Gorey (barony) explained

Gorey
Native Name:Guaire (Irish)
Settlement Type:Barony
Pushpin Map:Ireland
Coordinates:52.696°N -6.314°W
Subdivision Type:Sovereign state
Subdivision Name:Ireland
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Leinster
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Wexford
Area Total Km2:331.5
Area Total Sq Mi:128.0

Gorey is a historical barony in northeast County Wexford, Ireland.[1] [2]

Baronies were mainly cadastral rather than administrative units.[3] They acquired modest local taxation and spending functions in the 19th century before being superseded by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898.[4] [5]

History

The town and barony of Gorey (Modern Irish Guaire) is believed to derive from the Irish Gabraige, meaining "goat tribe," possibly a totemic name of the local people.[6] [7] There was also a group of Gabraige near the River Suck, who were Fir Bolg.[8]

In the Gaelic Ireland period part of Gorey baroney was Uí Dega territory, as well as the Cenél Flaitheamhain. The northern part of the barony was ruled by the Uí Enechglaiss, whose territory continued into County Wicklow. The Uí Ceinnselaig (Kinsellas) were also based here.[9]

Geography

Gorey is in the northeast of the county, containing the source and upper parts of the River Bann and a small coastal strip, being bordered by County Wicklow to the north.[10]

List of settlements

Settlements within the historical barony of Gorey include:[11] [12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Guaire/Gorey. logainm.ie.
  2. Web site: Census returns, Inch Parish (Gorey Barony, Wexford), 1901-1911. Ireland Census. Office. Family Search.
  3. Web site: Property Price Register - Lands at Muff, Barony of Athlone North, Castlecoote, Co. Roscommon. www.myhome.ie.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Book: Doherty, Charles. Le prince, son peuple et le bien commun : De l'Antiquité tardive à la fin du Moyen Âge. Joëlle. Quaghebeur. Hervé. Oudart. Jean-Michel. Picard. 15 November 2013. Presses universitaires de Rennes. 397–409. OpenEdition Books.
  7. Web site: Guaire/Gorey. logainm.ie.
  8. Web site: DOI: Onomasticon Goedelicum (G). research.ucc.ie.
  9. 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 .
  10. Web site: Genuki: County Wexford Baronies, Villages, Towns & Civil Parishes, Wexford. www.genuki.org.uk.
  11. Web site: Sub-units of: Guaire/Gorey. logainm.ie.
  12. Web site: Sub-units of: Guaire/Gorey. logainm.ie.

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