Clonderalaw () is an historical

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. Baronies are geographical divisions of land that are in turn is divided into

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Legal context

Baronies were created after the

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as administrative divisions of

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. While baronies have been administratively obsolete since 1898, they continue to be used in some land registration contexts and in planning permissions. In some cases, a barony corresponds to an earlier

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túath which had submitted to the British Crown.

Landscape

The ''Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland'' of 1845 describes the barony of Clonderalaw as follows,

History

In 1841 the population of Clonderalaw was 29,413 in 4,566 houses. Most were employed in agriculture.

Parishes and settlements

The barony contains the parishes of Kilchrist,

Kildysart Kildysart, officially Killadysert (), is a large village in County Clare, Ireland and a civil and Roman Catholic parish by the same name that surrounds the village. Location The parish lies on the east border of the barony of Clonderalaw. It i ...

Kilfidane Coolmeen (), formerly called Kilfiddane (), is a Roman Catholic parish in County Clare, Ireland. Location The parish lies in the southeast of the barony of Clonderalaw. It is southwest of Kildysart. The parish is and covers . It extends from ...

, Killimer, Killofin, Kilmichael, and

Kilmurray Kilmurry McMahon (''Irish language, Irish: Cill Mhuire Mhic Mhathuna''), also called Kilmurry-Clonderalaw, is a Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish in County Clare in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is also a Catholic parish in the Dioces ...

. The main villages are Ballynacally,

, Labasheeda, Knock, and Kilmichael. It contains old castles of Clonderalaw, Donogorogue, Redgap, Colesmanstown, Dangan, Crownaghan, Horse-Island, and Cahirmurphy.

References

Citations Sources * {{DEFAULTSORT:Clonderalaw, Barony of Baronies of County Clare