Idrone East () is a

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. The early barony of Idrone was split into East and

West West is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some Romance langu ...

in 1799.

Etymology

Idrone takes its name from the ancient name for the tuath, first recorded c. 1100 as ''Hua Drona'' in the

Latin Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...

'' Vitae sanctorum Hiberniae''. '' The Martyrology of Oengus the Culdee'' (c. 1150) calls it ''Huib Dróna'' in

Middle Irish Middle Irish, also called Middle Gaelic (, , ), is the Goidelic language which was spoken in Ireland, most of Scotland and the Isle of Man from AD; it is therefore a contemporary of Late Old English and Early Middle English. The modern Goideli ...

. The ruling family claimed descent from Drona, fourth son of Cathair Mór, a legendary 2nd century AD king.

Location

Idrone East is found in the central part of

, east of the River Barrow. Forth barony is bordered to the south by

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; to the east by Forth; to the west by Idrone West; to the north by

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(all the preceding baronies are also in County Carlow); to the southwest by

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; and to the southeast by Scarawalsh and

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History

The

Uí Bairrche Uí Bairrche (, ) was an Irish kin-based group that originally held lands in the south of the ancient province of Leinster (or ''Cóiced Laigen'' "the Fifth of the Laigin"). Another south Leinster kin group associated with the Uí Bairrche were g ...

and Ui Drona are cited early here. The O'Riain (Ryan) sept were Lords of Idrone. The Ó Dubhghaill (O'Doyle) clan of Viking origin was said to originate from a 9th-century King of Idrone.http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlcar2/Baronies_Carlow.htm

List of settlements

Below is a list of settlements in Idrone East barony: * Ballinkillin * Borris * Leighlinbridge (eastern part) * Nurney *

Bagenalstown Bagenalstown ( ), officially named Muine Bheag (), is a small town on the River Barrow in County Carlow, Ireland. History and name In the eight century, Saint Lappan reputedly founded a monastic school outside Bagenalstown in the townland ...

References

{{County Carlow Baronies of County Carlow