Ballintober North (), also called Ballintober East, is a

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Etymology

Ballintober North is named after Ballintober town, which it does not actually contain. That town is located in Castlereagh barony.

Geography

Ballintober North is located in the northeast of

, bounded by the

River Shannon The River Shannon ( ga, Abhainn na Sionainne, ', '), at in length, is the longest river in the British Isles. It drains the Shannon River Basin, which has an area of , – approximately one fifth of the area of the island of Ireland. The Shan ...

to the east, an area with many lakes, including

Lough Boderg Lough Boderg () is a lake on the River Shannon in County Roscommon and County Leitrim, Ireland. Description Logh Boderg is a large lough with a surface area of about which is on the River Shannon, between Kilmore, County Roscommon and Annaduf ...

and Kilglass Lough.

History

This area was the ancient kingdom of Baghna, ruled by the Ó Fiannaigh (Feeney) tribe. After them, the Hanleys (Ó hAinle) were the landlords of the area before losing their land in the mid-17th century. Its northern extreme was the plain of Caradh (modern Carranadoe), referred to in the topographical poem ''

Tuilleadh feasa ar Éirinn óigh Tuilleadh feasa ar Éirinn óigh ("More knowledge on the entirety of Ireland") is a medieval Gaelic-Irish topographical text, composed by Giolla na Naomh Ó hUidhrín (died 1420). Overview ''Tuilleadh feasa ...'' is both a supplement and a contin ...

'' (

Giolla na Naomh Ó hUidhrín Giolla na Naomh O hUidhrin, Irish historian and poet, died 1420. O hUidhrin is known as the author of ''Tuilleadh feasa ar Éirinn óigh'', a topographical poem of a kind with Seán Mór Ó Dubhagáin's '' Triallam timcheall na Fodla'', of which ...

, d. 1420). It was originally a single barony with Ballintober South; they were separated by 1841. Wealthy landowning families in the 19th century were the Kings of Charlestown House, the Waldrons, and the Goffs.

List of settlements

Below is a list of settlements in Ballintober North: *

Roosky Roosky, Ruskey, or Rooskey () is a village on the River Shannon in the northern midlands of Ireland, near the point where counties Leitrim, Longford, and Roscommon meet. The N4 road from Dublin to Sligo passes by the Leitrim side of the vi ...

Tarmonbarry Tarmonbarry, officially Termonbarry (), is a village in County Roscommon, Ireland. It is located where the N5 National primary route crosses the River Shannon. East of the bridge, part of the village lies in County Longford. As of the 2016 c ...

References

{{County Roscommon Baronies of County Roscommon