Coshmore and Coshbride explained

Coshmore and Coshbride
Native Name:	Cois Abha Móire agus Cois Bhríde (Irish)
Settlement Type:	Barony
Subdivision Type:	Sovereign state
Subdivision Name:	Ireland
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Subdivision Name1:	Munster
Subdivision Type2:	County
Subdivision Name2:	Waterford
Area Total Km2:	357.15
Area Total Sq Mi:	137.90

Coshmore and Coshbride (^[1]) is a barony in County Waterford, Ireland.^[2]

Etymology

Coshmore is derived from Irish Cois Abha Móire, "bank of the Great River", referring to the Munster Blackwater. Coshbride means "banks of the Bride", referring to the River Bride.^[3]

Geography

Coshmore and Coshbride is located in western County Waterford, to the south of the Knockmealdown Mountains and the River Araglin.

History

The region is the site of the ancient Lismore Cathedral, and was historically the property of the Fitzgerald Earls of Desmond.^[4] The Aherns, Barrys, Keanes, Tobins and Walshes were also landowning families.^[5]

Coshmore and Coshbride were separate baronies in 1821, but had been united by 1831.

The barony gave its name to the Coshmore and Coshbride Hunt.^[6]

List of settlements

Below is a list of settlements in Coshmore and Coshbride barony:

• Ballyduff
• Cappoquin
• Knockanore
• Lismore^{[7] [8]}
• Tallow

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cois Abha Móire agus Cois Bhríde/Coshmore and Coshbride. Logainm.ie.
2. Web site: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland: Adapted to the New Poor-law, Franchise, Municipal and Ecclesiastical Arrangements, and Compiled with a Special Reference to the Lines of Railroad and Canal Communication, as Existing in 1814-45. 19 December 2018. A. Fullarton and Company. Google Books.
3. Web site: Coshbride - Irish Place Names. www.libraryireland.com.
4. Web site: New Settlers in Tipperary and Waterford - Irish Pedigrees. www.libraryireland.com. 19 December 2018. 23 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190323222002/https://www.libraryireland.com/Pedigrees1/new-settlers-tipperary-waterford.php. dead.
5. Web site: The Baronies of Ireland - Family History.
6. Web site: Man found guilty of poisoning hunting dog - Century Ireland. www.rte.ie.
7. Web site: Lismore. www.libraryireland.com.
8. Web site: Archived copy . 19 December 2018 . 19 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181219044342/http://www.corkpastandpresent.ie/media/coshmore_and_coshbride.pdf . dead .