Ballymoe (County Roscommon barony)
Ballymoe (Irish: Béal Átha Mó[1]) is a barony in County Roscommon, Ireland.[2][3]
Ballymoe
Béal Átha Mó (Irish) | |
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 Barony map of County Roscommon, 1900; Ballymoe is coloured blue, in the centre. | |
| Sovereign state | Ireland |
| Province | Connacht |
| County | Roscommon |
| Area | |
| • Total | 94.24 km2 (36.39 sq mi) |
Etymology edit
Ballymoe barony is named after Ballymoe town, County Galway; the name means "mouth of the ford of Mogh"; Mogh is a legendary figure linked to Queen Medb.
Geography edit
Ballymoe barony is located in the centre of County Roscommon, north of the River Suck.
History edit
Donamon Castle is located in Ballymoe; it was a centre of the Ó Fiannachta (O'Feenaghty). Also in this area were the O'Concheanainn (O'Concannon), chiefs of the Uí Díarmata.[4]
There was originally a single large barony, named Ballymoe and part of County Galway. Later, about one-fifth of the barony's area — the part north of the River Suck — was given to County Roscommon.
Richard Malone, 1st Baron Sunderlin (c. 1738 – 1816) was a landowner in the area.[5] It was the site of agrarian trouble in the 1840s.[6]
References edit
- ^ "Béal Átha Mó/Ballymoe". Logainm.ie.
- ^ Weld, Isaac; Society, Royal Dublin (1832). Statistical survey of the county of Roscommon. Printed by R. Graisberry. p. 4 – via Internet Archive.
Ballymoe.
- ^ "Drimtemple". www.libraryireland.com.
- ^ "The Baronies of Ireland - Family History". sites.rootsweb.com.
- ^ "Oran (Ballymoe)". landedestates.nuigalway.ie.
- ^ Coleman, Anne (31 December 1999). Riotous Roscommon: Social Unrest in the 1840s. Irish Academic Press. ISBN 9780716526711 – via Google Books.