Magheraboy is a barony in County Fermanagh

County Fermanagh

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, Northern Ireland

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. To its east lies Lower Lough Erne

Lough Erne

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, and it is bordered by three other baronies in Northern Ireland: Lurg to the north; Tirkennedy to the east; and Clanawley to the south It also borders two baronies in the Republic of Ireland

Republic of Ireland

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: Tirhugh to the north; and Rosclogher to the south.

The name Magheraboy doesn't receive a mention until 1585, when it is described in the Composition Book of Connacht as "the halfe Toe (tuatha) of Magheraboy". It was the year 1585, during the reign of Elizabeth I

Elizabeth I of England

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 that most of the modern baronies and counties

Counties of Northern Ireland

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 of Ulster

Ulster

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 would first be created.

The barony's boundaries however coincide with those of an ancient territory known as Tuath Ratha (people/tribe of the fort), the principal family of which was the O'Flanagans , the ruling family of the Cenél Cairbre Tuath Ratha. The O'Flanagans were an important medieval family based at Ballyflanagan (present day townland of Aghamore

Aghamore, County Fermanagh

Aghamore is a townland which is located in the area of Boho, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.As far back as 1672 this townland was known as Ahamore in the Barony of Magheryboy and was the medieval seat of the O Flanagans....

) in Magheraboy, and they once controlled the entire western side of Lower Lough Erne from Belleek

Belleek, County Fermanagh

Belleek is a village in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. While the greater part of the village lies within County Fermanagh, part of it crosses the border into County Donegal, a part of Ulster that lies in the Republic of Ireland. This makes Belleek the western-most village in the United Kingdom...

 to Belmore Mountain

Belmore Mountain

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.

List of main settlements

• Belleek
  Belleek, County Fermanagh
  Belleek is a village in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. While the greater part of the village lies within County Fermanagh, part of it crosses the border into County Donegal, a part of Ulster that lies in the Republic of Ireland. This makes Belleek the western-most village in the United Kingdom...
  
   (south of the River Erne
  River Erne
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  )
• Derrygonnelly
  Derrygonnelly
  Derrygonnelly is a small village and townland in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. Near Lower Lough Erne, the village was home to 594 people and dates to the Plantation era....
  
  
• Enniskillen
  Enniskillen
  Enniskillen is a town in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is located almost exactly in the centre of the county between the Upper and Lower sections of Lough Erne. It had a population of 13,599 in the 2001 Census...
  
  (west of the River Erne)

List of civil parishes

Below is a list of civil parishes in Magheraboy:

• Boho (split with barony of Clanawley)
• Cleenish (split with the baronies of Clanawley and Tirkennedy)
• Devenish
• Inishmacsaint
• Rossorry (split with barony of Clanawley)