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Balrothery West
Balrothery West ( ga, Baile an Ridire Thiar) is one of the baronies of Ireland. Originally part of the Lordship of Meath, it was then constituted as part of the old county of Dublin. Today, it lies in the modern county of Fingal. The barony of Balrothery was created by Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath as his own feudal barony, held directly from himself '' in capite''. His vassals were commonly called "De Lacy's Barons".Vicissitudes of Families by Sir Bernard Burke, Ulster King of Arms, Longman Green Longman and Roberts, Paternoster Row, London, 1861 (pages 363-364) Balrothery, thus once a feudal title of nobility, was later split into eastern and western divisions. Location It is bordered by the baronies of Balrothery East to the west and Nethercross to the south; by the county of Meath to the north and west. History The barony was created soon after the Norman invasion of Ireland by Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath as his own feudal barony, held directly from himself '' in capite' ...
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Barony (Ireland)
In Ireland, a barony ( ga, barúntacht, plural ) is a historical subdivision of a county, analogous to the hundreds into which the counties of England were divided. Baronies were created during the Tudor reconquest of Ireland, replacing the earlier cantreds formed after the original Norman invasion.Mac Cotter 2005, pp.327–330 Some early baronies were later subdivided into half baronies with the same standing as full baronies. 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 They acquired modest local taxation and spending functions in the 19th century before being superseded by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898. Subsequent adjustments of county boundaries mean that some baronies now straddle two counties. The final catalogue of baronies numbered 331, with an average area of ; therefore, each county was divided, on average, into 10 or 11 baronies. Creation The island of Ireland was "shired" into counties in two distinct periods: the east and south duri ...
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Balrothery
Balrothery () is a village and civil parish located in Fingal, Ireland. The town has historically been called in Irish ''Baile Ruairí'' (Town of Ruairí). The 2016 census population for Balrothery was 2,017. Geography The village is located about 2 km south of Balbriggan on the R132, previously the old N1 Dublin-Belfast road. History Balrothery is also the name of two ancient baronies in the old county of Dublin. Although largely obsolete now, these administrative units have their origins in the Norman conquest of Ireland. A single feudal barony of Balrothery was held in 1343 by Richard Costentyn for one knight's fee. It is one of the seven which constituted the overlordship of Fingal dating back to 1208. It was later split into the baronies of Balrothery East and Balrothery West. Since 1994, the barony has been an integral part of the modern county of Fingal. The village and eponymous civil parish are located in Balrothery East. It is dominated by the tower of the ...
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List Of Subdivisions Of County Dublin
County Dublin refers to a subdivision of Ireland occasioned by the Norman invasion of Ireland. This shire or county underwent further subdivisions as the territory was subinfeudated by the great barons among their vassals; these smaller areas were known as baronies. Under the government of the Kingdom of Ireland, baronies were in turn split into civil parishes. These also were split into the lowest recognised legal unit of land - the townland. In 1994, County Dublin was abolished as a local government area, to be replaced by Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin. In 2001, the county borough of Dublin, was renamed Dublin City, with the Dublin Corporation replaced by Dublin City Council. Legal status The Dublin Region is a NUTS III statistical region in Ireland, as recognised by the European Union. It is one of eight regions of the Republic of Ireland. The region encompasses those areas previously defined by the county of Dublin, being the local government areas ...
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Oldtown, Dublin
Oldtown () is a population centre and townland in the civil parish of Clonmethan in Fingal, Ireland.Placenames Database of Ireland
- Oldtown townland The R122 road runs through the village linking Naul to St Margaret's and .


Physical features

The character of the landscape is "Low-Lying Agricultural", as indicated in the County Development Plan. This area contains mixed pasture and arable farming on low lands, consisting of large fields with few tree belts or large settlements. The ...
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Clonmethan
Clonmethan ( ga, Gleann Meáin; formerly also Clonmelkin, Kilmethan, or Glimmethan) is a townland and a civil parish in the ancient barony of Balrothery West, Fingal in Ireland. It is bordered by the parishes of Palmerstown to the west, Grallagh to the north, Hollywood to the northeast, Westpalstown to the east, Killossery to the southeast, Killsallaghan to the south, and Greenoge, County Meath to the southwest. History The parish was historically part of the manor of Swords, which was in the barony of Nethercross, which was formed from those parts of the Liberty of St. Sepulchre outside Dublin city and north of the River Liffey. The prebend of Clonmethan was one of the original thirteen prebends of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. In 1675, the Dublin Castle administration by act of council united four other Church of Ireland parishes into the prebend of Clonmethan: Ballyboghill, Ballymadun, Palmerstown, and Westpalstown. The prebend was in the gift of the Archbishop ...
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Palmerstown, Fingal
Palmerstown ( ga, Baile Phámar) is a civil parish in the barony of Balrothery West in the modern county of Fingal, Ireland. It comprises six townlands: Cottrelstown, Folly, Jordanstown, Palmerstown, Whitestown, and Wolganstown. It is surrounded by the parishes of Clonmethan to the east, Grallagh to the north, Ballymadun to the northeast, Donaghmore to the southeast, and Greenoge to the south; the last two being in County Meath. Samuel Lewis recorded in 1837, when the Church of Ireland was the established church and the civil parish was conterminous with the ecclesiastical parish: Good building stone is found in the parish. It is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Dublin; the rectory is appropriate to the vicars choral of the cathedral of Dublin, and the vicarage forms part of the union and corps of the prebend of Clonmethan: of the tithe A tithe (; from Old English: ''teogoþa'' "tenth") is a one-tenth part of something, paid as a contribution to a religiou ...
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Garristown
Garristown () is a village in north-west Fingal, Ireland. It is also a civil parish in the historic barony of Balrothery West.Placenames Database of Ireland
– Garristown townland and civil parish


