Ballaghkeen South Explained

Ballaghkeen South
Native Name:	An Bealach Caoin Theas (Irish)
Settlement Type:	Barony
Pushpin Map:	Ireland
Coordinates:	52.48°N -6.42°W
Subdivision Type:	Sovereign state
Subdivision Name:	Ireland
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Subdivision Name1:	Leinster
Subdivision Type2:	County
Subdivision Name2:	Wexford
Area Total Km2:	203.6
Area Total Sq Mi:	78.6

Ballaghkeen South is a historical barony in southwest County Wexford, Ireland.^[1]

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 They acquired modest local taxation and spending functions in the 19th century before being superseded by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898.^{[2] [3]}

History

The barony takes its name from Ballaghkeen (The Ballagh), a village in County Wexford. The McMurphys of Uí Felmeda Thes ("Southern Descendants of Felmed") are noted very early here.^[4]

The single barony of Ballaghkeen was created in 1606; it was divided into north and south some time before 1868.^{[5] [6]}

Geography

Ballaghkeen South is in the eastern coastal part of the county, east of the River Slaney and north of Shelmalier.^[7]

List of settlements

Settlements within the historical barony of Ballaghkeen South include:

• Ballaghkeen
• Ballymurn
• Blackwater^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ballaghkeen South. www.townlands.ie.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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 .
5. 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.
6. House of Commons paper No.466 of 1868, p.85
7. Web site: Shelmaliere West. www.townlands.ie.
8. Web site: Sub-units of: An Bealach Caoin Theas/Ballaghkeen South. logainm.ie.