Clanawley () is a

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. To its east lies

Upper Lough Erne Lough Erne ( , ) is the name of two connected lakes in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is the second-biggest lake system in Northern Ireland and Ulster, and the fourth biggest in Ireland. The lakes are widened sections of the River 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 the

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: Tullyhaw to the south; and Drumahaire and Rosclogher to the west.

History

The territory of Clanawley was first recorded in 1306, and derives its name from ''Amhlaoibh'', the son of the first Maguire king of Fermanagh, ''Donn Carrach Mag Uidhir''. This makes the MacAwleys ( ga, Mac Amhlaoibh) a branch of the Maguires. The name Amhlaoibh is derived from the Norse name Olaf, which became popular in a number of Gaelic families. ''Amblaoibh Mag Uidhir'' when he died in 1306 is noted as being the ''taísech'' (chief) of the small sept or territory of ''Muintir Pheodacháin''. It was also spelt Clonawley and Scoticised to Glenawley during the

plantation of Ulster The Plantation of Ulster ( gle, Plandáil Uladh; Ulster-Scots: ''Plantin o Ulstèr'') was the organised colonisation ('' plantation'') of Ulstera province of Irelandby people from Great Britain during the reign of King James I. Most of th ...

List of civil parishes

Below is a list of civil parishes in Clanawley: * Boho, County Fermanagh (split with barony of Magheraboy) *

Cleenish Arney is a civil parish located in the barony of Clanawley and Tirkennedy in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, s ...

(split with baronies of Magheraboy and Tirkennedy) *Killesher * Kinawley (also partly in baronies of Knockninny,

and Tullyhaw,

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) *Rossory (split with barony of Magheraboy)

References

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