Castlereagh (County Roscommon barony) explained

Castlereagh
Native Name:	An Caisleán Riabhach (Irish)
Settlement Type:	Barony
Subdivision Type:	Sovereign state
Subdivision Name:	Ireland
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Subdivision Name1:	Connacht
Subdivision Type2:	County
Subdivision Name2:	Roscommon
Area Total Km2:	332.17
Area Total Sq Mi:	128.25

Castlereagh (Irish: An Caisleán Riabhach)^[1] is a barony in County Roscommon, Ireland. It is named after the town of Castlerea within the barony. Its area in 1891 was 82081acres.^[2]

It contains five civil parishes: Ballintober, Baslick, Kilkeevin, Kilcorkey, and Kiltullagh;^[3] including the towns of Ballinlough, Bellanagare, Castlerea, and Cloonfad.^[4]

History

Castlereagh barony was anciently part of the territory of the Síol Maelruain, ruled by the Flynn (Ó Floinn) family, whose name survive in the large lake in the barony, Lough O'Flynn.

From the 18th century onward the Wills and Sandford families were the main landlords (see: Baron Mount Sandford).^[5]

List of settlements

Below is a list of settlements in Castlereagh barony:

• Ballinlough
• Ballintober
• Bellanagare
• Castleplunket
• Castlerea
• Cloonfad

Notes and References

1. Web site: An Caisleán Riabhach/Castlereagh. Placenames Database of Ireland. 24 August 2015.
2. Book: http://www.histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/PageBrowser?path=Browse/Census%20(by%20date)/1891/Ireland&active=yes&mno=443&tocstate=expandnew&tocseq=21800&display=sections&display=tables&display=pagetitles&pageseq=first-nonblank . 1891 Census of Ireland, Part I, Vol.IV, No.4: Roscommon . C.6685-III . Command papers . 459 . 1892 . Barony of Castlereagh . 24 August 2015.
3. Web site: Parishes in Castlereagh. Placenames Database of Ireland. 24 August 2015.
4. Web site: Towns in Castlereagh. Placenames Database of Ireland. 24 August 2015.
5. Web site: Estate record: Wills (Castlereagh) . landedestates.ie . . live . https://archive.today/20210603224922/http://landedestates.nuigalway.ie/LandedEstates/jsp/estate-show.jsp?id=1520 . 3 June 2021.