Orrery and Kilmore (Irish: Orbhraí agus An Choill Mhór) is a historical barony in north County Cork, Ireland.[1][2]
Orrery and Kilmore
Orbhraí agus An Choill Mhór (Irish) | |
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 Barony map of County Cork, 1900; Orrery and Kilmore barony is in the north, coloured green. | |
  Orrery and Kilmore | |
| Coordinates: 52°16′N 8°45′W / 52.26°N 8.75°W | |
| Sovereign state | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | Cork |
| Area | |
• Total | 280.6 km2 (108.4 sq mi) |
Baronies were mainly cadastral rather than administrative units.[3] They acquired modest local taxation and spending functions in the 19th century before being superseded by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898.[4][5]
History and legend
edit"Orrery" is derived from the Orbraige (pronounced like "Orvery"),[6] "descendants of Orbh;" one of the tribute kingdoms of Munster; according to Lebor na Cert their annual tax paid to Cashel was fifty cows, fifty oxen and fifty cattle carcasses; another place gives their obligation as a hundred cows, a hundred white cloths and a hundred sows.[7][8] One of these must refer to the Orbraige of Druim Imnocht, a subbranch of the tribe that was based in County Kerry.[9] Their ancestor Orb(h) was supposedly descended from Fereidhech, a son of Fergus mac Róich.
After the Plantation of Munster, the ancient kingdom's name was preserved with the granting of the title of Earl of Orrery to Roger Boyle, Baron of Broghill in 1660. Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery gave his name to the scientific instrument, the orrery, the first example of which was built in 1715 by John Rowley in London (the Earl was his patron).[10]
"Kilmore" (Coill Mór) means "Great Wood," referring to the forests found northwest of Newtownshandrum.[11]
Geography
editOrrery and Kilmore is in the north of the county, sandwiched between Fermoy barony and Duhallow, to the south of the River Maigue. Kilmore is the northern part, Orrery in the south.
List of settlements
editSettlements within the historical barony of Orrery and Kilmore include:[12]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Orrery and Kilmore". www.townlands.ie.
- ^ "Kinnatalloon Barony | Landed Estates | University of Galway". landedestates.ie.
- ^ "Property Price Register - Lands at Muff, Barony of Athlone North, Castlecoote, Co. Roscommon". www.myhome.ie.
- ^ General Register Office of Ireland (1904). "Alphabetical index to the baronies of Ireland". Census of Ireland 1901: General topographical index. Command papers. Vol. Cd. 2071. HMSO. pp. 966–978.
- ^ Office, Ireland Public Record (12 February 1891). "Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records and of the Keeper of the State Papers in Ireland: Presented to Both Houses of the Oireachtas". Stationery Office. – via Google Books.
- ^ Joyce, P. W. (1875:52) The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places. Ireland: McGlashan & Gill.
- ^ "Lebor na Cert". celt.ucc.ie.
- ^ "Lebor na Cert". celt.ucc.ie.
- ^ MacCotter, P. (2008:157). Medieval Ireland: Territorial, Political and Economic Divisions. Ireland: Four Courts Press.
- ^ Taylor, I. (1898:213). Names and Their Histories: A Handbook of Historical Geography and Topographical Nomenclature. United Kingdom: Rivingtons.
- ^ "Gaelic Ireland, C.1250-C.1650: Land, Lordship and Settlement 9781851828005, 9781846828904, 1851828001". dokumen.pub.
- ^ "Sub-units of: Orrery and Kilmore". logainm.ie.