Ida (Irish: Uí Dheá[3][4]) is a barony in the south-east of County Kilkenny, Ireland.[1][5] Ida is made up of 16 civil parishes containing 191 townlands, it is one of 12 baronies in the County.[3][6] The barony is 249.8 square kilometres (96.4 sq mi) in size, with highest point at Tory Hill.[7] The chief town is Slieveroe.[8] The N25 crosses the barony.
Ida[1]
Uí Dheá (Irish) Barony of Ida | |
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Map of Ida | |
![Ida[1] is located in Ireland](/wiki/File:Ireland_adm_location_map.svg) ![Ida[1]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png){kind=small} Ida[1] Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°22′50″N 7°2′16″W / 52.38056°N 7.03778°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Kilkenny |
| Civil parishes | List
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| Government | |
| • Type | County Council |
| • Body | Kilkenny County Council |
| Area | |
• Total | 249.8 km2 (96.4 sq mi) |
Ida lies at the south-east of the county, with the barony of Gowran to the north (whose chief town is Gowran), Iverk and Knocktopher to the west (whose chief towns are Piltown and Knocktopher), and the barony of Kilculliheen to the south. County Waterford is located to the east of the barony.
Etymology
editThe earliest reference to "Ida" as the barony was in 1587 where it was described as the barony of "Igrinn and Ida".[4] The name Ida is derived the name of the ancient sept, "Ui Deaghaigh" now O'Dea in English.[9] It has had many spellings including "Odawe Odaw", "Odaygh", "Hidaa", "Oda", "Odda", "Idagh", "Idea", and by 1839, the "Barony of Ida".[3][10] Ida was recorded in the Down Survey (1656) as "Ida Igrin Ibercon"[11] and on Griffith's Valuation (1864) as "Ida".[12]
History
editThe area was in the south-east of the ancient kingdom of Osraige (Ossory),[13] referred to as "Comor na tri uisge", "the district of the three waters", possibly referring to the area where the rivers Barrow and Suir meet.[14] Before the arrival of the Normans the three Osraige tribal lands were Ida, Igrinn and Iberchon. The Ossorian clans included "Ua nDeaghaidh" (O'Dea) of "Uí Dheaghaidh" (Ida), "Ua Braonáin" (O'Brennan) of "Uí Duach" (Idough), and "Ua Caollaidhe" (O'Kealy, O'Coely, Quealy) of "Uí Bercháin" (Ibercon).[14][13]
"Ui-Bearrchon of the yellow mantle -
King of that terriroty is O'Caelluidhe,
Plain of a tribe, who return heavily,
The land over the bright-flowing Barrow."
Previously known as the barony of Iberchon, and in ancient taxation it was known as the Deanery of Obargon or O'Bercon.[4] The early Anglo-Norman records of "Overk in Ossory" included the present day baronies of Iverk and Ida, and the southern extremity of the barony of Knocktopher.[4][15] This was probably the same area as "Desceart Osraige" ("South Osraige").[4]
In the early 1170s Richard de Clare (Strongbow) granted the cantred, or barony, of Overk (Iverk) to Milo fitz David (or fitz Bishop), (the son of David FitzGerald, Archdeacon of Cardigan and Bishop of St David's).[14] Milo's descendants were barons of Overk for nearly the next 150 years.[14]
In the 18th century the county contained the baronies of Ida, Igrin, and Ibercon.[14] By the 19th century these were restructured into the barony of Ida.[14] While baronies continue to be officially defined units, they are no longer used for many administrative purposes. Their official status is illustrated by Placenames Orders made since 2003, where official Irish names of baronies are listed under "Administrative units".[16]
Geography
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Under the administeration of Kilkenny County Council.[17] Ida is 249.8 square kilometres (96.4 sq mi) in size and lies at the south-east of the county. With the barony of Gowran to the north, Iverk and Knocktopher to the west , and the barony of Kilculliheen to the south. Ida contains the town of Slieveroe and the population centres of Glenmore, The Rower and Tullagher.[18] Ida contains the civil parishes of Ballygurrim, Clonamery, Dunkitt, Dysartmoon, Gaulskill, Jerpointwest, Kilbride, Kilcoan, Kilcolumb, Kilmakevoge, Listerlin, Rathpatrick, Rosbercon, Rossinan, The Rower, and Shanbogh.[6]
Lough Cullen [19] and the River Nore are in Ida.[20] It also contains Moondice bog, Tory Hill, The Pink Point, and Garraunbaun Rock.[21][22][23][24]
Part of the Roman Catholic Church diocese of Ossory and the Church of Ireland diocese of Cashel and Ossory.
