Slievemargy

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Slievemargy
Sliabh Mairge (Irish)
Barony
Baronies of Laois.jpg
Barony map of Queen's County, 1900; Slievemargy is pink, in the southeast.
Sovereign state Ireland
Province Leinster
County Laois
Area
 • Total143.62 km2 (55.45 sq mi)

Slievemargy (Irish : Sliabh Mairge [1] ) is a barony in County Laois (formerly called Queen's County or County Leix), Ireland. [2] [3]

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Etymology

The barony is named after the mountains. [4] [5] [6]

It is also spelled Slieuemargue, Slewmergie, Slieuemargue, Slieuemargy. [7]

Geography

Slievemargy is located in the western part of the River Barrow. [8]

History

Slievemargy corresponded roughly to the lordship of Ui Bairrche and was held by the septs O'Treasaigh and MacGorman. [9]

List of settlements

Below is a list of settlements in Slievemargy barony:

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References

  1. ↑ "Sliabh Mairge/Slievemargy". Logainm.ie.
  2. ↑ "Slievemargy - Google Search". www.google.ie.
  3. ↑ Patrick, Saint; Press, Aeterna. "The Life and Writings of Saint Patrick". Aeterna Press – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns, Parishes, and Baronies of Ireland: Based on the Census of Ireland for the Year 1851. Genealogical Publishing Com. 12 July 1984. ISBN   9780806310527 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ Brewer, James Norris (1826). The Beauties of Ireland: Being Original Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Biographical, of Each County. Sherwood, Jones, & Company. p.  112 – via Internet Archive. Slievemargy.
  6. ↑ Sixsmith, Lorna (30 May 2018). Till the Cows Come Home: Memories of a Rural Childhood. Black & White Publishing. ISBN   9781785302053 – via Google Books.
  7. ↑ "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 1843-44; Illustrated by a Series of Maps, and Other Plates; and Presenting the Results, in Detail, of the Census of 1841, Compared with that of 1831". A. Fullarton. 12 July 2018 – via Google Books.
  8. ↑ "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". A. Fullarton and Company. 12 July 2018 – via Google Books.
  9. ↑ Rev. Patrick Woulfe. "Irish Names and Surnames".


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