List of civil parishes of County Cork
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In Ireland
, counties
are divided into civil parishes
which are in turn further divided into townland
s. The following is a list of civil parishes in the baronies
of County Cork
. A civil parish is an historical geographical sub-division of a barony and should not to be confused with an ecclesiastical parish.
. There are 12 civil parishes in the barony.
Note 1: The parish of Macroom consists of the core around the town as well as two exclaves mainly enclosed by the parish of Clondrohid as well as a third exclave between Clondrohid and the parish of Aghabulloge in the neighbouring barony of Muskerry East.
Note 2: Parishes shared with the neighbouring barony of Muskerry East to the east.
Note 3: Parishes shared with the neighbouring barony of Duhallow to the north.
Note 4: Parishes shared with the neighbouring barony of Carbery East to the south.
. There are 25 civil parishes either wholly or partly in the barony.
Note 1: Parishes shared with the neighbouring barony of Cork city to the east.
Note 2: Parishes shared with the neighbouring barony of Kinalea to the south.
Note 3: Parishes shared with the neighbouring barony of Muskerry West to the west.
Note 4: Parishes shared with the neighbouring barony of Barretts to the north-east.
Ireland
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, counties
Counties of Ireland
The counties of Ireland are sub-national divisions used for the purposes of geographic demarcation and local government. Closely related to the county is the County corporate which covered towns or cities which were deemed to be important enough to be independent from their counties. A county...
are divided into civil parishes
Civil parishes in Ireland
The parish was once an ecclesiastical unit of territory based on early Christian and monastic settlements. It came into existence in Ireland in the 12th and 13th centuries and was continued by the Church of Ireland, the Established church, from the time of the Tudor conquest...
which are in turn further divided into townland
Townland
A townland or bally is a small geographical division of land used in Ireland. The townland system is of Gaelic origin—most townlands are believed to pre-date the Norman invasion and most have names derived from the Irish language...
s. The following is a list of civil parishes in 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 County Cork
County Cork
County Cork is a county in Ireland. It is located in the South-West Region and is also part of the province of Munster. It is named after the city of Cork . Cork County Council is the local authority for the county...
. A civil parish is an historical geographical sub-division of a barony and should not to be confused with an ecclesiastical parish.
Barony of Barrymore
There are 29 civil parishes in the barony.| Civil Parish Irish Name | Civil Parish English Name |
|---|---|
| Ard na Gaoithe | Ardnageehy |
| Baile Charránaigh | Ballycurrany |
| Baile Dúlóthair | Ballydeloher |
| Baile Uí Spealáin | Ballyspillane |
| Bréachmhaigh | Britway |
| Caisleán Ó Liatháin | Castlelyons Castlelyons Castlelyons is a small village in East County Cork in the Province of Munster in Ireland. It is situated south of Fermoy. In the 2002 census it recorded a population of 211.... |
| Carraig Thuathail | Carrigtohill |
| Cathair Lag | Caherlag |
| Cill Chuáin | Kilquane |
| Cill Easpaig Mhealláin | Killaspugmullane |
| Cill Seancháin | Kilshanahan |
| Cluain Meala | Clonmel |
| Cluain Molt | Clonmult |
| Cnoc Múirne | Knockmourne |
| An Chúil | Coole |
| Dún Bolg | Dunbulloge |
| Dún Guairne | Dungourney |
| An Gort Rua | Gortroe |
| Inse na Baice | Inchinabacky |
| Lios Cúil | Lisgoold |
| Maigh Aisí | Mogeesha |
| An tOileán Beag | Little Island Little Island, Cork Little Island is mainly an industrial area to the east of Cork City, Ireland. It is no longer an island, since the northern channel separating it from the mainland has filled over. To the east and south is Cork Harbour; across a channel to the west is Fota Island.-Development:Many of Cork's... |
| Paróiste Mhichíl | St. Michael's |
| Ráth Chormaic | Rathcormack Rathcormack Rathcormack or Rathcormac is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. It is 6 km north of Sligo town on the N15 road between Ben Bulben mountain and the sea.-See also:* List of towns and villages in Ireland... |
| Teampall Buadáin | Templebodan |
| An Teampall Geal | Whitechurch |
| Teampall Loiscthe | Templeusque |
| Teampall na Carraige | Templenacarriga |
| Teampall Roibín | Templerobin |
Barony of Muskerry West
The namesake of Baron MuskerryBaron Muskerry
Baron Muskerry is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1781 for Sir Robert Deane, 6th Baronet. He had previously represented County Cork in the Irish House of Commons. His great-grandson, the fourth Baron, sat in the House of Lords as an Irish Representative Peer from 1892 to 1929....
