# Clarmallagh
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{{short description|Barony in County Laois, Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Use Irish English|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Clarmallagh
| native_name = ''Clár Maí Locha'' ([Irish](/source/Irish_language))
| settlement_type = [Barony](/source/Barony_(Ireland))
| image_skyline = River Erkina - geograph.org.uk - 633361.jpg
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| image_caption =[River Erkina](/source/River_Erkina) near [Durrow](/source/Durrow%2C_County_Laois)
| image_map =Baronies of Laois.jpg
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| map_caption = Barony map of Queen's County, 1900; Clarmallagh is yellow, in the south.
| subdivision_type = [Sovereign state](/source/List_of_sovereign_states)
| subdivision_name = [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 = 68.02
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'''Clarmallagh''' ({{Langx|ga|Clár Maí Locha}}) is a [barony](/source/Barony_(Ireland)) in [County Laois](/source/County_Laois) (formerly called ''Queen's County'' or ''County Leix''), [Ireland](/source/Republic_of_Ireland).[{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1HMuAAAAMAAJ&q=Clarmallagh&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=8 July 2018|publisher=A. Fullarton and Company|via=Google Books}}][{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-0hKAAAAYAAJ&q=clarmallagh&pg=PA124|title=General View of the Agriculture and Manufactures of the Queen's County: With Observations on the Means of Their Improvement, Drawn Up in the Year 1801 : for the Consideration, and Under the Direction of the Dublin Society|first=Sir Charles|last=Coote|date=8 July 2018|publisher=Graisberry & Campbell|via=Google Books}}]
==Etymology==
Clarmallagh means "Flat land of Maigh Locha [''lake plain'']", referring to [Grantstown Lake](/source/Grantstown_Lake).[{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cPMQAwAAQBAJ&q=Clarmallagh&pg=PA6|title=The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory|first=William|last=Carrigan|date=8 July 1981|publisher=Рипол Классик|isbn=9785879206463|via=Google Books}}]
==Geography==
Clarmallagh is located in south County Laois, to the south of the [River Gully](/source/River_Gully), and to the north of the [County Kilkenny](/source/County_Kilkenny) border. It contains the lower part of the [Erkina River](/source/Erkina_River) where it drains into the [River Nore](/source/River_Nore).
==History==
Clarmallagh barony was anciently the northernmost part of the [Kingdom of Osraige](/source/Kingdom_of_Osraige) (Ossory).
In the early 12th century, Finn Ua Caellaide ruled Magh Locha (Clarmallagh) separately from the rest of Ossory.
It was ruled by the [Ó Faoláin](/source/Phelan_(surname)) (Phelan).[{{cite web|url=https://www.libraryireland.com/names/of/o-faolain.php|title=Ó Faoláin - Irish Names and Surnames|first=Patrick|last=Woulfe|website=www.libraryireland.com}}]
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):
''I Muiġ Laċa na learg te''
''Ó Faoláin, fearḋa an fíne''
''Mór an dúthaiġ as díol dáiḃ''
''Do lín futha Ó Faoláin''
("In Magh Lacha of the warm hill slopes is Ó Faolain of manly tribe; Extensive is the district due to them, which the Ó Faolains have filled.")[{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YMk_AAAAcAAJ&q=magh+lacha&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|date=8 July 1862|publisher=A. Thom.|via=Google Books}}]
[[File:Upper Ossory map 1797.png|thumb|Map of Upper Ossory, 1797; in the 1846 reorganisation the [Durrow](/source/Durrow%2C_County_Laois) [exclave](/source/exclave) (yellow circle) was transferred from [County Kilkenny](/source/County_Kilkenny) to Clarmallagh and [Queen's County](/source/Queen's_County_(Ireland)).[{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I6NQAQAAIAAJ&q=Clarmallagh|title=The statutory rules and orders revised|date=8 July 2018|publisher=|via=Google Books}}]]]
Clarmallagh was formerly a part of the [Upper Ossory](/source/Upper_Ossory) barony, established by 1657; in 1842 it was divided into three [cantred](/source/cantred)s: [Upper Woods](/source/Upper_Woods), [Clandonagh](/source/Clandonagh) and Clarmallagh.
==List of settlements==
Below is a list of settlements in Clarmallagh barony:
*[Abbeyleix](/source/Abbeyleix)
*[Ballacolla](/source/Ballacolla)
*[Durrow](/source/Durrow%2C_County_Laois)
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{County Laois}}
Category:Baronies of County Laois
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