Boyle (barony) explained

Boyle
Native Name:	Mainistir na Búille (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:	328.46
Area Total Sq Mi:	126.82

Boyle (^[1]) is a barony in the far north of County Roscommon in Ireland.^{[2] [3]}

Etymology

Boyle barony is named after Boyle town, itself named after Boyle Abbey, which is named after the Boyle River.

Geography

Boyle barony is located in the far north of County Roscommon, separated from County Sligo by Lough Gara, the Curlew Mountains and Lough Arrow, and separated from County Leitrim by Lough Allen and the River Shannon. It contains Lough Key.^[4]

History

Boyle barony loosely corresponds to the ancient Gaelic kingdom of Magh Luirg an Dagda (Moylurg), the "plain of the tracks of Dagda."

In the 1585 Composition of Connacht, Boyle barony was confirmed as the possession of the Mac Diarmada, except for those parts which belonged to the Queen (then Elizabeth I) or the Church of Ireland.^[5]

List of settlements

Below is a list of settlements in Boyle barony:

• Arigna
• Ballyfarnon
• Boyle
• Cortober
• Cootehall
• Croghan
• Keadue
• Knockvicar

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mainistir na Búille/Boyle. Logainm.ie.
2. Web site: BOYLE, a corporate, market, and post-town, and a parish. www.libraryireland.com.
3. Web site: Statistical Survey of the County of Roscommon, drawn up under the direction of the Dublin Society. [With an appendix.]]. Royal Dublin Society. Weld (Isaac). Isaac WELD (the. Younger.). 28 December 2018. Google Books.
4. Web site: A map of Carrowreagh in the barony of Boyle and County of Roscommon as set by Arthur French. A scale of 40 perches to an inch. Surveyed in August 1792. By [illegible] Donleavy. Table of reference showing names of some tenants.]. Bryan. Donlevy. 1 August 1792. catalogue.nli.ie.
5. Web site: Perrot's Composition of the Barony of Boyle. www.irelandxo.com.