Carbury (County Kildare barony)

Carbury Cairbre (Irish)
Barony
Sovereign state	Republic of Ireland
County	Kildare
Area
• Total	195.41 km² (75.45 sq mi)

Carbury (Irish: Cairbre) is a barony in County Kildare, Republic of Ireland.

Etymology

Carbury derives its name from the village of Carbury, which in turn is named for the Cairbre Uí Chiardha.

Location

Carbury barony is found in northwest County Kildare, enclosed by the River Boyne, Enfield Blackwater and Bog of Allen.

History

Ó Ciardha (O'Keary or O'Carey), lords of Carbury until about the time of the Norman invasions, were of the Southern Uí Néill group.^[1]

List of settlements

Below is a list of settlements in Carbury barony:

References

Places in County Kildare

County town: Naas

Towns	Athy Celbridge Clane Kilcock Kildare Leixlip Maynooth Naas Newbridge Sallins

Villages and Townlands	Allen Allenwood Ardclogh Ballitore Ballymore Eustace Calverstown Caragh Carbury Castledermot Coill Dubh Derrinturn Eadestown Hawkfield Johnstown Kilberry Kilcullen Kildangan Kill Kilmead Kilmeage Kilteel Lullymore Milltown Monasterevin Moone Narraghmore Nurney Prosperous Rathangan Robertstown Sallins Straffan Staplestown Suncroft Timolin

Landforms	Bog of Allen Cupidstown Hill Curragh Grand Canal Hill of Allen River Barrow River Blackwater River Boyne Figile River River Greese River Liffey Lyreen River Morell River River Rye Royal Canal

Topics	Geography of County Kildare List of National Monuments in County Kildare List of townlands of County Kildare Mountains and hills of County Kildare Rivers of County Kildare

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