Inchiquin

For the noble family, see Baron Inchiquin.

Inchiquin
Inchiquin
Coordinates: IE 52°56′42″N 9°03′46″W / 52.944966°N 9.062704°W / 52.944966; -9.062704Coordinates: IE 52°56′42″N 9°03′46″W / 52.944966°N 9.062704°W / 52.944966; -9.062704
Country	Ireland
Province	Munster
County	Clare

Inchiquin (Irish: Inse Uí Chuinn) is a barony in County Clare, Ireland.^[1] This geographical unit of land is one of 11 baronies in the county. Its chief town is Corofin. It is administered by Clare County Council.

Legal context

Baronies were created after the Norman invasion of Ireland as divisions of counties and were used the administration of justice and the raising of revenue. While baronies continue to be officially defined units, they have been administratively obsolete since 1898. However, they continue to be used in land registration and in specification, such as in planning permissions. In many cases, a barony corresponds to an earlier Gaelic túath which had submitted to the Crown.

Extent

Inchiquin is bounded on the north and north-east by the county of Galway. Within the county of Clare, it is bounded by the baronies of Bunratty Upper (to the east), Islands (to the south), Ibrickane (to the south-west), Corcomroe (to the west) and by Burren (to the north-west ).

It covers 88,387 acres (35,769 ha) of which 2,854 acres (1,155 ha) is water, including Lough Tedano, Lough Inchiquin and two chains of smaller lakes. The land is relatively flat, either farmland or moor.^[2]

Baronies of Clare. Inchiquin is in the center, north of Islands.
Castle on Lough Inchiquin

Civil parishes

The ruins of Inchiquin Castle stand near Lough Inchiquin. This was once the residence of the O'Briens: Barons Inchiquin, Earls of Inchiquin and later Marquises of Thomond who were descendended from Brian Boru, High King of Ireland. The barony contains the civil parishes of Inagh, Kilkeedy, Kilnaboy, Kilnamona, Rath, Ruan and Dysert.^[2]

References

Citations

↑ Placenames Database of Ireland - Inchiquin.
1 2 Barony of Inchiquin.

Sources

"Barony of Inchiquin". Parliamentary Gazeteer of Ireland. 1845. Retrieved 2014-03-09.

Baronies and civil parishes of County Clare

Barony	Civil parishes

Bunratty Lower	Bunratty Clonloghan Drumline Feenagh Kilconry Kilfinaghta Kilfintinan Killeely (part) Kilmaleery Kilmurry-Negaul Kilnasoolagh St. Munchin's (part) St. Patrick's (part) Tomfinlough

Bunratty Upper	Clooney Doora Inchicronan Kilraghtis Quin Templemaley

Burren	Abbey Carran Drumcreehy Gleninagh Kilcorney Killonaghan Killeany Kilmoon Noughaval Oughtmama Rathborney

Clonderalaw	Kilchreest Kildysart Kilfidane Killimer Killofin Kilmihil Kilmurry McMahon

Corcomroe	Clooney (Corcomroe) Kilfenora Killaspuglonane Kiltoraght Kilmanaheen Kilmacrehy Killilagh Kilshanny

Ibrickane	Kilfarboy Killard Kilmurry Ibrickane Kilmacduane (part)

Inchiquin	Dysert Inagh Kilkeedy Kilnaboy Kilnamona Rath Ruan

Islands	Clareabbey Clondagad Drumcliff Killone Kilmaley

Moyarta	Kilballyowen Kilfearagh (Kilkee) Kilrush Moyarta Kilmacduane (part)

Tulla Lower	Clonlea Killaloe Killokennedy Killuran Kilseily Kiltenanlea O'Brien's Bridge Ogonnelloe

Tulla Upper	Clonrush Feakle Kilnoe Moynoe Tuamgraney Tulla Inishcaltra

* (part) refers to civil parishes which span two different baronies

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