Talk:Irish feudal barony

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Proposed merger

Oppose. As the Barony article states:

The island of Ireland was "shired" into counties in two distinct periods: the east and south during the Anglo-Norman period (from the 1169 invasion to the early fourteenth century) and the rest in the Tudor conquest of the sixteenth century. "Barony" was used in three overlapping but distinct senses in the early period:

a "feudal barony" was an honour or large manor
a "parliamentary barony" was a rank of the peerage of Ireland, giving the right to sit in the Parliament of Ireland
an "administrative barony" was a unit for taxation purposes.

Over the centuries, these senses diverged, and many administrative baronies have never been associated with feudal or noble titles.

I have amended the hatnote to make this clearer for those who don't bother reading the article. jnestorius^(talk) 09:49, 1 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]