Ballinacor South () is a

barony Barony may refer to: * Barony, the peerage, office of, or territory held by a baron * Barony, the title and land held in fealty by a feudal baron * Barony (county division), a type of administrative or geographical division in parts of the British ...

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. This geographical unit of land is one of eight baronies in County Wicklow. It is located in the southern

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. Its chief town is Aughrim. The barony lies between Ballinacor North to the north (whose chief town is Rathdrum),

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to the east (whose chief town is

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to the south (whose chief town is

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) and

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to the west (whose chief town is

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). It is currently administered by

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Legal context

Baronies were created after the

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as divisions of

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and were used in the administration of justice and the raising of revenue. While baronies continue to be officially defined units, they have been administratively obsolete since 1898. However, they continue to be used in land registration and in specification, such as in planning permissions. In many cases, a barony corresponds to an earlier

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túath which had submitted to the Crown. This is probably true in the case of Balinacor - see History below.

History

The barony derives its name from the Ballinacor Castle ( ga, Baile na Corra, town of the weir). It was the main castle of the O'Byrne (Ó Broin) clan. The clan migrated from Kildare to Ballinacor around the 12th century. It included the territory of Gabhal Raghnaill.
Ancestry.com The barony was divided into South and Ballinacor North, North in 1798.

List of settlements

List of civil parishes in the barony:

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, Preben, Kilpipe. Below is a list of settlements in Ballinacor South: *

Tinahely Tinahely () is a village in County Wicklow in Ireland. It is a market town in the valley of the River Derry, a tributary of the River Slaney. Location and access It is located on the R747 road which links the west Wicklow town of Baltingla ...

References

Baronies of County Wicklow {{Wicklow-geo-stub