Gaultier or Gaultiere (Irish: An Ghailltír[1]) is a barony in County Waterford, Ireland.[2][3]
Gaultier
An Ghailltír (Irish) | |
|---|---|
 Pasture and cereal fields near Orchardstown | |
 Barony map of County Waterford, 1900; Gaultier is coloured peach, in the east. | |
| Sovereign state | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | Waterford |
| Area | |
• Total | 119.17 km2 (46.01 sq mi) |
Etymology
editGaultier barony is derived from the Irish for "land of the foreigners" — specifically, the Vikings, who settled here when they were expelled from Waterford City by the Cambro-Norman and English invaders in the later 12th century.[4]
Geography
editGaultier is located in eastern County Waterford, between Tramore Bay and Waterford Harbour. It contained the parish of Kilculliheen until 1872, when that area was transferred to County Kilkenny.
History
editGaultier, as stated above, was a settlement of Vikings expelled from Waterford city. They established a "Cantred of the Danes" or "Ostmanstowns of Waterford" in 1384.
After the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, Gaultier was granted to the Lymbery family, and they were for generations landlords and Church of Ireland clergymen in the region.[5] Other important families were Anthony, Brunnock, Comerford, Everard, Grant, Jackson, Mandeville, Sherlock, Wadding and Wyse.[6]
The barony was established by 1672.[7]
It gives its name to Gaultier GAA, a Gaelic football club established in 1927 and based in Dunmore East.
List of settlements
editBelow is a list of settlements in Gaultier barony:
References
edit- ^ "An Ghailltír/Gaultiere". Logainm.ie.
- ^ Lewis, Samuel (1 February 1995). A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland: Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate, Market, and Post Towns, Parishes, and Villages, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions ... Genealogical Publishing Com. ISBN 9780806310633 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Waterford Towns". www.libraryireland.com.
- ^ Power, P. (1907). The Place Names of Decies (PDF). London: David Nutt. Retrieved 30 December 2020 – via logainm.ie.
- ^ "Estate Record: Lymbery". landedestates.nuigalway.ie.
- ^ "The Baronies of Ireland - Family History". sites.rootsweb.com. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ Butler, Matthew (17 December 2018). A history of the barony of Gaultier. Downey & Co.