor; with historical notices of Adare. Oxford: privately printed by Messrs Parker. pp. 277.
- ↑ "eDIL - Irish Language Dictionary". dil.ie.
- ↑ "The Baronies of Ireland - History". 17 July 2019. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019.
- ↑ "Connello Lower Barony | Landed Estates | University of Galway". landedestates.ie.
- ↑ "Sub-units of: Conallaigh Íochtaracha/Connello Lower". logainm.ie.
- ↑ https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/irl/LIM/land/ConnelloBarony