Glanarought

Glanarought
Gleann Ó Ruachta (Irish)
Barony
View of Cloonee Loughs
View of Cloonee Loughs
Barony map of County Kerry, 1900; Glanarought barony is in the south.
Barony map of County Kerry, 1900; Glanarought barony is in the south.
Glanarought is located in Ireland
Glanarought
Glanarought
Coordinates: 51°49′N 9°42′W / 51.82°N 9.7°W / 51.82; -9.7
Sovereign stateIreland
ProvinceMunster
CountyKerry
Area
 • Total
493.2 km2 (190.4 sq mi)

Glanarought (Irish: Gleann Ó Ruachta) is a historical barony in southern County Kerry, Ireland.[1][2]

Baronies were mainly cadastral rather than administrative units. They acquired modest local taxation and spending functions in the 19th century before being superseded by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898.[3][4]

History

The name Glanarought is from Irish Gleann Ó Ruachta, "valley of the O'Roughty [tribe]". This name is first recorded in Mac Carthaigh's Book (1262).[5] The Irish word ruacht means "red-haired," so the tribal name means "Descendants of the Red-Haired One."[6][7] The name later transferred to the Roughty river.

The Ó Gríobhtha (Griffin) were centered at Ballygriffin in the Gaelic Ireland period. The MacCarthys were centered in Glanarought in the mid-13th century.[8] In the 18th and 19th centuries, the land belonged to the Marquesses of Lansdowne, who carried out much agricultural improvement.[9]

Geography

Glanarought is in the far southeast, running up to the Caha Mountains and the border with County Cork. It contains the Roughty River and the northeast part of the Beara Peninsula.

List of settlements

Settlements within the historical barony of Glanarought include:[10]

References

  1. ^ "Glanarought". www.townlands.ie.
  2. ^ "Glanarought Barony | Landed Estates | University of Galway". landedestates.ie.
  3. ^ General Register Office of Ireland (1904). "Alphabetical index to the baronies of Ireland". Census of Ireland 1901: General topographical index. Command papers. Vol. Cd. 2071. HMSO. pp. 966–978.
  4. ^ Office, Ireland Public Record (12 February 1891). "Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records and of the Keeper of the State Papers in Ireland: Presented to Both Houses of the Oireachtas". Stationery Office. – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "Gleann Ó Ruachta/Glanarought". logainm.ie.
  6. ^ "Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla (Ó Dónaill): ruacht". www.teanglann.ie.
  7. ^ King, J. (1986:160). County Kerry Past and Present: A Handbook to the Local and Family History of the County. Ireland: Mercier Press.
  8. ^ "The Baronies of Ireland - History". 17 July 2019. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019.
  9. ^ Cusack, M. F. (1871:367). A History of the Kingdom of Kerry. Ireland: Longmans, Green & Company.
  10. ^ "Sub-units of: Gleann Ó Ruachta/Glanarought". logainm.ie.