Dartree () 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 ...

County Monaghan County Monaghan ( ; ga, Contae Mhuineacháin) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Ulster and is part of Border strategic planning area of the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Monaghan. Monaghan County Cou ...

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. A ...

Etymology

Dartree is known in

Irish Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...

as ''Dartraí'' from the ancient kingdom ''

Dartraighe Dartraighe (older spelling: Dartraige), anglicised as ''Dartree'', ''Dartry'' or ''Dartrey'', was an Irish territory or tuath in medieval Ireland which stretched north to Clones and south to the Dromore River. It was later incorporated into Cou ...

'', named after the ''n-Dartraighi'' or ''Dairtre'' people.

Location

Dartree is found in west

. Dartree barony is bordered to the northeast by

Monaghan Monaghan ( ; ) is the county town of County Monaghan, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It also provides the name of its Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish and Monaghan (barony), barony. The population of the town as of the 2016 census was 7 ...

; to the southeast by Cremorne (both the preceding are also in County Monaghan); to the west by

Clankelly Clankelly (Irish: ''Clann Cheallaigh'', meaning Clan Kelly or, more literally, 'Offspring of Ceallaigh' Brian G. Scott (General Editor), Claire Foley and Ronan McHugh, ''An Archaeological Survey of County Fermanagh: Volume 1 - Part 1: The Prehist ...

County Fermanagh County Fermanagh ( ; ) is one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the six counties of Northern Ireland. The county covers an area of 1,691 km2 (653 sq mi) and has a population of 61,805 a ...

; and to the south by

Tullygarvey Tullygarvey ( ga, Teallach Ghairbhíth) is one of eight Baronies in the County of Cavan. The area has been in constant occupation since pre-4000 BC. The Barony of Tullygarvey consists of the parishes of Kill and Drung and parts of Annagh, Drum ...

County Cavan County Cavan ( ; gle, Contae an Chabháin) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster and is part of the Border Region. It is named after the town of Cavan and is base ...

List of settlements

Below is a list of settlements in Dartree barony: *

Clones Clone or Clones or Cloning or Cloned or The Clone may refer to: Places * Clones, County Fermanagh * Clones, County Monaghan, a town in Ireland Biology * Clone (B-cell), a lymphocyte clone, the massive presence of which may indicate a pathologi ...

Newbliss Newbliss (), historically known as Lisdaragh (), is a village and townland in County Monaghan, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The village is located where the R183 road, R183 and R189 road, R189 Regional road (Ireland), regional roads intersect. ...

Rockcorry Rockcorry () historically known as Newtowncorry (or ''Cribby'' from the Irish language term meaning yellow earth), is a village and townland in County Monaghan, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The village is located close to Dartrey Forest on the ...

Scotshouse Scotshouse () is a small agricultural village in the parish of Currin in County Monaghan, Ireland. It is roughly three miles east of where the counties of Cavan, Fermanagh and Monaghan meet. Scotshouse is about from Clones, from Cavan town and ...

References

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