Kilnamanagh Upper is one of the baronies

Barony (Ireland)

In Ireland, a barony is a historical subdivision of a county. They were created, like the counties, in the centuries after the Norman invasion, and were analogous to the hundreds into which the counties of England were divided. In early use they were also called cantreds...

 of Ireland, an historical geographical unit of land. Its chief town is Borrisoleigh

Borrisoleigh

Borrisoleigh is a small town in North Tipperary in Ireland. According to the 2006 census, the town has a population of 1,178. The parish, which encompasses , has a population of just 2,000--down from a high count of 7,000 taken in 1842, before the Potato Famine. It is in the barony of Kilnamanagh...

. It is one of 14 baronies in the old county of Tipperary between 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 north (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...

), Kilnamanagh Lower

Kilnamanagh Lower

Kilnamanagh Lower is one of the baronies of Ireland, an historical geographical unit of land. Its chief town is Dundrum...

 to the south (in the South Riding, whose chief town is Dundrum

Dundrum, County Tipperary

Dundrum , is a village in the barony of Kilnamanagh Lower, South Tipperary, Ireland ....

) and 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 east (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...

).
It 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

Normans

The Normans were the people who gave their name to Normandy, a region in northern France. They were descended from Norse Viking conquerors of the territory and the native population of Frankish and Gallo-Roman stock...

 invasion 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

The Gaels or Goidels are speakers of one of the Goidelic Celtic languages: Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Manx. Goidelic speech originated in Ireland and subsequently spread to western and northern Scotland and the Isle of Man....

 túath which had submitted to the Crown.

Modern times

When County 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...

 was split into North

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...

 and South Riding

South Tipperary

South Tipperary is a county in Ireland. It is part of the South-East Region and is also located in the province of Munster. It is named after the town of Tipperary and consists of 52% of the land area of the traditional county of Tipperary. The county was established in 1898 and has had a county...

s in 1836, the barony of Kilnamanagh was split into two half-baronies. Kilnamanagh Upper was allocated to the north riding with Kilnamanagh Lower being allocated to the south riding.

Civil parishes of the barony

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
Bealach Achaille	​Ballycahill
Dún	​Doon
Gleann Caoin	​Glenkeen
Maigh Ailbhe	​Moyaliff
An Teampall Beag	​Templebeg
An Teampall Uachtarach	​Upperchurch Upperchurch Upperchurch is a small village in North Tipperary, Ireland. It lies in the Slievefelin Hills, just off the R503 regional road between Thurles and Limerick. Its Irish name was historically anglicised as Templeoughteragh, Templeoughtragh and Templeoughtera...
Tuaim	​Toem