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Barony of Kilkenny

Cill Chainnigh (Irish)^[1]^[2]
Barony of Kilkenny Cill Chainnigh (Irish)
Barony
	Etymology: Church of Cainnech
	Barony of Kilkenny
	Barony of Kilkenny Location in Ireland
	Coordinates: 52°39′43″N 7°15′59″W / 52.66194°N 7.26639°W
Country	Ireland
Province	Leinster
County	County Kilkenny
Government
• Type	County Council
• Body	Kilkenny County Council
Area
• Total	68.8 km2 (26.6 sq mi)

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The barony of Kilkenny (Irish: Cill Chainnigh, meaning 'Church of Cainnech') is a barony in the heart of County Kilkenny, Ireland.^[1]It is one of 12 baronies in County Kilkenny.^[2] The size of the barony is 22.9 square kilometres (8.8 sq mi).^[5] There are 4 civil parishes in Kilkenny, made up of 11 townlands.^[1] The chief town is Kilkenny.^[6] Kilkenny lies to the centre of the county surounded by the baronies of Fassadinin to the north (whose chief town is Castlecomer), Gowran to the west (whose chief town is Gowran), Shillelogher to the south (whose chief town is Bennettsbridge), and Crannagh to the west (whose chief town is Freshford, County Kilkenny). The river Nore flows through the barony.

Geography

Kilkenny contained the towns of the settlements of Irishtown.^[7]

Kilkenny contians the civil parishes of St. Canice, St. John's, St. Mary's, and St. Patrick's.^[8]

The river Nore flows through the barony.^[9]

History

The Town or Free borough of Kilkenny

"The Town or Free borough of Kilkenny" ^[10]

Borough of Kilkenny

"County of the city of Kilkenny"

Irishtown.

Mayor and Citizans of the City of Kilkenny

1716^[11]

"Liberties of Kilkenny" or the "County of the city of Kilkenny"^[12]

Also known as Municipal Borough of Kilkenny or Kilkenny Barony.^[3]^[12]^[13] Liberties of the city of Kilkenny.^[3]

Recorded as the "Liberties of Kilkenny" in the Down Survey (1656),^[14] and on Griffith's Valuation (1864).^[12] Parts of the barony were in the Poor law unions of Callan, Kilkenny, and Thomastown.^[15] In 1881 the "Liberties of the city of Kilkenny" contained the Parishes of St. John's, St. Mary's, St. Canice, St. Patricks, St. Maul's and Dunmore.^[16] It is doubted that St. Mauls was ever a distinct parish.^[16]

Butler, earl of Ormond and later the Rothe family.^[17]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c (Fiontar 2008, Cill Chainnigh/Kilkenny)
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference Government2003 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b ^c (Carrigan 1905, p. 24, Existing Civil Divisions or Baronies)
^ Cite error: The named reference KCC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference townlands.ie was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Cite error: The named reference logainmCallan was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ (Fiontar 2008, Kilkenny) and (Fiontar 2008, Kilkenny population centres)
^ (Fiontar 2008, Kilkenny Civil Parishes)
^ (Fiontar 2008, River Nore)
^ Commons, Great Britain Parliament House of (1835). Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command. H.M. Stationery Office.
^ Commons, Great Britain Parliament House of (1835). Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command. H.M. Stationery Office.
^ ^a ^b ^c (Griffith 1864, Kilkenny Search)
^ Cite error: The named reference Tighe1802 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Down Survey Project. "Kilkenny Liberties Map". downsurvey.tcd.ie. The Down Survey Project.
^ (Parliament 1862, p. 979, Kilkenny Barony)
^ ^a ^b (Tighe 1802, p. 10, Liberties of Kilkenny)
^ Walsh, Dennis. "The Baronies of Ireland". ancestry.com. and Walsh, Dennis. "Barony Map of the Leinster Region". ancestry.com.

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References

Fiontar (2008). "Placenames Database of Ireland". logainm.ie. Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs of the Government of Ireland.
Griffith (1864). "Griffith's Valuation". www.askaboutireland.ie.
Parliament (1862). General alphabetical index to townlands and towns, parishes and baronies of Ireland.
Carrigan, William (1905). The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory. Sealy, Bryers & Walker. ISBN 9785879206463.
Tighe, William (1802). Statistical observations relative to the county of Kilkenny: made in the years 1800 & 1801. Printed by Graisberry and Campbell.

External links

Fiontar. "Barony of Kilkenny". logainm.ie.
"Barony of Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny". townlands.ie.

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[logainmKilkenny-1] (Fiontar 2008, Cill Chainnigh/Kilkenny)

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[logainmRiverNore-9] (Fiontar 2008, River Nore)

[10] Commons, Great Britain Parliament House of (1835). Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command. H.M. Stationery Office.

[11] Commons, Great Britain Parliament House of (1835). Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command. H.M. Stationery Office.

[Griffith-12] (Griffith 1864, Kilkenny Search)

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[downKilkenny-14] Down Survey Project. "Kilkenny Liberties Map". downsurvey.tcd.ie. The Down Survey Project.

[Parliament-15] (Parliament 1862, p. 979, Kilkenny Barony)

[Tighe1802b-16] (Tighe 1802, p. 10, Liberties of Kilkenny)

[walsh-17] Walsh, Dennis. "The Baronies of Ireland". ancestry.com. and Walsh, Dennis. "Barony Map of the Leinster Region". ancestry.com.

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