{{Short description|Barony in County Dublin, Ireland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}} {{Use Irish English|date=November 2024}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> | name = Uppercross | native_name = <small>''An Chrois Uachtarach'' ([[Irish language|Irish]])</small> | settlement_type = [[Barony (Ireland)|Barony]] | image_skyline = | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_map = File:IrelandBaronies1899Map (Dublin cropped).png | image_caption = |coordinates={{coord|53.287|-6.336|format=dms|dim:15000|display=it}} | map_alt = | map_caption = Barony map of County Dublin, 1900; Uppercross barony is in the south. | subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Sovereign state]] | subdivision_name = [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Ireland|Province]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Leinster]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Counties of Ireland|County]] | subdivision_name2 = [[South Dublin]], [[Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown]] | area_magnitude = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 151.0 | area_total_sq_mi =58.3 | area_land_km2 = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_km2 = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_water_percent = | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = }}
'''Uppercross''' ({{irish place name|An Chrois Uachtarach}}) is a [[Barony (Ireland)|historical barony]] in southern [[County Dublin]], Ireland.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.logainm.ie/en/66/|title=An Chrois Uachtarach/Uppercross|website=logainm.ie}}</ref>
Baronies were mainly [[cadastre|cadastral]] 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 They acquired modest local taxation and spending functions in the 19th century before being superseded by the [[Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898]].<ref>{{cite book |author=[[General Register Office]] of Ireland |title=Census of Ireland 1901: General topographical index |chapter-url=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 |series=[[Command paper]]s |volume=Cd. 2071 |year=1904 |publisher=[[HMSO]] |pages=966–978 |chapter=Alphabetical index to the baronies of Ireland}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ni0NAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Athlone+North%22++&pg=RA1-PA79|title=Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records and of the Keeper of the State Papers in Ireland: Presented to Both Houses of the Oireachtas|first=Ireland Public Record|last=Office|date=12 February 1891|publisher=Stationery Office.|via=Google Books}}</ref>
==History== The placename derives from "Crosslands" ({{langx|la|Croceae}}), a term applied to lands that were owned by the [[Catholic Church]]. County Dublin's crosslands were divided into two portions, designated [[Nethercross]] and Upper Cross. The baronies do not precisely match the old crossland boundaries; for example, [[Taney Parish|Taney]] was part of the southern crosslands but is now part of [[Rathdown (County Dublin barony)|Rathdown]].<ref>Dublin Historical Record. (1960:37). Ireland: Old Dublin Society.</ref>
The [[Ó_Ceallaigh#O'Kelly_of_Cualu|Uí Ceallaig Cualann]] ruled Uppercross prior to the Norman invasion. They were cousins to the [[Uí Máil]], both claiming descent from [[Cellach Cualann]] ({{died in|AD 715}}).<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://sites.rootsweb.com/~irlkik/ihm/baronie4.htm|title=The Baronies of Ireland - History|date=17 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717210451/http://sites.rootsweb.com/~irlkik/ihm/baronie4.htm |archive-date=17 July 2019 }}</ref>
==Geography==
Uppercross is in the south of the county, south of the [[River Liffey]], and containing much of the valley of the [[River Dodder]]. It is bound to the south by the [[County Wicklow]] border, including [[Kippure]] and [[Seefingaun]].
==List of settlements==
Settlements within the historical barony of Uppercross include:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.logainm.ie/en/66/sub/ID|title=Sub-units of: An Chrois Uachtarach/Uppercross|website=logainm.ie}}</ref> {{col-begin}} {{col-3}} *[[Ballyfermot]] *[[Bluebell, Dublin|Bluebell]] *[[Brittas, County Dublin|Brittas]] *[[Clondalkin ]] *[[Crumlin, Dublin|Crumlin]] *[[Dolphin's Barn]] *[[Drimnagh]] *[[Firhouse]] {{col-3}} *[[Harold's Cross]] *[[Inchicore]] *[[Islandbridge]] *[[Jobstown]] *[[Kilmainham]] *[[Milltown, Dublin|Milltown]] *[[Oldbawn]] *[[Palmerstown]] {{col-3}} *[[Perrystown]] *[[Ranelagh]] *[[Rathmines]] *[[Tallaght]] *[[Templeogue]] *[[Wilkinstown]] {{col-end}} ==References== {{reflist}}
[[Category:Baronies of County Dublin]] [[Category:Uppercross|*]]