Ikerrin is one of the baronies of Ireland, a historical geographical unit of land. Its chief town is Roscrea

Roscrea

Roscrea is a small heritage town in North Tipperary, Ireland. The town has a population of 4,910. Its main industries include meat processing and pharmaceuticals. It is a civil parish in the historical barony of Ikerrin...

. It is one of 14 baronies in the traditional county of Tipperary

County Tipperary

County Tipperary is a county of Ireland. It is located in the province of Munster and is named after the town of Tipperary. The area of the county does not have a single local authority; local government is split between two authorities. In North Tipperary, part of the Mid-West Region, local...

 between the baronies of Eliogarty

Eliogarty

Eliogarty is one of the baronies of Ireland, an historical geographical unit of land. Its chief town is Thurles. It is one of 14 baronies in the old county of Tipperary between Ikerrin to the north , Kilnamanagh Upper to the west and Middle Third to the south .The...

 to the south (whose chief town is Thurles

Thurles

Thurles is a town situated in North Tipperary, Ireland. It is a civil parish in the historical barony of Eliogarty and is also an ecclesiastical parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly...

) and Ormond Upper

Ormond Upper

Ormond Upper is one of the baronies of Ireland, an historical geographical unit of land. Its chief town is Toomevara...

 to the west (whose chief town is Toomevara

Toomevara

Toomevara, officially Toomyvara , is a village in North Tipperary, Ireland. The village is at the junction on the R445 where it meets the R499 regional road. The village was bypassed in December 2010 by the M7 Dublin - Limerick motorway. It is also a parish in the Roman Catholic Diocese of...

). As a landlocked "peninsula", it is surrounded on three sides by counties Offaly

County Offaly

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 and Laois

County Laois

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. The territory is currently administered by North Tipperary

North Tipperary

North Tipperary is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Mid-West Region and is also located in the province of Munster. It is named after the town of Tipperary and consists of 48% of the land area of the traditional county of Tipperary. The county was established in 1898 and has had a county...

 County Council.

Legal context

Baronies were created after the Norman invasion of Ireland

Norman Invasion of Ireland

The Norman invasion of Ireland was a two-stage process, which began on 1 May 1169 when a force of loosely associated Norman knights landed near Bannow, County Wexford...

 as subdivisions of counties and were used for administration. 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 specification such as in planning permissions. In many cases, a barony corresponds to an earlier Gaelic

Gaels

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 túath which had submitted to the Crown.

Modern times

When County Tipperary was split into North

North Tipperary

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 and South Riding

South Tipperary

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s in 1836, Ikerrin 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

Clonakenny, Curragunneen and Ballyhenry.

Civil parishes

This table lists an historical geographical sub-division of the barony known as the civil parish

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

 (not to be confused with an Ecclesiastical parish).

Name in Irish	Name in English
Bearnan Eile	Barnane-Ely or Barnane Barnane Barnane is a townsland in North Tipperary in Ireland. It is in the civil parish of Barnane-Ely in the barony of Ikerrin. It is also part of the Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical parish of Drom and Inch. Although Barnane itself has not claimed allegiance, religious or otherwise, to either.-Location:It...
Boirinn	Bourney
Buiríos na Fearna	Borrisnafarney
Cill Momhéanóg	Killavinoge
Cill Ó Sceacháin	Killoskehan
Cill Shléibhe	Killea Killea, County Tipperary Killea is a village in North Tipperary, Ireland. The village lies off the N62 road, 5 km from Templemore. The local Gaelic Athletic Association club is Cill Aodha. It is a civil parish in the historical barony of Ikerrin...
An Corrbhaile	Corbally
Ráth Mobheóg	Rathnaveoge
Ros Cré	Roscrea Roscrea Roscrea is a small heritage town in North Tipperary, Ireland. The town has a population of 4,910. Its main industries include meat processing and pharmaceuticals. It is a civil parish in the historical barony of Ikerrin...
Teampall Rí	Templeree
Teampall Tuaithe	Templetouhy

Note 1: Despite being listed as townlands in the civil parish of Templemore, barony of Eliogarty, by the Placenames Database of Ireland, the following townlands are all in the barony of Ikerrin. This can be readily verified from the O.S.I.'s historical map of the barony.

• Clontaaffe, Curraduff, Craiguedarg, Graiguebeg, Killough.
  

Note 2: Despite being listed as townlands in the civil parish of Cullenwaine, barony of Clonlisk in the county of Offaly, by the Placenames Database of Ireland, the following townlands are all in the barony of Ikerrin in the county of Tipperary. This can be readily verified from the O.S.I.'s historical map of the barony.

• Derrycallaghan, Drumbaun, Greenhills.
  

Note 3: The civil parish of Killoskehan in unusual in having only one townland which bears the same name as the parish.

External links

• Placenames Database of Ireland Source given is "Ordnance survey".