Shanid
Shanid
Seanaid (Irish) | |
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 Barony map of County Limerick, 1900; Shanid is in the northwest, coloured orange. | |
  Shanid Location within Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°31′N 9°09′W / 52.51°N 9.15°W | |
| Sovereign state | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | Limerick |
| Area | |
• Total | 340.2 km2 (131.4 sq mi) |
Shanid (Irish: Seanaid) is a historical barony in northwest County Limerick, Ireland.[1][2]
Baronies were mainly cadastral rather than administrative units.[3] They acquired modest local taxation and spending functions in the 19th century before being superseded by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898.[4][5]
History
[edit]Shanid was anciently the seat of the Uí Chonaill Gabhra, part of the Uí Fidgenti.[6] After the Norman conquest of Ireland, Shanid Castle and the surrounding area came to the Knights of Glin, who used the war-cry "Shanid Abú," 'Shanid forever'.[7][8] Shanid barony was created in 1841, being broken off from Connello Lower.[9] It was named for Shanid Castle;[10] the placename is of unclear meaning, first recorded in Cogad Gáedel re Gallaib (early 12th century) as Senatibh.[11][12]
The Shanid Historical Society was established in 2010.[13]
Geography
[edit]Shanid is in the northwest of the county, south of the Shannon Estuary and bordering County Kerry to the west.
List of settlements
[edit]Settlements within the historical barony of Shanid include:[14]
References
[edit]- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Shanid". 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.
- ↑ "Ui Conaill Gabhra - Irish Names and Surnames". www.libraryireland.com.
- ↑ "Shanid a Boo". The Irish Aesthete. 8 July 2013.
- ↑ "The Baronies of Ireland - History". 17 July 2019. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Shanid Castle, Co.Limerick". humphrysfamilytree.com.
- ↑ "Seanaid/Shanid". logainm.ie.
- ↑ Cogadh Gaedhel Re Gallaibh: The War of the Gaedhil with the Gaill: Or, The Invasions of Ireland by the Danes and Other Norsemen. (2012:xli). United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
- ↑ "What Is The Shanid Historical Society About". 19 March 2014.
- ↑ "Sub-units of: Seanaid/Shanid". logainm.ie.