Scarawalsh

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Scarawalsh
Scairbh Bhailis (Irish)
Barony
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The Slaney near Scarawalsh bridge
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Barony map of County Wexford, 1900; Scarawalsh barony is in the north, coloured green.
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Scarawalsh
Coordinates: 52°33′N6°33′W / 52.55°N 6.55°W / 52.55; -6.55
Sovereign state Ireland
Province Leinster
County Wexford
Area
 • Total431.6 km2 (166.6 sq mi)

Scarawalsh (Irish : Scairbh Bhailis) is a historical barony in northern County Wexford, Ireland. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Baronies were mainly cadastral rather than administrative units. [4] They acquired modest local taxation and spending functions in the 19th century before being superseded by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898. [5] [6]

History

The barony of Scarawalsh takes its name from a townland of the same name; [7] the name is Irish for "Walsh's shallow ford with stony bottom," [8] referring to a crossing-point on the River Slaney on the Ferns–Enniscorthy road. [9] [10]

Scarawalsh contains the capital of the Uí Ceinnselaig (Kinsellas) at Ferns. In the early medieval period the Síl Chormaic were the dominant section (sept) of the Kinsellas, but in the mid-11th century, control was taken by the related Síl Fáelchán (Mac Murchadha) branch. [11]

In the 1798 rebellion, a Scarawalsh infantry unit fought on the British side, led by a Captain Cornock; they supplied 1 captain, 2 lieutenants, 3 sergeants, a drummer, and 60 men. [12]

Geography

Scarawalsh is a large barony in the north of the county, bordering County Carlow and County Wicklow; much of it is mountainous, especially in its north. [13] The River Bann flows through the eastern part of the barony, meeting the River Slaney downriver of Scarawalsh Bridge (near the ancient ford). [14]

List of settlements

Settlements in whole or in part the historical barony of Scarawalsh include: [15] [16]

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References

  1. ↑ "Scarawalsh". www.townlands.ie.
  2. ↑ "A map of Ferns demense in the barony of Scarawalsh and County of Wexford. Names and area of some small holders shown". catalogue.nli.ie. 15 November 1770.
  3. ↑ "Griffith's Valuation". www.askaboutireland.ie.
  4. ↑ "Property Price Register - Lands at Muff, Barony of Athlone North, Castlecoote, Co. Roscommon". www.myhome.ie.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ "Map 1792 Scarawalsh | Wexford County Archive".
  8. ↑ "Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla (Ó Dónaill): scairbh". www.teanglann.ie.
  9. ↑ "Scairbh Bhailis/Scarawalsh". logainm.ie.
  10. ↑ "Scarawalsh - Irish Place Names". www.libraryireland.com.
  11. ↑ "The Baronies of Ireland - History". 17 July 2019. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019.
  12. ↑ The History of the Irish Rebellion, in the Year 1798, &c.,: Containing an Impartial Narrative of the Proceedings of the Irish Revolutionists, from the Year 1782 Till the Total Suppression of the Insurrection; : with a Review of the History of Ireland, from Its First Invasion by the English, Till the Commencement of the Rebellion. In Two Volumes... (1809:12). United Kingdom: John Harrop..
  13. ↑ Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland. (1859:464). Ireland: Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland.
  14. ↑ "Taking stock of Slaney salmon". Irish Independent. 22 February 2011.
  15. ↑ "Sub-units of: Guaire/Scarawalsh". logainm.ie.
  16. ↑ "Sub-units of: Guaire/Scarawalsh". logainm.ie.
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