Gaultier or Gaultiere () is a

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County Waterford County Waterford ( ga, Contae Phort Láirge) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and is part of the South-East Region, Ireland, South-East Region. It is named ...

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Etymology

Gaultier barony is derived from the Irish for "land of the foreigners" — specifically, the

Vikings Vikings ; non, víkingr is the modern name given to seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway and Sweden), who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded and se ...

, who settled here when they were expelled from

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by the Cambro-Norman and

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invaders in the later 12th century.

Geography

Gaultier is located in eastern County Waterford, between Tramore Bay and Waterford Harbour. It contained the parish of Kilculliheen until 1872, when that area was transferred to

County Kilkenny County Kilkenny ( gle, Contae Chill Chainnigh) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the South-East Region. It is named after the city of Kilkenny. Kilkenny County Council is the local authority for the cou ...

History

Gaultier, as stated above, was a settlement of Vikings expelled from Waterford city. They established a "Cantred of the Danes" or " Ostmanstowns of Waterford" in 1384. After the

Cromwellian conquest of Ireland The Cromwellian conquest of Ireland or Cromwellian war in Ireland (1649–1653) was the re-conquest of Ireland by the forces of the English Parliament, led by Oliver Cromwell, during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. Cromwell invaded Ireland wi ...

, Gaultier was granted to the Lymbery family, and they were for generations landlords and

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 ...

clergymen in the region. Other important families were Anthony, Brunnock, Comerford, Everard, Grant, Jackson, Mandeville, Sherlock, Wadding and Wyse. The barony was established by 1672. It gives its name to

Gaultier GAA Gaultier GAA Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located on the outskirts of Dunmore East (An Dún Mór Thoir in Irish) which is a popular tourist and fishing village in County Waterford, Ireland. Situated on the west side of Waterford H ...

, a

Gaelic football Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...

club established in 1927 and based in

Dunmore East Dunmore East () is a popular tourist and fishing village in County Waterford, Ireland. Situated on the west side of Waterford Harbour on Ireland's southeastern coast, it lies within the barony of Gaultier (''Gáll Tír'' – "foreigners' land" ...

List of settlements

Below is a list of settlements in Gaultier barony: *

Cheekpoint Cheekpoint () is a village set on the confluence of the River Suir and the River Barrow. Lying beneath the 150-metre-high Minaun Hill ''(mountain meadow by a river)'' the village has panoramic views of Waterford Harbour, the 2131 ft. Bar ...

* Faithlegg *

Passage East Passage East () is a fishing village in County Waterford, Ireland, situated on the west bank of Waterford Harbour. It is 12 km from Waterford city 10 km from Dunmore East and 21 km from Tramore. History On 23 August 1170, Strong ...

References

External links

Gaultier Historical Society
{{County Waterford Baronies of County Waterford