Ormond Lower (Irish language: Urumhain Íochtarach)
Legal context
Baronies were created after the Norman invasion of Ireland as divisions of counties and were used the administration of justice and the raising of revenue. While baronies continue to be officially defined units, they have been administratively obsolete since 1898. However, they continue to be used in land registration and in specification, such as in planning permissions. In many cases, a barony corresponds to an earlier
Gaels túath which had submitted to the Crown. The Earl of Ormond wrongly applied the name "Ormond" to two baronies as they were never part of the eastern Kingdom of Ormond; rather they were part of the tuath of
Muskerry Tire which was subject to the north-western Kingdom of Thomond.
[ Atlas and cyclopedia of Ireland. Part I: A comprehensive delineation of the thirty-two counties, with a, map of each. Part II: The general history - Tipperary]
Modern times
When County Tipperary was split into
North Tipperary and
South Tipperary in 1836, Ormond Lower was allocated to the north riding. However, the neighbouring barony of Kilnamanagh was split into Upper and Lower half-baronies, being allocated to the north and south ridings respectively.
Towns, villages and townlands of the barony
Civil parishes
This table
[ Database of Ireland - civil parishes.] lists an historical geographical sub-division of the barony known as the
civil parish (not to be confused with an Ecclesiastical parish).
Other villages and townlands
Abbeville,
Ballysteena,
Ballyquirk,
Borrisokane,
Cloughjordan (town),
Cloghjordanpark (townland),
Cowbawn,
Crotta, Derry, Drumnamahane Island,
Eminiska,
Feigh West, Firgrove, Graigue, Islandwood, Johnstown, Killeen,
Kilruane,
Lehinch,
Lorrha,
Loughkeen,
Modreeny,
Mulinkeagh, Newtown, Newtown (Guest), Newtown (Hodgins), O’Meara’s Acres,
Oxpark, Portland,
Quakerstown, Richmond,
Stoneyacre,
Townfields,
Uskane,
Willsborough.
See also
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List of civil parishes of County Tipperary
External links
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Source given is "Ordnance survey".
