St. Mullin's Lower () 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 ...

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Etymology

St. Mullin's Lower barony takes its name from the village of

St. Mullin's St Mullins (, formerly anglicised as ''Timoling'' or ''Tymoling'' - 'homestead of Saint Moling, Moling')St Mullin's

().

Location

St. Mullin's Lower is found in south

, east of the

River Barrow The Barrow () is a river in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is one of The Three Sisters (Ireland), The Three Sisters; the other two being the River Suir and the River Nore. The Barrow is the longest of the three rivers and, at 192 km (12 ...

and west of the

Blackstairs Mountains The Blackstairs Mountains () run roughly north/south along the border between County Carlow and County Wexford in Ireland. The highest peak is Mount Leinster with a total height of . Blackstairs Mountain is the second highest peak at . See ...

. St. Mullin's Lower barony is bordered to the north by

Idrone East Idrone East () is a barony in County Carlow, Ireland. The early barony of Idrone was split into East and West in 1799. Etymology Idrone takes its name from the ancient name for the tuath, first recorded c. 1100 as ''Hua Drona'' in the Latin '' ...

, County Carlow; to the east and south by

Bantry Bantry () is a town in the civil parish of Kilmocomoge in the barony of Bantry on the southwest coast of County Cork, Ireland. It lies in West Cork at the head of Bantry Bay, a deep-water gulf extending for to the west. The Beara Peninsula i ...

County Wexford County Wexford () 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. Named after the town of Wexford, it was ba ...

; to the southwest by Ida,

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 ...

; and to the west by

Gowran Gowran (; ) is a town on the eastern side of County Kilkenny, Ireland. The historic St. Mary's Collegiate Church is in the centre of Gowran, close to Gowran Castle. Gowran Park race course and Golf Course are one kilometre from the centre of ...

, County Kilkenny.

History

The ancient land of the Ui Drona was cantered here in the 8th century.http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlcar2/parish.htm

List of settlements

Below is a list of settlements in St. Mullin's Lower: * Ballymurphy *

Graiguenamanagh Graiguenamanagh or Graignamanagh () is a town on the River Barrow in County Kilkenny, Ireland. Part of the settlement, known as Tinnahinch, is on the County Carlow side of the river, and Carlow County Council refers to the whole village as "Grai ...

(southern part)

References

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