Baronies,Towns, Villages & civil parishes

Baronies of County Carlow

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868 Copyright Colin Hinson ©2018]

"CARLOW BARONY, one of the 7 baronies or subdivisions of the county of Carlow, province of Leinster, Ireland, situated in the N.W. part of the county, and bounded on the N. by the county of Kildare; on the E. by the baronies of Rathvilly and Forth; on the S. by the barony of Drone East; and on the W. by the barony of Drone West, and Queen's County. It contains the parishes of Ballinacarrig, Ballycrogue, Carlow, Clonmelsk, Grangeford, Killerig, and Urglin, with parts of the parishes of Cloydagle, Kellystown, Niarney, Painstown, and Tullowmagimma. The barony extends over an area of about 31,304 acres."

"EAST and WEST IDRONE, two baronies in county Carlow, province of Leinster, Ireland. These baronies are bounded by Queen's County and the barony of Carlow on the N., county Wexford on the E., the barony of St. Mullins on the S., and by county Kilkenny on the W. Their length is over 15 miles, and their greatest breadth 8 miles. Part of the Castle-Comer mountains rise in West Idrone, and Blount Leinster in East Idrone. The river Barrow has part of its course in these baronies. The surface consists generally of good land. East Idrone includes the parishes of Agha, Clonygoose, Dunleckny, Kiltennell, Lorum, and Slyguff, and part of Ballyellin, Fenagh, Killinane, Myshall, Ullart, and Nurney, with the towns of Borris, Bagnalstown, and a portion of Leighlin-Bridge. West Idrone contains the parishes of Old Leighlin and Tullowcrine, part of the town of Leigh [in-Bridge, besides part of the parishes of Cloydagh, Killinane, and Wells, with the villages of Royal Oak and Old Leighlin.

"FORTH, a barony in the county of Carlow, province of Leinster, Ireland. The barony of Carlow bounds it on the N., the counties of Wicklow and Wexford on the E., and the barony of East Idrone on the S. and W. Its area is 39,510 acres. The river Slaney flows on the eastern and the Burren on the western border. A portion of Mount Leinster rises in the S. The soil is generally fertile. It contains the parishes of Aghade, Ballon, Gilbertstown, Templepeter, and parts of Ardoyne, Barragh, Ballyellin, Kellistown, Fennagh, Myshall, Nurney, and Tallowmagimma."

"RATHVILLY, a barony in the county of Carlow, province of Leinster, Ireland, contains the parishes of Ardristan, Clonmore, Haroldstown, Rahill, Rathmore, Rathvilly, Straboe, Tullowphelim, and parts of Ardoyne, Ballinglass, Crecrin, Fennagh, Hacketstown, Kiltegan, and Kineagh, comprising about 45,000 acres."

"ST. MULLINS, (Lower and Upper) two baronies in county Carlow, province of Leinster, Ireland. The former is bounded by the barony of East Idrone, counties Wexford and Kilkenny; it contains part of the parishes of Ballyellin, St. Mullins, and Ullard, comprising an area of 21,964 acres. The latter barony is bounded by county Wicklow and Lower St. Mullins; it contains Clonegall and parts of the parishes of Barragh and Moyacomb, comprising 7,784 acres.

Miscellaneous Places of County Carlow

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868 Copyright Colin Hinson ©2018]

"CLOGHGRENAN, a chain of hills in the barony and county of Carlow, in the province of Leinster, Ireland, forming the eastern extremity of the Comer range. They are beautifully wooded, and gradually slope into the valley of the Barrow. Cloghgrenan Castle, now a picturesque ruin, was founded in the 15th century by the earls of Ormond. It was reduced by Sir Peter Carew in 1568, when Sir Edmund Butler, who held the castle as son of the ninth Earl of Ormond, resisted the government of Queen Elizabeth; it was again besieged a century later by the Irish. It was here that the Marquis of Ormond collected his troops before the battle of Rathmines. Some interesting specimens of ancient armour have been collected from the bed of the river."

"DINAN, a rivulet in the counties of Carlow and Kilkenny, Ireland. It runs into the river Nore, about 4 miles above Kilkenny."

"LEINSTER, one of the loftiest mountains of the Blackstans range, being 2,610 feet high, on the border of counties Carlow and Wexford, Ireland, about 5 miles W. of Newtownbarry, 6 miles E. by N. of Borris.