Slievardagh ( ga, Sliabh Ardach) is a barony in

County Tipperary County Tipperary ( ga, Contae Thiobraid Árann) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. The county is named afte ...

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. This geographical unit of land is one of 12 baronies in County Tipperary. Its chief town is

Mullinahone Mullinahone () is a village located in the barony of Slievardagh, County Tipperary in Ireland. It is also a parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly. , the village population was 499. Location and access Mullinahone is s ...

. The barony lies between Eliogarty to the north (whose chief town is

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), Iffa and Offa East to the south (whose chief town is

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) and Middle Third to the west (whose chief town is Cashel). It is currently administered by

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Legal context

Baronies were created after the

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as divisions of

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and were used the administration of justice and the raising of revenue. While baronies continue to be officially defined units, they have been administratively obsolete since 1898. However, they continue to be used in land registration and in specification, such as in planning permissions. In many cases, a barony corresponds to an earlier

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túath which had submitted to the Crown.

Modern times

When

was split into

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and South Ridings in 1836, Slievardagh was allocated to the south riding. However, the neighbouring barony of Kilnamanagh was split into Upper and Lower half-baronies, being allocated to the north and south ridings respectively.

Towns, villages and townlands of the barony

Civil parishes of the barony

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(not to be confused with an

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