Shillelogher

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The '''barony of Shillelogher''' ({{Irish place name|Síol Fhaolchair|territory of the ''Descendants of Fáelchar''}}) is a barony in the west of County Kilkenny, Ireland.<ref name=logainmShillelogher/><ref name=Carrigan1905/><ref name=Tighe1802/> The barony is {{convert|36,684|acres|km2}} in size.<ref name=Parliament/> It is one of 12 baronies in County Kilkenny.<ref name=logainmKilkennyBaronies/> There are 19 civil parishes in Shillelogher, made up of 109 townlands.<ref name=logainmShillelogher/> The chief town is Bennettsbridge.<ref name=logainmShillelogherSettlements/> Shillelogher lies at the centre of the county, with the baronies of Crannagh and Kilkenny to the north (whose chief towns are Freshford and Kilkenny, and the barony of Gowran to the east (whose chief towns is Gowran). It is borders County Tipperary to the west. The N76 road bisects the barony. The river Nore flows through the barony.<ref name=logainmRiverNore/> Danesfort Church is located in Shillelogher.<ref name=logainmDanesfortChurch/>

Shillelogher was an early medieval cantred within the shire of Kilkenny,<ref name=walshShillelogher/> and part of the historic kingdom of Osraige (''Ossory'').<ref name=ÓhUidhrín1851/> Today it is part of the Roman Catholic Church diocese of Ossory and the Church of Ireland diocese of Cashel and Ossory. Shillelogher is currently administered by Kilkenny County Council.<ref name=KCC/>

== Etymology ==

There have been many variations of the name, but all are anglicized variations form the old Irish name, 'Síol Fhaolchair', which means – territory of the ''Descendants of Fáelchar''. The 'f' would be silent and 'l' easily commuted with 'r'.<ref name=Orpen1920/> So the name appears under many forms in ancient records, such as 'Stilyker' (1333),<ref name="KnightsFees"/> 'Sillr',<ref name=Carrigan1905/> Silelogher, Shillekyr, Shyllekyr, Sylerekyll (1450), Sylerker (1480), in the Red Book of Ossory,<ref name="LiberRubrus"/><ref name=Carrigan1905/> Sillelogher (1303), 'Sileyrthir',<ref name="PatentRoll1358"/> 'shillegher' or 'shilleligher' in 1587, 'Shillekyr' and 'Shillecher' in 1608; 'Shelogher' in 1657; and 'Sleewloger', 'Shellelogher' and 'Shilliliger'.<ref name=Carrigan1905/>

== History== thumb|left|Bennettsbridge—view from the pottery weir.

Named as, ''Descendants of Fáelchar territory''. Fáelchar ua Máele Ódrain was a king of Osraige, descended from Óengus Osrithe.<ref name=Carrigan1905/> The Norman family of Wall was based there.<ref name=walsh/>

In 1358 it appears as the 'cantred of Silyrthir' and perhaps included the barony of Crannagh as well as the barony of Shillelogher.<ref name=Orpen1920/> Shillelogher was recorded in the Down Survey (1656),<ref name=downShillelogher/> the 1842 Ordnance Survey map,<ref name=osi2016/> and on Griffith's Valuation (1864).<ref name=GriffithShillelogher/>

It was established by 1672 and depicted in ''Hiberniae Delineatio'', "Perry's Atlas",<ref name=petty1685/> engraved in 1671-2 by William Petty from the data of the Down Survey.<ref name=downCountyKilkenny/>

== Geography== [[File:Ireland - 1885 Map of County Kilkenny.jpg|thumb|right|Barony map of County Kilkenny.]]

The river Nore flows through the barony.<ref name=logainmRiverNore/> Shillelogher contains the towns of Bennettsbridge and the settlements of Stonyford, Danesfort, and Grange.<ref name=logainmShillelogherSettlements/> Danesfort Church is in Shillelogher.<ref name=logainmDanesfortChurch/>

There are 19 civil parishes in Shillelogher.<ref name=logainmShillelogherParishes/> These include; Ballybur, Burnchurch, Castleinch, Danesfort, Earlstown, Ennisnag, Grange, Grangekilree, Kells, Kilferagh, Killaloe, Outrath, St. Canice, St. John's, St. Patrick's, Stonecarthy, Treadingstown, Tullaghanbrogue, and Tullamaine.<ref name=logainmShillelogherParishes/> Parts of the barony were in the Poor law unions of Callan, Kilkenny, and Thomastown.<ref name=Parliament/>

==See also== {{portal|Ireland|Kilkenny}} * List of baronies of Ireland * List of townlands of County Kilkenny

==References== ===Notes=== <references>

<ref name=logainmShillelogher>({{Harvnb|Fiontar|2008|loc=[http://www.logainm.ie/en/113 Síol Fhaolchair/Shillelogher]}})</ref>

<ref name="walsh">{{cite web|last1=Walsh|first1=Dennis|title=The Baronies of Ireland|url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlkik/ihm/baronie2.htm|website=ancestry.com}} and {{cite web|last1=Walsh|first1=Dennis|title=Barony Map of the Leinster Region|url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlkik/ihm/barony-map-leinster.htm|website=ancestry.com}}</ref>

<ref name=downShillelogher>{{cite web|author1=Down Survey Project|title=Shillelogher Map|url=http://downsurvey.tcd.ie/down-survey-maps.php#bm=Shillelogher&c=Kilkenny&indexOfObjectValue=-1&indexOfObjectValueSubstring=-1|website=downsurvey.tcd.ie|publisher=The Down Survey Project}}</ref>

