Magheraboy (
) is a
barony Barony may refer to:
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in
County Fermanagh
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The county covers an area of 1,691 km2 (653 sq mi) and has a population of 61,805 a ...
,
Northern Ireland
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.
To its east lies
Lower Lough Erne
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, and it is bordered by three other baronies in Northern Ireland:
Lurg
Lurg () is a barony situated in the north of County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. To its south lies Lower Lough Erne, and it is bordered by four other baronies in Northern Ireland: Magheraboy to the south; Tirkennedy to the south-east; Omagh We ...
to the north;
Tirkennedy
Tirkennedy () is a barony in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. To its west lies Lower Lough Erne and south Upper Lough Erne, and it is bordered by seven other baronies: Clanawley and Magheraboy to the west; Lurg and Omagh East to the north; Cl ...
to the east; and
Clanawley
Clanawley () is a barony in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. To its east lies Upper Lough Erne, and it is bordered by three other baronies: Magheraboy to the north; Tirkennedy and Knockninny to the east. It also borders three baronies in th ...
to the south
It also borders two baronies in the
Republic of Ireland
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:
Tirhugh
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to the north; and
Rosclogher
Rosclogher () is a barony in County Leitrim, Ireland.
Etymology
Rosclogher barony takes its name from the townland of Rosclogher (, "stony wooded height"), which gives its name to Rosclogher Castle.
Location
Rosclogher is found in north Co ...
to the south. The westernmost point (near the Irish farm Mangern) of Magheraboy is also the westernmost point of Northern Ireland. (8° 10' 38" west of Greenwich).
History
The name Magheraboy doesn't receive a mention until 1585, when it is described in the ''Composition Book of Connacht'' as "the halfe Toe (tuatha) of Magheraboy".
It was the
Composition of Connacht
The Composition of Connacht, or Composition of Connaught and Thomond, was a 1585 agreement between, on the one hand, the Gaelic and Gaelicised chiefs of Connacht and Thomond and, on the other hand, the English Dublin Castle administration of the ...
in 1585, during the reign of
Elizabeth I
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El ...
, that most of the modern baronies and
counties
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of
Ulster
Ulster (; ga, Ulaidh or ''Cúige Uladh'' ; sco, label= Ulster Scots, Ulstèr or ''Ulster'') is one of the four traditional Irish provinces. It is made up of nine counties: six of these constitute Northern Ireland (a part of the United King ...
would first be created.
The barony's boundaries, however, coincide with those of an ancient territory known as ''Tuath Ratha'' (people/tribe of the fort), the principal family of which was the O'Flanagans ( ga, Ó Flannagáin), the ruling family of the ''Cenél Cairbre Tuath Ratha''.
The O'Flanagans were an important medieval family based at Ballyflanagan (present day townland of
Aghamore
Aghamore () is a townland in County Leitrim, Ireland, located on the main N4 national primary road between Dublin and Sligo
Sligo ( ; ga, Sligeach , meaning 'abounding in shells') is a coastal seaport and the county town of County Sligo ...
) in Magheraboy, and they once controlled the entire western side of Lower Lough Erne from
Belleek to
Belmore Mountain
Belmore Mountain () is a hill in the townland of Gortgall, western County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. With a summit roughly above sea level, it is the second highest point in Fermanagh, the highest being at Cuilcagh on the Northern Ireland& ...
.
The O'Flanagans were related to the ruling family of the ''
Uí Néill
The Uí Néill (Irish pronunciation: ; meaning "descendants of Niall") are Irish dynasties who claim descent from Niall Noígíallach (Niall of the Nine Hostages), a historical King of Tara who died c. 405. They are generally divided into the ...
'' kingdom of ''
Cairbre Droma Cliabh''.
Another small sept of the ''
Uí Néill
The Uí Néill (Irish pronunciation: ; meaning "descendants of Niall") are Irish dynasties who claim descent from Niall Noígíallach (Niall of the Nine Hostages), a historical King of Tara who died c. 405. They are generally divided into the ...
'', the ''Cenél Láegaire'', settled in Magheraboy in the early Christian period.
List of main settlements
*
Belleek (south of the
River Erne
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...
)
*
Derrygonnelly
Derrygonnelly () is a small village and townland in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. Near Lower Lough Erne, the village was home to 680 people at the 2011 Census This article contains quotations from this source, which is available under th ...
*
Enniskillen
Enniskillen ( , from ga, Inis Ceithleann , 'Cethlenn, Ceithlenn's island') is the largest town in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is in the middle of the county, between the Upper and Lower sections of Lough Erne. It had a population of ...
(west of the River Erne)
List of civil parishes
![Barony of Magheraboy](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Barony_of_Magheraboy.png)
Below is a list of civil parishes in Magheraboy:
*Boho (split with barony of Clanawley)
*Cleenish (split with the baronies of Clanawley and Tirkennedy)
*Devenish
*Inishmacsaint
*Rossorry (split with barony of Clanawley)
References
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