Barony of Coolock
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Coolock is one of the Baronies of County Dublin. It extends over much of the northern parts of what has become the suburbs of the City of Dublin and areas to the north. At the heart of the barony is the civil parish of the same name, Coolock, which is one of twenty civil parishes in the barony.
Location
Coolock is one of seven and a half baronies of County Dublin. It stretches from Dublin Airport and the Malahide estuary to the Royal Canal and River Tolka estuary (from north to south) and from the Phoenix Park to Dublin Bay (from west to east).
The barony is located between those of Nethercross (to the north), Castleknock (to the west) and Dublin City (to the south).
Outside links
- Enhanced British Parliamentary Papers on Ireland - Census of Ireland 1851: part I
- Walsh, Dennis (2003). "Barony Map of Ireland". http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlkik/ihm/barony-map-ireland.htm. Retrieved 2007-02-13. Source given is "Ordnance survey".