Today, the county of Kilkenny is subdivided into 12 baronies.[1] These include Kilkenny in the centre of the county, and clockwise from north of the county, Fassadinin, Gowran, Ida, Kilculliheen, Iverk, Knocktopher, Kells, Callan, Shillelogher, Crannagh, Galmoy.[25]
See also
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References
editFootnotes
edit- ^ a b c (Government 2003)
- ^ (Parliament 1862, p. 963, Ida Barony)
- ^ a b c (Fiontar 2008, Barony of Uí Dheá/Ida)
- ^ a b c d e f (Carrigan 1905, p. 4,19,10, Existing Civil Divisions or Baronies)
- ^ (Tighe 1802, p. 4, Baronies)
- ^ a b (Fiontar 2008, Ida Civil Parishes)
- ^ "Barony of Ida". townlands.ie.
- ^ (Fiontar 2008, Sliabh Rua/Slieveroe)
- ^ (O'Kelly 1985, p. 102, Ida Barony)
- ^ (O'Donovan 1839, p. 185, Kilkenny Letters)
- ^ Down Survey Project. "Ida, Igrin, and Ibercon Map". downsurvey.tcd.ie. The Down Survey Project.
- ^ (Griffith 1864, Ida Barony Search)
- ^ a b c (O'Huidhrin 1851, pp. 8–9, PDF)
- ^ a b c d e f Walsh, Dennis. "Barony of Ida". rootsweb.com., Walsh, Dennis. "The Baronies of County Kilkenny". rootsweb.com. and Walsh, Dennis. "Barony Map of the Leinster Region". rootsweb.com.
- ^ (RSA Journal 1893 pp181-183)
- ^ Irish Statute Book, Statutory Instruments: 2003 Nos 520, 521, 522, 523, 525; 2004 No 872; 2005 No 847
- ^ Kilkenny County County. "Website". kilkennycoco.ie.
- ^ (Fiontar 2008, Ida Town and Fiontar 2008, Ida population centres)
- ^ (Fiontar 2008, Lough Cullen)
- ^ (Fiontar 2008, Ida Rivers)
- ^ (Fiontar 2008, Moondice Bogland)
- ^ (Fiontar 2008, Tory Hill)
- ^ (Fiontar 2008, The Pink Point)
- ^ (Fiontar 2008, Garraunbaun Rock)
- ^ (Fiontar 2008, County of Cill Chainnigh/Kilkenny)
Sources
edit- O'Donovan, John (1839). "Ordnance Survey Ireland: Letters, Kilkenny". askaboutireland.ie. Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs of the Government of Ireland.
- 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.
- Government (2003). Placenames (Co. Kilkenny) Order 2003 (PDF). Dublin: Government of Ireland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 February 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- O'Huidhrin, Giolla Na Naomh (1851). O'Donovan, John (ed.). The tribes and territories of ancient Ossory; comprising the portions of O'Heerin's and O'Dugan's topographical poems which relate to the families of that district. Dublin: J. O'Daly. ISBN 978-1143947490.
- O'Kelly, Owen (1985). Place Names of County Kilkenny. Kilkenny: Kilkenny Archaeological Society. ISBN 0-9501687-8-5.
- 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
edit- Walsh, Dennis. "Barony of Ida". rootsweb.com.
- Fiontar. "Barony of Ida". logainm.ie.
- "Barony of Ida". townlands.ie.