Shanid

Shanid Seanaid (Irish)
Barony
Shanid Castle
Barony map of County Limerick, 1900; Shanid is in the northwest, coloured orange.
Shanid
Coordinates: 52°31′N9°09′W / 52.51°N 9.15°W / 52.51; -9.15
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 ^[3] They acquired modest local taxation and spending functions in the 19th century before being superseded by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898.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

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

Shanid is in the northwest of the county, south of the Shannon Estuary and bordering County Kerry to the west.

List of settlements

Settlements within the historical barony of Shanid include: ^[14]

• Ardagh
• Athea
• Ballyhahill
• Carrigkerry
• Foynes
• Glin
• Shanagolden

References

1. 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.
2. "Shanid". www.townlands.ie.
3. "CoshleaBarony | Landed Estates | University of Galway". landedestates.ie.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. "Ui Conaill Gabhra - Irish Names and Surnames". www.libraryireland.com.
7. "Shanid a Boo". The Irish Aesthete. 8 July 2013.
8. "The Baronies of Ireland - History". 17 July 2019. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019.
9. 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.
10. "Shanid Castle, Co.Limerick". humphrysfamilytree.com.
11. "Seanaid/Shanid". logainm.ie.
12. 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.
13. "What Is The Shanid Historical Society About". 19 March 2014.
14. "Sub-units of: Seanaid/Shanid". logainm.ie.