Fermoy (;
[Fermoy (barony)](_blank)
/ref> formerly also Armoy) is a historical barony in County Cork
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in Ireland
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. It is bordered by the baronies of Orrery and Kilmore to the north-west; Duhallow
Duhallow () is a barony located in the north-western part of County Cork, Ireland.
Legal context
Baronies were created after the Norman invasion of Ireland as divisions of Irish counties and used in the administration of justice and the raisi ...
to the west; Barretts to the south-west; Barrymore to the south; Condons and Clangibbon to the east; and Coshlea, County Limerick
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to the north. It is bounded to the south by the Nagle Mountains and the valley of the Munster Blackwater
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. The Ballyhoura Mountains
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Name
The name 'Ballyhoura' comes from Irish ''Beala ...
mark the northern boundary. A tributary of the Blackwater, the Awbeg has two branches in its upper stretches; one branch forms the northern boundary while the other near Buttevant
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The town was incorporated by charter of Edward III in the 14th century. While there are reasons to suggest that the town may occupy the site of an earlier settlement of the Do ...
, forms the western limit. To the east, lies another Blackwater tributary, the Funcheon. Anomalously, the namesake town of Fermoy
Fermoy () is a town on the Munster Blackwater, River Blackwater in east County Cork, Ireland. As of the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census, the town and environs had a population of approximately 6,700 people. It is located in the barony (Ir ...
is actually in the barony of Condons and Clangibbon.[Fermoy (town)](_blank)
/ref> The town with the greatest population in the former barony is Mallow (8,578 people per the 2006 census).
History
Baronies were created after the Norman invasion of Ireland
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as administrative divisions of counties
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. They have been administratively obsolete since 1898.
In some cases, a barony corresponds to an earlier Gaelic
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túath
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, and the túath of Fermoy was under the O'Keeffe
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family in Gaelic times. Following the Norman invasion, the territory was divided, with the part corresponding to the modern barony claimed by the Flemings and by marriage passing to the Roches, who were styled Lords of Fermoy or Viscount Fermoy
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, and for whom Castletownroche is named. The other part of the túath, which included the Cistercian
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abbey of Fermoy at the site of the later town, went to the Condon family, as reflected in the modern barony name of Condons and Clangibbon. In the 1660s, land in the barony was granted to Sir Richard Gethin, 1st Baronet.Gethin
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Civil parishes and settlements
Settlements in the barony include
Ballindangan,
Ballydahin,
Ballyhooly,
Castletownroche,
Doneraile
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,
Glanworth,
Killavullen,
Knockraha,
Mallow,
Newtown Ballyhay,
New Twopothouse,[Fermoy: population centres](_blank)
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and
Shanballymore;[Fermoy: towns](_blank)
/ref>
Civil parishes
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wholly or partly in the barony are:
Ardskeagh,
Ballydeloughy,
Ballyhay,
Ballyhooly,
Bridgetown
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,
Castletownroche,
Caherduggan,
Carrigdownane,
Carrigleamleary,
Clenor,
Derryvillane,
Doneraile
Doneraile (), historically Dunnerail, is a town in County Cork, Ireland. It is on the R581 regional road east of the N20 road, which runs from Limerick to Cork. It is about north of Mallow town. It is on the River Awbeg, a branch of th ...
,
Dunmahon,
Farahy,
Glanworth,
Imphrick,
Kilcrumper,
Kilcummer,
Kildorrery,
Kilgullane,
Killathy,
Killeenemer,
Kilquane,
Litter
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,
Mallow,
Monanimy,
Mourneabbey,
Rahan,
St. Nathlash,
Templeroan,
and
Wallstown.[Fermoy: civil parishes](_blank)
/ref>
See also
* List of civil parishes of County Cork
* List of townlands of the barony of Fermoy in County Cork
* Baron Fermoy
Baron Fermoy is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. The title was created by Queen Victoria by letters patent of 10 September 1856 for Edmond Roche.
Previous letters patent had been issued on 14 May 1855 which purported to create this barony fo ...
References
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External links
* Source given is "Ordnance survey".
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Baronies of County Cork