. There are 12 civil parishes in the barony.
| Civil Parish Irish Name | Civil Parish English Name |
|---|---|
| Baile Bhuirne | Ballyvourney Ballyvourney Baile Bhuirne , anglicised as Ballyvourney is a Gaeltacht village in south-west County Cork, Ireland. It is a civil parish in the barony of Muskerry West and is also one half of the Ecclesiastical parish of Baile Bhuirne agus Cúil Aodha in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cloyne-Location and... |
| Baile na Daibhche | Ballinadee |
| Cill Coirne | Kilcorney |
| Cill Mhichíl | Kilmichael |
| Cill Muire | Kilmurry |
| Cill na Martra | Kilnamartery |
| Cluain Droichead | Clondrohid |
| An Driseán | Drishane |
| Dún Uisce | Dunisky |
| Inse Geimhleach | Inchigeelagh |
| Maigh Chromtha | Macroom Macroom Macroom is a market town in Ireland located in a valley on the River Sullane, a tributary of the River Lee, between Cork and Killarney. It is one of the key gateways to the tourist region of West Cork. The town recorded a population on 3,553 in the 2006 national census... |
| Maigh Cluana Aichidh | Macloneigh |
Note 1: The parish of Macroom consists of the core around the town as well as two exclaves mainly enclosed by the parish of Clondrohid as well as a third exclave between Clondrohid and the parish of Aghabulloge in the neighbouring barony of Muskerry East.
Note 2: Parishes shared with the neighbouring barony of Muskerry East to the east.
- Twenty four out of twenty six townlands of the parish of Kilmurry lie in the barony with the remaining two contiguous townlands lying in the barony of Muskerry East.
Note 3: Parishes shared with the neighbouring barony of Duhallow to the north.
- Forty-six out of fifty-two townlands of the parish of Drishane lie in the barony with the remaining six contiguous townlands lying in a salient of the barony of Duhallow.
Note 4: Parishes shared with the neighbouring barony of Carbery East to the south.
- 107 out of 118 townlands of the parish of Inchigeelagh lie in the barony with the remaining eleven contiguous townlands lying in the barony of Carbery East.
- Two thirds of the parish of Kilmichael lie in the barony with the remaining third lying in the barony of Carbery East.
Barony of Muskerry East
The namesake of Baron MuskerryBaron Muskerry
Baron Muskerry is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1781 for Sir Robert Deane, 6th Baronet. He had previously represented County Cork in the Irish House of Commons. His great-grandson, the fourth Baron, sat in the House of Lords as an Irish Representative Peer from 1892 to 1929....
. There are 25 civil parishes either wholly or partly in the barony.
| Civil Parish Irish Name | Civil Parish English Name |
|---|---|
| Achadh Bolg | Aghabulloge |
| Achadh Fhíonach | Aghinagh |
| Áth na nUamhann | Athnowen |
| Baile na Baoi | Ballinaboy |
| Carraig Ruacháin Bheag | Carrigrohanebeg |
| Carraig Ruacháin | Carrigrohane |
| Ceannmhaigh | Cannaway |
| Cill Bheanáin | Kilbonane |
| Cill Muire | Kilmurry |
| Cill na Gluaire | Kilnaglory |
| Cnoc an Bhile | Knockavilly |
| An Corrbhaile | Corbally |
| An Díseart Mór | Desertmore |
| Domhnach Mór | Donaghmore |
| Dún Darú | Dunderrow |
| An Eaglais | Aglish |
| Garbhchluain | Garrycloyne |
| Greanach | Grenagh |
| Inis Cara | Inishcarra |
| Inis Cionaoith | Inishkenny |
| Maigh Guairne | Magourney |
| Maigh Mhide | Moviddy |
| Maigh Teichigh | Matehy |
| Paróiste Fhionnbharra | St. Finbar's |
| Paróiste San Nioclás | St. Nicholas |
Note 1: Parishes shared with the neighbouring barony of Cork city to the east.
