Iverk () is a

barony Barony may refer to: * Barony, the peerage, office of, or territory held by a baron * Barony, the title and land held in fealty by a feudal baron * Barony (county division), a type of administrative or geographical division in parts of the British ...

in the south-west of

County Kilkenny County Kilkenny () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster and is part of the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. It is named after the City status in Ir ...

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. The size of the barony is . There are 15

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in Iverk. The chief town today is

Piltown Piltown (), historically known as Ballyfoyle, is a village in County Kilkenny, Ireland. 5 km east of Carrick-on-Suir, it is on the R698 road and near the N24 national primary road. Approaching Piltown from Carrick-on-Suir in the west is ...

. The N24 crosses the barony. Iverk lies at the south-west of the county, with the baronies of Kells and

Knocktopher Knocktopher (historically ''Knocktofer'' and ''Knocktover''; ) is a village in County Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is situated on the R713 road (Ireland), R713 road between the villages of Stoneyford, County Kilkenny, Stoneyford t ...

to the north (whose chief towns are Kells and

), and the baronies of Ida and Kilculliheen to the east.

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is located to the south of the boundary. The barony was part of the historic kingdom of

Osraige Osraige (Old Irish) or Osraighe (Classical Irish), Osraí (Modern Irish), anglicized as Ossory, was a medieval Irish kingdom comprising what is now County Kilkenny and western County Laois, corresponding to the Diocese of Ossory. The home of ...

(''Ossory''). Today it is part of the

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diocese of Ossory and the

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diocese of Cashel and Ossory. Iverk is currently administered by

Kilkenny County Council Kilkenny County Council () is the local authority of County Kilkenny, Ireland. As a county council, it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The council is responsible for housing and community, roads and transportation, urban planning ...

History

Iverk was part of the medieval Irish kingdom of

. It was the territory of the

Irish clan Irish clans are traditional kinship groups sharing a common surname and heritage and existing in a lineage-based society, originating prior to the 17th century. A clan (or in Irish, plural ) included the chief and his patrilineal relatives; howe ...

Uí Duach. In 1358 this Barony was known by its ancient name the "

Cantred A cantred was a subdivision of a county in the Anglo-Norman Lordship of Ireland between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries, analogous to the cantref of Wales or the hundred of England. In County Dublin the equivalent unit was termed a serjeant ...

of Odoth". The earliest reference to the barony was in 1587, when it was described as the barony of "Fasaghdenyn and Idoghe". The early Anglo-Norman records of "Overk in Ossory" included the present Barones of Iverk and Ida and the southern extremity of the barony of Knocktopher. The territory of Uibh-Eirc was co-extensive with the present Barony of Iverk. Iverk was recorded in the

Down Survey The Down Survey was a cadastral survey of Ireland, carried out by English scientist William Petty in 1655 and 1656. It was created to provide for precise re-allocation of land confiscated from the Irish. The survey was apparently called the "Do ...

(1656), and on Griffith's Valuation (1864). Parts of the barony were in the

Poor law union A poor law union was a geographical territory, and early local government unit, in Great Britain and Ireland. Poor law unions existed in England and Wales from 1834 to 1930 for the administration of poor relief. Prior to the Poor Law Amendment ...

s of Carrick on Suir and Waterford. Territory of O Faolain (O'Phelan) and O'Dunphy. Ballycastlane Cottage is located in Iverk.

Geography

Iverk contains the towns of Pilltown,

Kilmacow Kilmacow ( — otherwise known in Irish as ''Cill Mhic Bhúith'') is a small village and Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish in County Kilkenny, Ireland. The townland of Kilmacow is south of the village. Geography Situated about 7 km ( ...

Fiddown Fiddown () is a small village in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is located in the south of the county, just off the N24 road, south of Kilkenny city. The village is on the banks of the River Suir, near the border with County Waterford to which ...

Mooncoin Mooncoin () is an urban area (Ireland), urban area in County Kilkenny, in Ireland. The population was 1,175 in 2016. Historically part of the Gaelic Ireland, Gaelic kingdom of Osraige, today it is in the far south of the counties of Ireland, cou ...

and the settlements of Owning and Templeorum. Iverk contains the

of Aglish, Arderra, Ballytarsney, Clonmore,

, Muckalee, Pollrone, Portnascully, Rathkieran, Tibberaghny, Tubbrid, Ullid, and Whitechurch. Fiddown Island and the Poulanassy and Lingaun River are in Iverk. It also contains a bogland called Moondeega. There is a wood called Corbally Wood.

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