Clankee

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Clankee
Clann Chaoich (Irish)
Barony
Country road, Drumad, Co. Cavan - geograph.org.uk - 863667.jpg
Country road in Clankee
Baronies of Cavan.jpg
Barony map of County Cavan, 1900; Clankee is in the east, coloured turquoise.
Sovereign state Ireland
Province Ulster
County Cavan
Area
 • Total260.52 km2 (100.59 sq mi)

Clankee (Irish : Clann Chaoich [1] ) is a barony in County Cavan, Ireland. 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 They acquired modest local taxation and spending functions in the 19th century before being superseded by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898.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] [4]

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Etymology

The barony name means "Clan (family) of the one-eyed"; cáech ("blind in one eye") was the nickname of the local Ua Raghallaigh (O'Reilly) chieftain Niall O'Reilly, son of Cathal na Beithí, son of Annadh Ó Raghallaigh (died 1256). [5] [6] [7]

The barony also is recorded under the name Clann Chaoich an Fheadha (Clankee of the lengths), Clann Chaoich Uachtarach (“Upper Clankee”) or Clann Chaoich na Seanchlainne (Clankee of the old family). [1]

Geography

Clankee is the easternmost part of County Cavan, mostly woods, drumlins, lakes and bogs, bordering on County Monaghan and County Meath. [8]

History

Map of Breifne in AD 700; Clankee is seen near to the "Gailenga" tribe. Breifne700AD.png
Map of Breifne in AD 700; Clankee is seen near to the "Gailenga" tribe.

Clankee was formerly part of the territory of the Gailenga Móra. The MacTullys, McGargans, O’Clerys and O’Coyles were powerful families in the area. [9] In 1471, a battle between the O’Reilly's and the O’Farrell's took place at Clankee in which the O’Reilly commander was killed and the Chief O’Farrell was taken prisoner. [8]

The barony of Clankee was created by 1609 in the Plantation of Ulster; it was archaically spelled Clonky. [10] [11] [12] [13]

List of settlements

Below is a list of settlements in Clankee:

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References

  1. 1 2 "Clann Chaoich/Clankee". Logainm.ie.
  2. ↑ "Laurel Mount, BRACKLIN (CLANKEE BY.), BAILIEBOROUGH, CAVAN". Buildings of Ireland.
  3. ↑ "Cabra Cottage, Shercock Road, ANNAGH (CLANKEE BY.), Kingscourt, CAVAN". Buildings of Ireland.
  4. ↑ O'Hart, John (22 February 1892). "The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry when Cromwell Came to Ireland: Or, A Supplement to Irish Pedigrees". Clearfield – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ "Clankee - Irish Place Names". www.libraryireland.com.
  6. ↑ "eDIL - Irish Language Dictionary". www.dil.ie.
  7. ↑ "My Home District". dúchas.ie.
  8. 1 2 "Breffni – Clann Uí Chléirigh".
  9. ↑ O'Clery, Michael; Connellan, Owen (22 February 1846). "The Annals of Ireland: Translated from the Original Irish of the Four Masters". B. Geraghty – via Google Books.
  10. ↑ MacNevin, Thomas (22 February 1846). "The confiscation of Ulster ... commonly called the Ulster plantation". J. Duffy – via Google Books.
  11. ↑ Ireland, Royal Society of Antiquaries of (22 February 1909). "The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland". The Society – via Google Books.
  12. ↑ Hall, Thomas (1908). "Killan Old Church, County Cavan". The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. 38 (4): 334–343. JSTOR   25513941 – via JSTOR.
  13. ↑ Miege, Guy (22 February 1745). "The Present State of Great Britain, and Ireland,: Being a Complete Treatise of Their Religion, Policy, Manufactures, Customs, Government and Commerce. Of the Britons Original: Their Sciences, and Arts; Nobility and People, and Strength by Sea and Land. With a Large Description of London; and a Curious Abstract of Each King's Reign from Ecbert, to the End of George I. Also His Majesty's German Dominions, and Genealogy... To which are Added Lists of All the Offices in England, Scotland, and Ireland; with Their Whole Establishment, Civil, Military, and Ecclesiastical..." J. Brotherton, G. Strahan, R. Ware, J. Clarke, C. Hitch, and J. Hodges – via Google Books.
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