Tulla Lower (or Tullagh Lower) 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 ...
in
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
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. This ancient geographical division of land is in turn divided into eight
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. ...
.
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
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and were used the administration of justice and the raising of revenue. While 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
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túath which had submitted to the Crown.
Location
Tulla Lower lies in the south-east of County Clare. As late as 1831, it was united with
Tulla Upper
Tulla Upper (or Tullagh Upper) is a barony in County Clare, Ireland. This ancient geographical division of land is in turn divided into seven civil parishes.
Legal context
Baronies were created after the Norman invasion of Ireland as divisions ...
as a single barony.
The barony is bounded to the east by
Lough Derg and the
River Shannon
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The Shan ...
which separates it from the counties of
Tipperary
Tipperary is the name of:
Places
*County Tipperary, a county in Ireland
**North Tipperary, a former administrative county based in Nenagh
**South Tipperary, a former administrative county based in Clonmel
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and
Tipperary
Tipperary is the name of:
Places
*County Tipperary, a county in Ireland
**North Tipperary, a former administrative county based in Nenagh
**South Tipperary, a former administrative county based in Clonmel
*Tipperary (town), County Tipperary's na ...
. Within the county of Clare, it is bounded by the baronies of
(to the south-west),
(to the west),
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 north-west) and by Tulla Upper (to the north). The narrow waters of
Lough Cullaunyheeda
Lough Cullaunyheeda () is a freshwater lake in the Mid-West Region of Ireland. It is located in east County Clare
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separates the barony from its neighbour, Bunratty Upper.
It covers of which are water.
Terrain
Much of the barony is moorish upland, but the lands along the Shannon and in the south are good farmland.
The highest points are Glennagalliagh, in the parish of
Killaloe, at and Cragnamurragh, on the border of the parishes of
Killokennedy
Killokennedy ( ga, Cill Ó gCinnéide) is a civil parish in County Clare, Ireland.
Location
Killokennedy lies in the barony of Tulla Lower, County Clare, about west of Killaloe.
It is on the road from Killaloe to Ennis.
In 1837, as applotted ...
and
O'Brien's Bridge
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, at . The loughs (lakes) of Bridget, Derrynone, Kilglory, Cullaunyheeda and Castle lie on the boundary of the baronry, and the loughs of Doon, Aroher, Clonlea, and Cloonbrick are in the interior.
Parishes and settlements
The barony contains the
civil parishes
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of
Clonlea
Clonlea or Clonleigh () is a civil parish in County Clare, Ireland. The main settlement is the village of Kilkishen. It is part of the Catholic parish of O'Callaghans Mills.
Location
Clonlea is in the barony of Tullagh. It is to the north o ...
,
Killaloe,
Killokennedy
Killokennedy ( ga, Cill Ó gCinnéide) is a civil parish in County Clare, Ireland.
Location
Killokennedy lies in the barony of Tulla Lower, County Clare, about west of Killaloe.
It is on the road from Killaloe to Ennis.
In 1837, as applotted ...
,
Killurin
Killurin () is a village in County Wexford, Ireland on the R730 regional road. Sited along the banks of the River Slaney, it is approximately 10 kilometres north-west of Wexford town.
History
Castle
A Norman castle was built at the Deeps ...
,
Kilseily
Kilseily ( ga, Cill tSíle) is a civil parish in County Clare, Ireland. The main settlement is the village of Broadford.
Location
Kilseily lies in the barony of Tulla Lower, County Clare. It is to the southwest of Killaloe on the road to En ...
,
Kiltonanlea
Kiltenanlea or Kiltonanlea ( ga, Cill tSeanáin Léith) is a civil parish in County Clare, Ireland.
Name
The name in Irish is ''Cill-t’Seanain Liath'', meaning "of Saint Senán, the hoary". Saint Senán is considered to be the brother of Sain ...
,
O'Brien's Bridge
O'Brien's Bridge or O'Briensbridge () is a village in east County Clare, Ireland, on the west bank of the River Shannon, in a civil parish of the same name. It is named for the bridge across the Shannon at that point, built by Turlough O'Brien ...
, and
Ogonnelloe
Ogonnelloe () is a civil parish in east County Clare, Ireland, situated on the R463 regional road between Scariff and Killaloe and in the surrounding hills. It forms part of the Catholic parish of the same name.
Location
The parish is in the ...
. The main settlements are
Killaloe,
O'Brien's Bridge
O'Brien's Bridge or O'Briensbridge () is a village in east County Clare, Ireland, on the west bank of the River Shannon, in a civil parish of the same name. It is named for the bridge across the Shannon at that point, built by Turlough O'Brien ...
,
Kilkishen
Kilkishen () is a village in southeast County Clare, Ireland. The village is east of Quin and north of Shannon.
Demographics
According to a report by Samuel Lewis in 1837, Kilkishen had a population of 519. At the 2006 Census the population ...
,
Kilbane
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* James Kilbane (born 1970), Irish Christian country, gospel and country singer
* Johnny Kilbane (1889–1957), American boxer
*Kevin Kilbane
Kevin Daniel Kilbane (; born 1 Februa ...
,
O'Callaghan’s Mills,
Broadford,
Cloonlara
Clonlara, officially Cloonlara (), is a village in County Clare, Ireland, and a Roman Catholic parish of the same name.
Village and parish
Clonlara is in the east of County Clare in the civil parish of Kiltonanlea or Doonass, barony of Tulla L ...
and
Bridgetown
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.
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Baronies of County Clare