Roscommon (barony)

Roscommon Ros Comáin (Irish)
Barony
Gates of Strokestown Park
Barony map of County Roscommon, 1900; Roscommon barony is coloured green, in the centre.
Sovereign state	Ireland
Province	Connacht
County	Roscommon
Area
• Total	330.16 km^2 (127.47 sq mi)

Roscommon (Irish: Ros Comáin[1]) is a barony in County Roscommon, Ireland.[2][3]

Etymology

Roscommon barony is named after Roscommon town; however, it does not actually contain that town, which is located in Ballintober South.[4]

Geography

Roscommon barony is located in the centre of County Roscommon, an area with many lakes including Lough Boderg.[5][6] The only mountain is Slieve Bawn.[7]

History

The Mag Oireachtaigh (Mageraghtys) were rulers here of Clann Tomaltaigh and the Muintir Roduib.

The Ó Fídhne (O'Feeney) were also in Roscommon barony. The O'Mulconaire were hereditary historians and bards.

The Ó Maoilbhreanainn (O'Mulrenan) sept were chiefs of Clann Chonchobhair (O'Conor).[8]^[unreliable source?]

It is referred to in the topographical poem Tuilleadh feasa ar Éirinn óigh (Giolla na Naomh Ó hUidhrín, d. 1420):

OMaoilbrenaiin co mbladaiḃ
Ar Cloinn clármaoith Conċoḃair
A maicne os gaċ droing do dliġ
An aicme do Cloinn Chathail.
[...]
Ag Mág Oireaċtaiġ na n-each
Muintir Roduiḃ na righḃreaṫ

("O'Maoilbhrenainn with fame over the irriguous plain of Clann-Conchobhair, Their children are entitled to be above every tribe, that sept of the Clann-Cathail. [...] To Mac Oireachtaigh of the steeds belong Muintir Roduibh of royal judgments.")[9][10]

List of settlements

Below is a list of settlements in Roscommon barony:

• Elphin
• Strokestown
• Tulsk

See also

• Barony (Ireland)

References

1. "Ros Comáin/Roscommon". Logainm.ie.
2. "A map of Cloonfad Beg in the barony and County of Roscommon. Names of tenants and acreage of holdings shown". catalogue.nli.ie. 1770.
3. "Historical Notes. 1509-1714". G.E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode. 1 January 2019 – via Google Books.
4. Carlisle, Nicholas (1 January 2019). "A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland: Exhibiting the Names of the Several Cities, Towns, Parishes, and Villages ... Collected from the Most Authentic Documents, and Arranged in Alphabetical Order. Being a Continuation of the Topography of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland". W. Miller – via Google Books.
5. "CREEVE, a parish". www.libraryireland.com.
6. "Roscommon Civil Parish of Killukin (Roscommon) map". www.leitrim-roscommon.com.
7. Weld, Isaac; Society, Royal Dublin (1832). Statistical survey of the county of Roscommon. Printed by R. Graisberry. p. 582 – via Internet Archive. barony of Roscommon.
8. "The Baronies of Ireland - Family History". sites.rootsweb.com. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
9. http://www.aughty.org/pdf/ui_mani_ui_fiacrach.pdf ^[bare URL PDF]
10. "The Topographical Poems of John O'Dubhagain and Giolla-na-naomh O'Huidhrin: Edited in the original Irish from MSS. in the Library of the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, with translation, notes, and introductory dissertations, by John O'Donovan". A. Thom. 8 July 1862 – via Google Books.