Decies-within-Drum (; ) is a historical barony in

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Etymology

Decies (''Déisi Muman'') bounded in by the Drum Hills (''Drom Fhinín'').

Geography

Decies-within-Drum is located in the southwest of County Waterford, east of the

Munster Blackwater The Blackwater or Munster Blackwater (, The Great River) is a river which flows through counties Kerry, Cork and Waterford in Ireland. It rises in the Mullaghareirk Mountains in County Kerry and then flows in an easterly direction across Co ...

and including the coast between

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and

Dungarvan Dungarvan () is a coastal town and harbour in County Waterford, on the south-east coast of Ireland. Prior to the merger of Waterford County Council with Waterford City Council in 2014, Dungarvan was the county town and administrative centre of ...

harbours.

History

Déisi Muman The ''Déisi'' were a social class in Ireland between the ancient and early medieval period. The various peoples listed under the heading ''déis'' shared a similar status in Gaelic Ireland, and had little or no actual kinship, though they were ...

were an ancient

Gaelic Irish The Gaels ( ; ; ; ) are an Insular Celtic ethnolinguistic group native to Ireland, Scotland, and the Isle of Man. They are associated with the Gaelic languages: a branch of the Celtic languages comprising Irish, Manx, and Scottish Gaeli ...

tribe that occupied this territory; their name means "Vassals of Mumu." and they are believed by some historians to have

Gaulish Gaulish is an extinct Celtic languages, Celtic language spoken in parts of Continental Europe before and during the period of the Roman Empire. In the narrow sense, Gaulish was the language of the Celts of Gaul (now France, Luxembourg, Belgium, ...

origin. Decies-within-Drum was anciently the territory of the Ó Broic, a surname literally meaning "descendant of

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", perhaps a

totem A totem (from or ''doodem'') is a spirit being, sacred object, or symbol that serves as an emblem of a group of people, such as a family, clan, lineage (anthropology), lineage, or tribe, such as in the Anishinaabe clan system. While the word ...

ic animal. They claimed descent from the

Fir Bolg In medieval Irish myth, the Fir Bolg (also spelt Firbolg and Fir Bholg) are the fourth group of people to settle in Ireland. They are descended from the Muintir Nemid, an earlier group who abandoned Ireland and went to different parts of Europe. ...

. The Ó Broic were later driven out by the

Eóganachta The Eóganachta (Modern , ) were an Irish dynasty centred on Rock of Cashel, Cashel which dominated southern Ireland (namely the Kingdom of Munster) from the 6/7th to the 10th centuries, and following that, in a restricted form, the Kingdom of De ...

of Desmond. After the

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it came to the La Poer (Power) family. The Walsh (or Welsh) family were also large landowners. The origin Decies barony was divided into two halves some time between 1654 and 1774. Decies-within-Drum contains

Gaeltacht na nDéise A ( , , ) is a district of Ireland, either individually or collectively, where the Irish government recognises that the Irish language is the predominant vernacular, or language of the home. The districts were first officially recognised ...

, an Irish-speaking region.

List of settlements

Below is a list of settlements in Decies-within-Drum barony: *

Aglish Aglish () is a village in west County Waterford, Ireland. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name. Population The population of the village almost doubled in size from 169 people as of the 2006 census, to 333 inhabitant ...

* Ardmore * Clashmore *

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Villierstown Villierstown () is a village in west County Waterford, Ireland. It is situated on the banks of the Munster Blackwater, River Blackwater, and was founded in the 1740s by a local landlord, John Villiers, as a base for the linen industry, and init ...

References

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