Ballaghkeen North Explained

Ballaghkeen North
Native Name:	An Bealach Caoin Thuaidh (Irish)
Settlement Type:	Barony
Pushpin Map:	Ireland
Coordinates:	52.64°N -6.26°W
Subdivision Type:	Sovereign state
Subdivision Name:	Ireland
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Subdivision Name1:	Leinster
Subdivision Type2:	County
Subdivision Name2:	Wexford
Area Total Km2:	183.8
Area Total Sq Mi:	71.0

Ballaghkeen North is a historical barony in eastern County Wexford, Ireland.

Baronies were mainly cadastral rather than administrative units. They acquired modest local taxation and spending functions in the 19th century before being superseded by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898.^{[1] [2]}

History

The barony takes its name from Ballaghkeen (The Ballagh), a village in Ballaghkeen South. The McMurphys of Uí Felmeda Thes ("Southern Descendants of Felmed") are noted very early here. The Síol Mella sept of the Ui Cheinnselaig, as well as the Cenel Cobthaig, were also there.^[3]

The single barony of Ballaghkeen was created in 1606; it was divided into north and south some time before 1868.^{[4] [5]}

Geography

Ballaghkeen North is in the northeastern coastal part of the county.^[6]

List of settlements

Settlements within the historical barony of Ballaghkeen North include:^[7]

• Blackwater
• Courtown
• Gorey
• Kilmuckridge
• Monamolin
• Oulart
• Riverchapel

Notes and References

1. Book: General Register Office of Ireland . Census of Ireland 1901: General topographical index . http://www.histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/PageBrowser?path=Browse/Census%20(by%20date)/1901/Ireland&active=yes&mno=453&tocstate=expandnew&tocseq=3800&display=sections&display=tables&display=pagetitles&pageseq=first-nonblank . Command papers . Cd. 2071 . 1904 . . 966–978 . Alphabetical index to the baronies of Ireland.
2. Web site: Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records and of the Keeper of the State Papers in Ireland: Presented to Both Houses of the Oireachtas. Ireland Public Record. Office. 12 February 1891. Stationery Office.. Google Books.
3. Web site: The Baronies of Ireland - History. 17 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190717210451/http://sites.rootsweb.com/~irlkik/ihm/baronie4.htm . 17 July 2019 .
4. Book: O'Dowd, M. . Whelan. Kevin . Nolan. William . Wexford: history and society : interdisciplinary essays on the history of an Irish count y. 1987 . Geography Publications . 9780906602065 . 122–149: 123 . English conquest of an Irish barony: the changing patterns of land ownership in the barony of Scarawalsh 1540–1640.
5. House of Commons paper No.466 of 1868, p.85
6. Web site: Ballaghkeen North (Bar.) - Offaly Archives. www.offalyarchives.com.
7. Web site: Sub-units of: An Bealach Caoin Thuaidh/Ballaghkeen North. logainm.ie.