Bunratty Lower

Bunratty Lower
Bunratty Lower
Coordinates: IE 52°44′24″N 8°50′25″W / 52.740137°N 8.840416°W / 52.740137; -8.840416Coordinates: IE 52°44′24″N 8°50′25″W / 52.740137°N 8.840416°W / 52.740137; -8.840416
Country	Ireland
Province	Munster
County	Clare
Area
• Total	27,957 ha (69,083 acres)

Bunratty Lower is a barony located in County Clare, Ireland.^[1] This ancient unit of land division is in turn divided into fourteen civil parishes.

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.

Landscape

Bunratty Lower is a division of the former barony of Bunratty. This belonged to the Macnamara family, and was called Dangan-i-vigin. It is bounded by the barony of Bunratty Upper (to the north) and by the barony of Tulla Lower (to the east). To the south, the River Shannon separates it from County Limerick. To the west, the River Fergus separates it from the baronies of Clonderalaw and Islands. The barony covers an area of 69,083 acres (27,957 ha), of which 11,623 acres (4,704 ha) are tideway. The land is rocky, but able to support large numbers of sheep.^[2]

Baronies of Clare. Bunratty Lower is in the southeast.
Bunratty Castle

Parishes and settlements

Lower Bunratty contains the parishes of Bunratty, Clonloghan, Drumline, Feenagh, Kilconry, Kilfinaghta, Kilfintinan, Kilmaleery, Kilmurry, Kilnasoolagh and Tomfinlough, as well as part of the parishes of Killeely, St. Munchin's and St. Patrick’s. The main towns are Newmarket-on-Fergus and Sixmilebridge.^[2] More recently, Shannon has become an important town.

Facilities and attractions

References

Citations

↑ Placenames Database of Ireland - Barony of Bunratty Lower
1 2 Parliamentary Gazeteer of Ireland 1845.

Sources

"Barony of Bunratty (Lower and Upper)". 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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