Upper Woods Explained

Upper Woods
Native Name:An Choill Uachtarach (Irish)
Settlement Type:Barony
Subdivision Type:Sovereign state
Subdivision Name:Ireland
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Leinster
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Laois
Area Total Km2:198.00
Area Total Sq Mi:76.45

Upper Woods or Upperwoods ([1]) is a barony in County Laois (formerly called Queen's County or County Leix), Ireland.[2] [3]

Etymology

Upper Woods barony is named after the forests of the Slieve Bloom Mountains.

Geography

Upper Woods is located in northwest County Laois, bounded to the northwest by the Slieve Bloom Mountains.

History

Upper Woods was part of the ancient Kingdom of Ossory (Osraige).[4] Around 1150 it was ruled by the Ua Dubhsláine (O'Delany) clan; the area was then called Tuath-an-Toraidh ("tuath [''clan territory''] of fruit/wealth/produce").[5] A member, Daniel Dulany the Elder (1685–1753), born in Upperwoods, became an important figure in colonial Maryland.

It is referred to in the topographical poem Tuilleadh feasa ar Éirinn óigh (Giolla na Naomh Ó hUidhrín, d. 1420): Ard taoiseach tuaiṫe an toraiḋÓn Choill aoiḃinn UachtoraiġÓ Duḃsláine, fial an fearÓn tsliaḃ as áille inḃeaġ("The high chief of the fruitful cantred, Of the delightful Coill Uachtorach [''Upper Woods''], Is O'Dubhslaine, hospitable the man, From the mountain of most beauteous rivers.")[6] [7] [8]

Upper Woods was formerly a part of the Upper Ossory barony, established by 1657; in 1842 it was divided into three cantreds: Upper Woods, Clandonagh and Clarmallagh.

List of settlements

Below is a list of settlements in Upper Woods barony:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Upper Woods/An Choill Uachtarach. Logainm.ie.
  2. Web site: General view of the agriculture and manufactures of the Queen's county: with observations on the means of their improvement, drawn up in the year 1801 : for the consideration, and under the direction of the Dublin Society. Sir Charles. Coote. Dublin. Society. 7 July 2018. Printed by Graisberry & Campbell. Google Books.
  3. Web site: Search Results - " Upperwoods Barony". sources.nli.ie.
  4. Web site: The Iron Age and the 'Dawn' of Idough. www.askaboutireland.ie.
  5. Web site: Delaney, crest, history. Terry. Delaney. www.usswhiteriver.com.
  6. Web site: The Topographical Poems of John O'Dubhagain and Giolla-na-naomh O'Huidhrin: Edited in the original Irish from MSS. in the Library of the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, with translation, notes, and introductory dissertations, by John O'Donovan. 8 July 1862. A. Thom.. Google Books.
  7. Web site: The Annals of Ireland [from A.D. 1171 to A.D. 1616]. Translated from the Original Irish of the Four Masters by O'Connellan, with Annotations by P. MacDermott and the Translator]. Michael. O'Clery. 7 July 2018. Google Books.
  8. Web site: Irish Chiefs and Clans in Ossory, Offaley, Leix. www.libraryireland.com.
  9. 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. 7 July 2018. A. Fullarton and Company. Google Books.

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