Aghaboe, or Aughavoe, is a
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...
in County Laois.
It lies partly in the barony of
Clarmallough and partly in the barony of
Clandonnagh.
Church of Ireland parish
As with other
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 f ...
, the civil parish of Aghaboe was derived from, and is co-extensive with, a pre-existing
ecclesiastical parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christianity, Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest#Christianity, priest, often termed a parish priest ...
of the
Church of Ireland
The Church of Ireland ( ga, Eaglais na hÉireann, ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Kirk o Airlann, ) is a Christian church in Ireland and an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion. It is organised on an all-Ireland basis and is the second ...
. However, due to reorganization of the church, the ecclesiastical parish no longer exists, having been subsumed into the parish of Rathdowney in the
Diocese of Cashel and Ossory
The United Dioceses of Cashel and Ossory (''Full title'': The United Dioceses of Cashel, Waterford and Lismore with Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin, ga, Deoise Chaisil, Phort Láirge, Leasa Móire, Osraí, Fhearna agus Leithghlinne) is a diocese of ...
.
The
historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the stu ...
,
antiquary
An antiquarian or antiquary () is an fan (person), aficionado or student of antiquities or things of the past. More specifically, the term is used for those who study history with particular attention to ancient artifact (archaeology), artifac ...
and
topographer
Topography is the study of the forms and features of land surfaces. The topography of an area may refer to the land forms and features themselves, or a description or depiction in maps.
Topography is a field of geoscience and planetary scie ...
,
Edward Ledwich
Edward Ledwich LL.D. F.S.A. (1738 – 8 August 1823) was an Irish historian, antiquary and topographer.
Life
Ledwich was born in Dublin, the son of John Ledwich, a merchant. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, entering on 22 November 175 ...
was a
vicar
A vicar (; Latin: ''vicarius'') is a representative, deputy or substitute; anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior (compare "vicarious" in the sense of "at second hand"). Linguistically, ''vicar'' is cognate with the English pref ...
of the Church of Ireland parish; he was appointed in 1772 and must have resigned in 1797 as his successor was appointed in that year.
Early Irish church
In the early Irish church, a parish was an ecclesiastical unit of territory based on the Gaelic territorial unit called a ''
túath
''Túath'' (plural ''túatha'') is the Old Irish term for the basic political and jurisdictional unit of Gaelic Ireland. ''Túath'' can refer to both a geographical territory as well the people who lived in that territory.
Social structure
In ...
''
[Michael A. Monk and John Sheehan]
Early Medieval Munster: Archaeology, History and Society
, (1998), page 56 or on early Christian and monastic settlements.
In the case of Aghaboe, the parish seems based on the ministry of the early mediaeval
Abbey of Aghaboe
The Abbey of Aghaboe is one of the most important of the abbeys and priories in County Laois. It was founded in the kingdom of Osraige by St. Canice in the 6th century. In his ''Vita Sancti Columbae'' (Life of St. Columba), Adomnán refers to ...
, whose
Irish language
Irish ( Standard Irish: ), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, which is a part of the Indo-European language family. Irish is indigenous to the island of Ireland and was ...
name, ''Achadh Bhó'', means "Ox's Field".
Townlands
The townlands that make up the parish are:
*
Aghaboe
Aghaboe () is a small village in County Laois, Ireland. It is located on the R434 regional road in the rural hinterland west of the town of Abbeyleix.
It contains the ruins of the Abbey of Aghaboe which was founded by St. Canice in the Osso ...
*Anster
*Ardvarney
*Ballybrophy
*Ballycolla Town
*Ballycuddahy
*Ballygarvan Glebe
*Ballygeehin Lower
*Ballygeehin Upper
*Ballygowdan
*Ballyhinode
*Ballykeevan
*Ballyowen
*Ballyreilly
*Barnasallagh
*Baunbrack
*Baunoge
*Boherard
*Borris-in-Ossory Town
*Bushfield
*Cappagh
*Carrowreagh
*Chapelhill
*Coolbally
*Coolfin
*Corraun
*Cross
*Cruell
*Cuffsborough
*Dairyhill
*Delligabaun
*Derrin
*Derrinoliver
*Derrinsallagh
*Derryvorrigan
*Doon
*Farraneglish Glebe
*Fearagh
*Friarsland
*Garryduff
*Gortnaclea
*Gortnagroagh
*Grange Beg
*Grange More
*Grantstown
*Keelough Glebe
*Kilbeg
*Kilcotton
*Kildellig
*Kilminfoyle
*Kilnaseer
*Knockamullin
*Knockaroe
*Knockfin
*Knockkyle
*Knockseera
*Kyletilloge
*Leap
*Legaun
*Lismore
*Maghernaskeagh
*
Middlemount
Middlemount is a rural town and locality in the Isaac Region, Queensland, Australia. In the the locality of Middlemount had a population of 1,841 people.
It is nicknamed the "Giant Peanut" by some locals due to its peanut-shaped road layout.
...
*Moanfad
*Oldglass
*Palmershill
*Park
*Sentryhill
*Shanboe
*Skeagh
*Springfield
*Tinnaragh
*Tinnaraheen
*Tintore
*Tooreagh
*Townparks
References
{{coord missing, County Offaly
Civil parishes of County Offaly