- The western half of Carrigrohane parishes lies in this barony while the eastern half lies in the barony of Cork city.
- The parish of St. Nicholas consists of a single townland that is an exclave of the parish proper which lies in the barony of Cork city.
- The parish of St. Finbar's consists of two townlands that form an exclave of the parish proper which lies in the barony of Cork city.
- A single townland (Ballynora) of the parish of Kilnaglory lies in the barony of Cork city.
- Three townlands of the parish of Inishkenny lie in the barony; the bulk of the parish lies in the barony of Cork city.
- The parish of Ballinaboy is divided between four baronies. Only two townlands lie in this barony.
Note 2: Parishes shared with the neighbouring barony of Kinalea to the south.
- Four townlands of the parish of Dunderrow lie in the barony; a further five lie to the south in the neighbouring barony of Kinalea. Additional townlands of the parish are situatued further south again in a large exclave of the same barony with some contiguous townlands also lying in a third barony still further south - Kinsale.
- Nine out of fifteen townlands of the parish of Knockavilly lie in the barony with the remaining six contiguous townlands lying in the barony of Kinalea.
Note 3: Parishes shared with the neighbouring barony of Muskerry West to the west.
- Two out of twenty four townlands of the parish of Kilmurry lie in the barony with the remaining twenty two contiguous townlands lying in the barony of Muskerry West.
Note 4: Parishes shared with the neighbouring barony of Barretts to the north-east.
- Eleven out of forty townlands of the parish of Donaghmore lie in the barony with the remaining twenty nine contiguous townlands lying in the barony of Barretts.
- Fifteen out of seventeen townlands of the parish of Garrycloyne lie in the barony. The remaining two contiguous townlands, including its eponymous townland, lie in the barony of Barretts.
See also
- Barony of BantryBarony of Bantry (County Cork)Bantry is a barony in the west of County Cork in Ireland.Patrick Weston Joyce said the name Beanntraí means "descendants of Beann [Ban]", a son of Conchobar mac Nessa; similarly for the Wexford barony of Bantry....
- Barony of BarrettsBarony of BarrettsBarretts is a barony in County Cork in Ireland.The name is from the Old English Barrett family.Barretts is bordered by the baronies of Muskerry East to the south-west, Duhallow to the north-west, Fermoy to the north, Barrymore to the east and the Barony of Cork to the south-east...
- Barony of BarrymoreBarony of BarrymoreBarrymore is a barony in County Cork in Ireland.It is the namesake of the de Barry family, Old English family latterly created Earls of Barrymore Barrymore is bordered by eight baronies:* To the south-west, the Barony of Cork and the Barony of Cork City...
- Barony of BearBeara PeninsulaThe Beara Peninsula is a peninsula on the south-west coast of Ireland, bounded between the Kenmare "river" to the north side and Bantry Bay to the south. It has two mountain ranges running down its centre: the Caha Mountains and the Slieve Miskish Mountains...
- Barony of CarberyBarony of CarberyCarbery, or the Barony of Carbery, was once the largest barony in Ireland, and essentially a small, semi-independent kingdom on the southwestern coast of Munster, in what is now County Cork, from its founding in the 1230s by Donal Gott MacCarthy to its gradual decline in the late 16th and early...
- Barony of CourceysCourceysCourceys is a Civil parish and barony in County Cork on the south coast of Ireland. Its name refers to the Norman de Courcy family, who ruled the area from the early 13th century. The villages in the parish include Ballinspittle and Ballinadee....
- Barony of DuhallowDuhallowDuhallow is a barony located in the north-western part of County Cork, Ireland.- Legal context :Baronies were created after the Norman invasion as subdivisions of counties and were used for administration. Baronies continue to be regarded as officially defined units, but they are no longer used...