# Clandonagh

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{{short description|Barony in County Laois, Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Use Irish English|date=December 2020}}
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| name                    = Clandonagh
| native_name             = <small>''Clann Donnchadha'' ([Irish](/source/Irish_language))</small>
| settlement_type         = [Barony](/source/Barony_(Ireland))
| image_skyline           = OCBorrisInOssory 055w.jpg
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| image_caption           = Round tower and church in [Borris-in-Ossory](/source/Borris-in-Ossory)
| image_map               =Baronies of Laois.jpg 
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| map_caption             = Barony map of Queen's County, 1900; Clandonagh is peach-coloured and in the southwest.
| subdivision_type        = [Sovereign state](/source/List_of_sovereign_states)
| subdivision_name        = [Republic of Ireland](/source/Republic_of_Ireland)
| subdivision_type1       = [Province](/source/Provinces_of_Ireland)
| subdivision_name1       =  [Leinster](/source/Leinster)
| subdivision_type2       = [County](/source/Counties_of_Ireland)
| subdivision_name2       =  [Laois](/source/County_Laois)
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| area_total_sq_mi        = 68.33
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'''Clandonagh''' ({{Langx|ga|Clann Donncha}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.logainm.ie/en/127|title=Clann Donncha/Clandonagh|website=Logainm.ie}}</ref>) is a [barony](/source/Barony_(Ireland)) in [County Laois](/source/County_Laois) (formerly called ''Queen's County'' or ''County Leix''), [Republic of Ireland](/source/Republic_of_Ireland). A barony was a historical subdivision of a county; mainly [cadastral](/source/cadastral) rather than administrative.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.townlands.ie/laois/clandonagh/|title=Clandonagh|website=www.townlands.ie}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/irl/LEX|title=Genuki: County Laois (Queens), Laois (Queens)|website=www.genuki.org.uk}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DbI4AQAAMAAJ&q=Clandonagh+%22queen%27s+county%22&pg=PA203|title=A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland: Comprising the Several Counties; Cities; Boroughs; Corporate, Market, and Post Towns; Parishes; and Villages; with Historical and Statistical Descriptions: Embellished with Engravings of the Arms of the Cities, Bishoprics, Corporate Towns, and Boroughs; and of the Seals of the Several Municipal Corporations|first=Samuel|last=Lewis|date=1 January 1849|publisher=S. Lewis and Company|via=Google Books}}</ref>

==Etymology==
Clandonagh barony is named after the Ó Donnchadha (Dunphy) clan who ruled the area during the [Middle Ages](/source/Middle_Ages).

==Geography==
Clandonagh is in the southwest corner of Laois; it is bordered by [Upper Woods](/source/Upper_Woods) to the north, [Clarmallagh](/source/Clarmallagh) to the east, [County Kilkenny](/source/County_Kilkenny) to the south and [County Tipperary](/source/County_Tipperary) to the west. The [Erkina River](/source/Erkina_River) flows through it, and the [Slieve Bloom Mountains](/source/Slieve_Bloom_Mountains) are in its north.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.libraryireland.com/Atlas/Queens.php|title=Queen's County (Laois)|website=www.libraryireland.com}}</ref>

==History==
Clandonagh was one of three traditional subunits of [Upper Ossory](/source/Upper_Ossory), which was extant as a barony by 1657 and formally abolished in 1846, and divided into Clandonagh, [Upper Woods](/source/Upper_Woods) and [Clarmallagh](/source/Clarmallagh).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1HMuAAAAMAAJ&q=Clandonagh&pg=PA100|title=The Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland: Adapted to the New Poor-law, Franchise, Municipal and Ecclesiastical Arrangements, and Compiled with a Special Reference to the Lines of Railroad and Canal Communication, as Existing in 1814-45|date=1 January 1846|publisher=A. Fullarton and Company|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dkA9AQAAMAAJ&q=Clandonagh&pg=PA1144|title=Thom's Directory of Ireland|date=1 January 1878|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GjxEAQAAMAAJ&q=Clandonagh+%22queen%27s+county%22&pg=PA65|title=A.D. 431-1056. Ed. by W.M. Hennessy|date=1 January 1887|publisher=H.M. Stationery Office|via=Google Books}}</ref> The name refers to the "Clan Dunphy", referring to the Ó Donnchadha, who claimed descent from [Donnchad Midi](/source/Donnchad_Midi) (AD 733–797).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sloinne.ie/surname/ga/o-donnchadha/|title=Sloinne|website=www.sloinne.ie}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.libraryireland.com/names/od/o-donnchadha.php|title=Ó Donnchadha - Irish Names and Surnames|website=www.libraryireland.com}}</ref> They were related to the [Fitzpatricks](/source/Fitzpatrick_(surname)).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.libraryireland.com/Pedigrees1/o-murphy-4-heremon.php|title=O'Murphy (No.4) family genealogy - Irish Pedigrees|website=www.libraryireland.com}}</ref>

[Clan Moroghoe](/source/Clan_Moroghoe) migrated from Clandonagh to their seat in County Cork in 1709.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.libraryireland.com/Pedigrees1/o-murphy-5-heremon.php|title=O'Murphy (No.5) family genealogy - Irish Pedigrees|website=www.libraryireland.com}}</ref>

It is referred to in the topographical poem ''[Tuilleadh feasa ar Éirinn óigh](/source/Tuilleadh_feasa_ar_%C3%89irinn_%C3%B3igh)'' ([Giolla na Naomh Ó hUidhrín](/source/Giolla_na_Naomh_%C3%93_hUidhr%C3%ADn), d. 1420): 
<poem>''O'Cearḃaill dar corcraḋ croinn,''
''O'Donnchaḋa dreaċ dioghoinn,''
''Sloiġ liag as don tár toraid,''
''Dá riġ iad a haonchonair.''</poem>
("[O'Cearbhaill](/source/O'Carroll) for whom trees are ruddy, O'Donnchadha of honest aspect, Whose rocklike hosts possess the fruitful land, Are two kings of the same territory.")<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YMk_AAAAcAAJ&q=500&pg=PR1|title=The Topographical Poems of John O'Dubhagain and Giolla-na-naomh O'Huidhrin: Edited in the original Irish from MSS. in the Library of the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, with translation, notes, and introductory dissertations, by John O'Donovan|first=John|last=O'Dubhagain|date=1 January 1862|publisher=A. Thom.|via=Google Books}}</ref> This refers to [Ely O'Carroll](/source/%C3%89ile), located to the immediate west of Clandonagh.

==List of settlements==

Below is a list of settlements in Clandonagh barony:
*[Aghaboe](/source/Aghaboe)
*[Ballybrophy](/source/Ballybrophy)
*[Borris-in-Ossory](/source/Borris-in-Ossory)
*[Donaghmore](/source/Donaghmore%2C_County_Laois)
*[Errill](/source/Errill)
*[Rathdowney](/source/Rathdowney)<ref name="auto"/>

==References==
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{{County Laois}}
Category:Baronies of County Laois
Category:1846 establishments in Ireland

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