Ballaghkeen South

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Ballaghkeen South
An Bealach Caoin Theas (Irish)
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Barony map of County Wexford, 1900; Ballaghkeen barony is in the east, coloured yellow and not divided into north and south.
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Ballaghkeen South
Coordinates: 52°29′N6°25′W / 52.48°N 6.42°W / 52.48; -6.42
Sovereign state Ireland
Province Leinster
County Wexford
Area
  Total
203.6 km2 (78.6 sq mi)

Ballaghkeen South (Irish : An Bealach Caoin Theas) is a historical barony in southwest County Wexford, Ireland. [1]

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Baronies were mainly cadastral rather than administrative units. They acquired modest local taxation and spending functions in the 19th century before being superseded by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898. [2] [3]

History

The barony takes its name from Ballaghkeen (The Ballagh), a village in County Wexford. The McMurphys of Uí Felmeda Thes ("Southern Descendants of Felmed") are noted very early here. [4]

The single barony of Ballaghkeen was created in 1606; it was divided into north and south some time before 1868. [5] [6]

Geography

Ballaghkeen South is in the eastern coastal part of the county, east of the River Slaney and north of Shelmalier. [7]

List of settlements

Settlements within the historical barony of Ballaghkeen South include:

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References

  1. "Ballaghkeen South". www.townlands.ie.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. "The Baronies of Ireland - History". 17 July 2019. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019.
  5. 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.
  6. House of Commons paper No.466 of 1868, p.85
  7. "Shelmaliere West". www.townlands.ie.
  8. "Sub-units of: An Bealach Caoin Theas/Ballaghkeen South". logainm.ie.