Carrigallen () is a barony in

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Etymology

Carrigallen barony takes its name from the village of

Carrigallen Carrigallen () is a small village in County Leitrim, Ireland. It is located on the R201 and R203 roads in the east of the county. , the village had a population of 387. Location The village is set between the north and south shores of Town ...

(, "beautiful stone").

Location

Carrigallen is found in southeast

, stretching from Bencroy to

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to Gulladoo Lough. Carrigallen barony is bordered to the west by Drumahaire and Leitrim; to the south by

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(all the preceding baronies are also in County Leitrim); to the north by

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History

The Mag Dorchaidh (Darcy) were chiefs of Cenél-Luachain in the modern parish of Oughteragh. The MacRannall chiefs held much of this barony as part of the territory called Conmaicne Mag Rein. During at least the 19th and 20th centuries, three annual fairs were held at Longfield townland on – 16 May, 10 October, and 27 December, while four annual fairs were held at

on- 7 May, 9 August, 8 October, and 31 December.

Museum artefacts

There are a number of medieval artifacts from Carrigallen barony preserved in a collection at the

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museum in

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. A small medieval brooch-pin with highly decorated penannular rings was found on the bed of the Yellow river near the Ballyduff Bridge near

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, Oughteragh parish in

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, and a bronze medieval sword blade was found in the crevice of a rock on the same river, the blade being perfect, with a broad leaf pattern, bevel edge, handle-piece welded, six rivet-holes on the handle (two not through), with hilt notches, measures long by width. A

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was found in the bed of the river at Ballyheedy bridge, at Ardrum downland near

, a good long narrow specimen, of bright yellow bronze, triangular shaped, flat-surfaced, and roughly decorated with a hammered fan-tailed ornament radiating towards the blade.

List of settlements

Below is a list of settlements in Carrigallen barony: *

References

Primary sources

Secondary sources

*. Digitized 2011 from original in Lyon Public Library * * {{County Leitrim Baronies of County Leitrim