<ref name=GriffithShillelogher>({{Harvnb|Griffith|1864|loc=[http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doPlaceSearch&Submit.x=31&Submit.y=10&Submit&freetext=Shillelogher Shillelogher Search]}})</ref>

<ref name=Parliament>({{Harvnb|Parliament|1862|p=979|loc=[http://www.dippam.ac.uk/eppi/documents/14424/page/373634 Shillelogher Barony]}})</ref>

<ref name="Tighe1802">({{Harvnb|Tighe|1802|p=4|loc=[https://books.google.com/books?id=iTBWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA4 Baronies]}}) </ref>

<ref name=logainmKilkennyBaronies>({{Harvnb|Fiontar|2008|loc=[https://www.logainm.ie/en/s?txt=in:100006&cat=BAR County Kilkenny Baronies]}}) </ref>

<ref name=logainmShillelogherSettlements>({{Harvnb|Fiontar|2008|loc=[http://www.logainm.ie/en/27141 Bennettsbridge]}}) and ({{Harvnb|Fiontar|2008|loc=[http://www.logainm.ie/en/s?txt=in:113&cat=ID Shillelogher population centres]}})</ref>

<ref name=logainmShillelogherParishes>({{Harvnb|Fiontar|2008|loc=[https://www.logainm.ie/en/s?txt=in%3a113&cat=PAR&ord=en Shillelogher Civil Parishes]}}) </ref>

<ref name=logainmDanesfortChurch>({{Harvnb|Fiontar|2008|loc=[http://www.logainm.ie/en/1413258 Danesfort Church]}})</ref>

<ref name=logainmRiverNore>({{Harvnb|Fiontar|2008|loc=[http://www.logainm.ie/en/67254 River Nore]}})</ref>

<ref name=Government2003>({{Harvnb|Government|2003}})</ref>

<ref name=walshShillelogher>{{cite web|last1=Walsh|first1=Dennis|title=Barony of Shillelogher|url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlkik/history/shillelogher.htm|website=ancestry.com}}</ref>

<ref name=Carrigan1905>({{Harvnb|Carrigan|1905|p=24|loc=[https://books.google.com/books?id=cPMQAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA24 Existing Civil Divisions or Baronies]}})</ref>

<ref name=osi2016> ({{Harvnb|Ordnance Survey Ireland|2016|loc=[http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V2,645649,634711,6,7 Online Map]}}) Historic Ordnance Survey Map, Survayed 1839 and published 1842. Sheets ([http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V2,639487,655460,7,7 KK018], [http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V2,649237,655562,7,7 KK019], [http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V2,658989,655661,7,7 KK020], [http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V2,639800,649065,7,7 KK022], [http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V2,649303,649161,7,7 KK023], [http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V2,659055,649261,7,7 KK024], [http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V2,640590,642688,7,7 KK026], [http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V2,649369,642765,7,7 KK027], [http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V2,659122,642860,7,7 KK028], and [http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V2,649436,636365,7,7 KK031])</ref>

<ref name=ÓhUidhrín1851>({{Harvnb| Ó hUidhrín|1851|p=8|loc=[https://archive.org/details/tribesterritorie00odonrich PDF]}})</ref>

<ref name="LiberRubrus">{{cite book|title=Liber Rubrus Diocecis Ossoriensis, the "Red Book of the Diocese of Ossory", containing transcripts of documents relating to the Diocese of Ossory and also relating to the government of Ireland and other matters, 13th - 16th c.|date=1885|pages=19f,3c,41a/b,53,36e|url=https://issuu.com/churchofireland/docs/redbookossory|language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="PatentRoll1358">{{cite book|title=Patent Roll 32 Edward III|date=1358|location=Castledermot|pages=RCH 74/64|url=https://chancery.tcd.ie/document/patent/32-edward-iii/71}}</ref>

<ref name=KnightsFees>{{cite book|last1=Brooks|first1=Eric St John|pages=267|title=Knights' Fees in Counties Wexford, Carlow and Kilkenny, 13th-15 Century: With Commentary|date=1950|publisher=Stationery Office: Government of Ireland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xtdCAAAAIAAJ&q=Shillelogher|language=en}}</ref>

<ref name=Orpen1920>({{Harvnb|Orpen|1920|pp=96}})</ref>

<ref name=petty1685>{{cite book|last1=Petty|first1=Sir William|title=Hiberniae Delineatio: Atlas of Ireland|date=1685|publisher=Frank Graham|isbn=9780900409301|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9TpmQgAACAAJ|language=en}}</ref>

<ref name=downCountyKilkenny>{{cite web|author1=Down Survey Project|title=County Kilkenny Map|url=http://downsurvey.tcd.ie/down-survey-maps.php#c=Kilkenny&indexOfObjectValue=-1&indexOfObjectValueSubstring=-1|website=downsurvey.tcd.ie}}</ref>

<ref name=KCC>{{cite web|author1=Kilkenny County County|author-link=Kilkenny County Council|title=Website|url=http://kilkennycoco.ie|website=kilkennycoco.ie}}</ref>

</references>

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==External links== * {{cite web|last1=Walsh|first1=Dennis|title=Barony of Shillelogher|url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlkik/history/shillelogher.htm|website=ancestry.com}} * {{cite web|author=Fiontar|title=Barony of Shillelogher|url=http://www.logainm.ie/en/113 |website=logainm.ie|publisher=Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs of the Government of Ireland|date=2008 |ref=none}} * {{cite web|title=Barony of Shillelogher, Co. Kilkenny|url=https://www.townlands.ie/kilkenny/shillelogher/|website=townlands.ie}}

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