Location

Garristown is 18 km north of , and around 7 km northeast from Ashbourne. It is also a short distance from Ballymadun.Dublin, 1837, Samuel Lewis: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, vol. 1 It is located in hilly country, sloping down from west to east, with views towards the hills around the
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Ballyboughal
Ballyboughal (), also sometimes Ballyboghil, is a village and district in central Fingal within the historic County Dublin, near the Naul. The name means ''the town of the staff'', and a major relic, the Bachal Isu, was protected in this area until Strongbow moved it to Christ Church, Dublin. It is 4.4 km from Oldtown. There was a monastery in Ballyboughal sometime before the arrival of the Anglo-Normans. In addition to the Church of the Assumption, erected in 1836, and which is a chapel of ease for the parish of Naul the medieval church still stands in ruins in the Old Ballyboughal Burial Ground north of the centre of the settlement. It is the place where the Bachal Isu was kept. All the walls stand without the roof, and the building, which has some grave markers on the inside, is divided into a nave and chancel with doors on the north and south sides. The west gable has a triple bellcote, and the east gable has an arched window (without glass) dating from the fourte ...
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Naul, Dublin
Naul (, also known as "The Naul"), is a village, townland, and civil parish at the northern edge of Fingal and the traditional County Dublin in Ireland. The Delvin River to the north of the village marks the county boundary with County Meath. Naul civil parish is in the historic barony of Balrothery West. Location and geography The village sits on the crossroad of the R122 and R108 regional roads, the latter being the traditional route between Dublin and the port of Drogheda, while the R122 travels from Finglas in the south to Balbriggan. The River Delvin passes through Naul at the north, through a deep valley known as 'The Roche' which is hemmed in by steep banks and rocky cliffs which rise to 20 metres at one point. In the valley, there is a natural waterfall known as 'Waterfall of The Roches'. Further downstream the river has been dammed, forming an artificial pond and cascade with a small private hydroelectric plant. Naul village and the surrounding townlands which co ...
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Balrothery East
Balrothery East ( ga, Baile an Ridire Thoir) is one of the baronies of Ireland. Originally part of the Lordship of Meath, it was then constituted as part of the old county of Dublin. Today, it lies in the modern county of Fingal. The barony of Balrothery was created by Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath as his own feudal barony, held directly from himself '' in capite''. His vassals were commonly called "De Lacy's Barons". Balrothery, thus once a feudal title of nobility, was later split into eastern and western divisions. At the heart of the barony is the civil parish of Balrothery in the northwest of the barony, one of eight civil parishes in the barony. Location It is bordered by the baronies of Balrothery West to the west and Nethercross to the south; by County Meath to the north and by the Irish Sea to the east. History It was organised soon after the Norman invasion of Ireland by Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath. Balrothery East formerly included Lambay Island, which is now part ...
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Civil Parishes In Ireland
Civil parishes () are units of territory in the island of Ireland that have their origins in old Gaelic territorial divisions. They were adopted by the Anglo-Norman Lordship of Ireland and then by the Elizabethan Kingdom of Ireland, and were formalised as land divisions at the time of the Plantations of Ireland. They no longer correspond to the boundaries of Roman Catholic or Church of Ireland parishes, which are generally larger. Their use as administrative units was gradually replaced by Poor_law_union#Ireland, Poor Law Divisions in the 19th century, although they were not formally abolished. Today they are still sometimes used for legal purposes, such as to locate property in deeds of property registered between 1833 and 1946. Origins The Irish parish was based on the Gaelic territorial unit called a ''túath'' or ''Trícha cét''. Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, the Anglo-Normans, Anglo-Norman barons retained the ''tuath'', later renamed a parish or manor, as a un ...
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Republic Of Ireland
Ireland ( ga, Éire ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (), is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland. The capital and largest city is Dublin, on the eastern side of the island. Around 2.1 million of the country's population of 5.13 million people resides in the Greater Dublin Area. The sovereign state shares its only land border with Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom. It is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the Celtic Sea to the south, St George's Channel to the south-east, and the Irish Sea to the east. It is a unitary, parliamentary republic. The legislature, the , consists of a lower house, ; an upper house, ; and an elected President () who serves as the largely ceremonial head of state, but with some important powers and duties. The head of government is the (Prime Minister, literally 'Chief', a title not used in English), who is elected by the Dáil and appointed by ...
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