Kiltartan (
) 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 ...
and
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
in
County Galway
County Galway ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Northern and Western Region, taking up the south of the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht. The county population was 276,451 at the 20 ...
, Ireland. The southern portion of this barony was formerly known as
Cenél Áeda na hEchtge
Cenél Áeda na hEchtge (also Cenél Áeda, Kenloth, Kinalethes, Kenealea, Kinelea) was a trícha cét (later a cantred, (a branch of the Uí Fiachrach Aidhne) and which was the original formation of the southern part of the barony (Ireland), bar ...
or
O'Shaughnessy's Country, the northern portion was called
Coill Ua bhFiachrach (the territory of the
Hynes clan) and the eastern part was called Oireacht Réamoinn (Mac Redmonds clan, a branch of the
Burkes). It was the home of
Lady Gregory,
Edward Martyn
Edward Martyn (30 January 1859 – 5 December 1923) was an Irish playwright and early republican political and cultural activist, as the first president of Sinn Féin from 1905–1908.
Early life
Martyn was the elder son of John Martyn of Tul ...
, and a regular residence of
W. B. Yeats. The barony takes its name from the
Burke stronghold of
Kiltartan Castle (now ruinous) also known as Castletown or Ballycastle. The castle in turn takes its name from the medieval church of Kiltartan a short distance to the north. The old Irish name for the church and parish was Cill Athrachta (church of
St. Attracta) which was corrupted to Cill Tortain. The older anglicised form was Kiltaraght which is closer to the original Irish form.
It is referenced in Yeats's poem "
An Irish Airman Foresees His Death".
See also
*
Augusta, Lady Gregory
Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory (; 15 March 1852 – 22 May 1932) was an Anglo-Irish people, Anglo-Irish dramatist, Folklore, folklorist and theatre manager. With William Butler Yeats and Edward Martyn, she co-founded the Irish Literary Theatre a ...
References
External links
Kiltartan Gregory Museum
Baronies of County Galway
Civil parishes of County Galway
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