Ballaghkeen North

Ballaghkeen North
*An Bealach Caoin Thuaidh* (Irish)
Ballaghkeen North An Bealach Caoin Thuaidh (Irish)
Barony
	Derelict barns north of Clonevan
	Barony map of County Wexford, 1900; Ballaghkeen North barony is in the east, coloured yellow.
	Ballaghkeen North
	Coordinates: 52°38′N6°16′W / 52.64°N 6.26°W
Sovereign state	Ireland
Province	Leinster
County	Wexford
Area
• Total	183.8 km2 (71.0 sq mi)

Last updated November 28, 2024

Ballaghkeen North (Irish : An Bealach Caoin Thuaidh) is a historical barony in eastern County Wexford, Ireland.

History

The barony takes its name from Ballaghkeen (The Ballagh), a village in Ballaghkeen South. The McMurphys of Uí Felmeda Thes ("Southern Descendants of Felmed") are noted very early here. The Síol Mella sept of the Ui Cheinnselaig, as well as the Cenel Cobthaig, were also there.^[3]

The single barony of Ballaghkeen was created in 1606; it was divided into north and south some time before 1868.^[4]^[5]

Geography

Ballaghkeen North is in the northeastern coastal part of the county.^[6]

List of settlements

Settlements within the historical barony of Ballaghkeen North include:^[7]

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References

↑ 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.
↑ "The Baronies of Ireland - History". 17 July 2019. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019.
↑ O'Dowd, M. (1987). "English conquest of an Irish barony: the changing patterns of land ownership in the barony of Scarawalsh 1540–1640". In Whelan, Kevin; Nolan, William (eds.). Wexford: history and society : interdisciplinary essays on the history of an Irish count y. Geography Publications. pp. 122–149: 123. ISBN 9780906602065.
↑ House of Commons paper No.466 of 1868, p.85
↑ "Ballaghkeen North (Bar.) - Offaly Archives". www.offalyarchives.com.
↑ "Sub-units of: An Bealach Caoin Thuaidh/Ballaghkeen North". logainm.ie.

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[1] 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.

[2] 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.

[auto-3] "The Baronies of Ireland - History". 17 July 2019. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019.

[ODowd1987-4] O'Dowd, M. (1987). "English conquest of an Irish barony: the changing patterns of land ownership in the barony of Scarawalsh 1540–1640". In Whelan, Kevin; Nolan, William (eds.). Wexford: history and society : interdisciplinary essays on the history of an Irish count y. Geography Publications. pp. 122–149: 123. ISBN 9780906602065.

[Ballaghkeen1868-5] House of Commons paper No.466 of 1868, p.85

[6] "Ballaghkeen North (Bar.) - Offaly Archives". www.offalyarchives.com.

[7] "Sub-units of: An Bealach Caoin Thuaidh/Ballaghkeen North". logainm.ie.

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