Barony of Bantry, County Cork
Bantry is a barony in the West Riding of County Cork. 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.[1]
The barony contains the town of Bantry and the top of Bantry Bay in its south east,[2] including Whiddy Island. It is bordered by the baronies of Bear to the west, West Carbery (West Division to the south and East Division to the south-east), and West Muskerry to the north-east.[2] To the north is County Kerry.[2]
Settlements in the barony besides Bantry include Ballylickey and Kilkeel.
References
"Irish placenames database" (in English and Irish). logainm.ie. Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. Archived from the original on 22 April 2010. http://web.archive.org/web/20100422232126/http://logainm.ie/?uiLang=en. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
From other sources:
- ↑ Joyce, P.W. (1902). "Bantry". Irish Local Names Explained. Dublin: Gill & Son. p. 18. http://www.archive.org/stream/irishlocalnamese00joycuoft#page/18/mode/2up/search/Bantry. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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.
