# Kells Upper

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**Kells Upper** or **Upper Kells** () is a [historical barony](/source/Barony_(Ireland)) in western [County Meath](/source/County_Meath), Ireland.

Baronies were mainly [cadastral](/source/Cadastre) rather than administrative units. They acquired modest local taxation and spending functions in the 19th century before being superseded by the [Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898](/source/Local_Government_(Ireland)_Act_1898).[1]

## History

Prior to the [Norman invasion of Ireland](/source/Norman_invasion_of_Ireland), the Kells Upper area was part of the territory of the [Ciannachta](/source/Ciannachta). The barony of Kells existed before 1542 in the [Lordship of Meath](/source/Lordship_of_Meath); it took its name from the town of [Kells](/source/Kells,_County_Meath). [2][3] Kells was divided into [Lower](/source/Kells_Lower) (northern) and Upper (southern) halves by 1807.[4]

## Geography

Kells Upper is in the west of the county, with the [Kells Blackwater](/source/Kells_Blackwater) river flowing across it. It has borders with [Westmeath](/source/Westmeath) to the southwest and [County Cavan](/source/County_Cavan) to the northwest.[5]

## List of settlements

Settlements within the historical barony of Kells Upper include:[6]

- [Carnaross](/source/Carnaross)
- [Crossakiel](/source/Crossakiel)
- [Donaghpatrick](/source/Donaghpatrick)
- [Kells](/source/Kells,_County_Meath)
- [Kilskeer](/source/Kilskeer)
- [Julianstown](/source/Julianstown)
- [Stamullen](/source/Stamullen)

## References

1. General Register Office of Ireland (1904). ["Alphabetical index to the baronies of Ireland"](http://www.histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/PageBrowser?path=Browse/Census%20(by%20date)/1901/Ireland&active=yes&mno=453&tocstate=expandnew&tocseq=3800&display=sections&display=tables&display=pagetitles&pageseq=first-nonblank). *Census of Ireland 1901: General topographical index*. Vol. Cd. 2071. [Command papers](/source/Command_paper). [HMSO](/source/HMSO). pp. 966–978.

1. ["The Baronies of Ireland - History"](http://sites.rootsweb.com/~irlkik/ihm/baronie4.htm). 17 July 2019. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20190717210451/http://sites.rootsweb.com/~irlkik/ihm/baronie3.htm) 17 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine.

1. ["Virtual Treasury"](https://virtualtreasury.ie/item/PUB-DS-3-22). *Virtual Treasury*

1. [*No. 205A: Accounts, presented to the House of Commons, of the Presentments passed by the Grand Juries of Ireland at the Spring and Summer Assizes, in the Year 1807*](https://books.google.com/books?id=ADFbAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1). House of Commons papers 1808. London. May–July 1808. Retrieved 22 March 2010.

1. ["Upper Kells"](https://www.townlands.ie/meath/upper-kells/). *www.townlands.ie*

1. ["Sub-units of: Ceanannas Uachtarach/Kells Upper"](https://www.logainm.ie/en/186/sub/ID). *logainm.ie*

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