Ballinacor North

Ballinacor North

*Baile na Corra Thuaidh* (Irish)
Ballinacor North Baile na Corra Thuaidh (Irish)
Barony
	Baronies of County Wicklow. Ballinacor North is shaded green.
	Coordinates: 53°01′27″N 6°19′15″W / 53.02421°N 6.32091°W
Sovereign state	Ireland
County	Wicklow
Area
• Total	299.91 km2 (115.8 sq mi)

Ballinacor North (Irish: Baile na Corra Thuaidh) is a barony in County Wicklow, Ireland.

Etymology

Ballinacor North derives its name from the Ballinacor Castle - from Irish Baile na Corra, town of the weir.^[1]

Location

Ballinacor North is located in central County Wicklow, in the Wicklow Mountains.

History

Ballinacor North: the O'Byrne (Ó Broin) sept, originally of Kildare, were centred near here after the 12th century and included the territory of Gabhal Raghnaill.^[2] The original Ballinacor barony was divided into north and south in 1798.

List of settlements

Below is a list of settlements in Ballinacor North:

Rathdrum

References

^ "Ballinacor". logainm.ie. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
^ http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlkik/ihm/baronie3.htm ^{[user-generated source]}

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[1] "Ballinacor". logainm.ie. Retrieved 23 November 2020.

[2] ttp://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlkik/ihm/baronie3.htm ^{[user-generated source]}

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