Inchiquin ( ga, Inse Uí Chuinn) 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 Clare County Clare ( ga, Contae an Chláir) is a county in Ireland, in the Southern Region and the province of Munster, bordered on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. Clare County Council is the local authority. The county had a population of 118,817 ...

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

.Placenames Database of Ireland
- Inchiquin. This geographical unit of land is one of 11 baronies in the county. Its chief town is Corofin. It is administered by

Clare County Council Clare County Council ( ga, Comhairle Contae an Chláir) is the authority responsible for local government in County Clare, Ireland. As a county council, it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The council is responsible for housing and ...

Legal context

Baronies were created after the

Norman invasion of Ireland The Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland took place during the late 12th century, when Anglo-Normans gradually conquered and acquired large swathes of land from the Irish, over which the kings of England then claimed sovereignty, all allegedly sanc ...

as divisions of

counties A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesChambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...

and were used the administration of justice and the raising of revenue. Although 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

Gaelic Gaelic is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". As a noun it refers to the group of languages spoken by the Gaels, or to any one of the languages individually. Gaelic languages are spoken in Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man, and Ca ...

tuath that had submitted to the Crown.

Extent

Inchiquin is bounded on the north and north-east by the county of

Galway Galway ( ; ga, Gaillimh, ) is a City status in Ireland, city in the West Region, Ireland, West of Ireland, in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht, which is the county town of County Galway. It lies on the River Corrib between Lo ...

. Within the county of Clare, it is bounded by the baronies of

Bunratty Upper Bunratty Upper is a barony in County Clare, Ireland. This ancient geographical division of land is in turn divided into six civil parishes. Legal context Baronies were created after the Norman invasion of Ireland as divisions of counties and we ...

(to the east),

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(to the south),

Ibrickane Ibrickane (or Ibrickan) is one of the ancient baronies of Ireland.Placenames Database of Ireland
- Barony of Ibri ...

(to the south-west), Corcomroe (to the west) and by Burren (to the north-west ). It covers of which is water, including Lough Tedano,

Lough Inchiquin Inchiquin Lough () is a freshwater lake in the Mid-West Region of Ireland. It is located in The Burren of County Clare. Geography and hydrology Inchiquin Lough measures about long and wide. It is about north of Ennis near the village of C ...

and two chains of smaller lakes. The land is relatively flat, either farmland or moor. File:Baronies of Clare.jpg, Baronies of Clare. Inchiquin is in the center, north of

. File:Castle on Inchiquin Island - geograph.org.uk - 1088716.jpg, Castle on Lough Inchiquin

Civil parishes

The ruins of

Inchiquin Castle Inchiquin ( ga, Inse Uí Chuinn) is a barony in County Clare, Ireland.Placenames Database of ...

stand near Lough Inchiquin. This was once the residence of the O'Briens: Barons Inchiquin, Earls of Inchiquin and later Marquises of Thomond who were descended from

Brian Boru Brian Boru ( mga, Brian Bóruma mac Cennétig; modern ga, Brian Bóramha; 23 April 1014) was an Irish king who ended the domination of the High King of Ireland, High Kingship of Ireland by the Uí Néill and probably ended Viking invasion/domi ...

, High King of Ireland. The barony contains the

civil parishes 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. ...

Inagh Inagh ( ; ) is a village and civil parish in County Clare, Ireland. It is situated 14 km west of Ennis on the Inagh River. It contains the villages of Inagh and Cloonanaha. Location The parish is part of the barony of Inchiquin. The ''Par ...

Kilkeedy Kilkeedy is a parish in County Clare and part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe. The parish is the only parish in said diocese whose boundaries are still identical compared with the medieval situation. Current (2021) co-parish priests a ...

Kilnaboy Kilnaboy or Killinaboy () is a village, townland and civil parish in County Clare, Ireland. It is located in the Burren, and as of the 2011 census the area had 347 inhabitants. Civil parish Kilnaboy is a parish in the historic Barony (Ireland ...

Kilnamona Kilnamona () is a village and a civil parish in County Clare, Ireland. It is situated north-west of Ennis. Location The parish of Kilnamona lies in the barony of Inchiquin, northwest of Ennis. It is and covers . The townland of Soheen is d ...

, Rath,

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and Dysert.

References

Citations Sources * {{DEFAULTSORT:Inchiquin, Barony of Baronies of County Clare