West Muskerry
West Muskerry is a barony in the West Riding of County Cork. Its chief town is Macroom. It may also be viewed as a half barony because some time before the 1821 census data, it was divided from its other half - East Muskerry. Other neighbouring baronies include Duhallow to the north (whose chief town is Newmarket) and the Barony of Carbery East (West Division) to the south (whose chief town is Dunmanway).[1]
barony at the Kerry county bounds.
A bridge over the River Sullane at Macroom.
There are 12 civil parishes in the barony.[2]
| Civil Parish Irish Name | Civil Parish English Name |
|---|---|
| Baile Bhuirne | Ballyvourney |
| 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 |
| 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.
References
From "Irish placenames database" (in English and Irish). logainm.ie. Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. http://www.logainm.ie/?uiLang=en. Retrieved 24 September 2011.:
From other sources:
- ↑ Joyce, P.W. (c. 1880). "County Cork". Philips' Handy Atlas of the Counties of Ireland. London: George Philips & Son. p. 7. http://www.botanicgardens.ie/herb/census/philips/cork3.jpg.
- ↑ Placenames Database of Ireland: Muskerry West
