Boylagh
Baollaigh (
Irish) | |
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Coordinates: 54°54′N 8°12′W / 54.900°N 8.200°W | |
Sovereign state | Ireland |
Province | Ulster |
County | Donegal |
Area | |
• Total | 717.46 km2 (277.01 sq mi) |
Boylagh ( Irish: Baollaigh [l 1]) is a historic barony in County Donegal in Ireland. [1] Patrick Weston Joyce said the name Boylagh comes from the territory of the O'Boyles. [2] It was created along with Banagh when the former barony of Boylagh and Banagh was split in 1791 by an Act of the Parliament of Ireland. [3]
Boylagh is bordered by the baronies of Kilmacrenan to the north east, Rapboe South to the east, and Banagh to the south; to the north and west is the Atlantic Ocean. [4]
The barony contains the following civil parishes: [1]
Settlements in the barony include Annagry, [l 2] Burtonport, [l 2] Doochary, [l 3] Dungloe, [l 2] Glenties, [l 2] Kilrean, [l 3] Lettermacaward, [l 3] Portnoo, [l 3] and Ranafast. [l 2] Other features include the island of Arranmore. [l 4]
The barony is thus described in the Parliamentary Gazetteer of 1846: [5]
From "Irish placenames database". logainm.ie (in English and Irish). Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. Retrieved 11 August 2010.:
From other sources:
Boylagh
Baollaigh (
Irish) | |
---|---|
Coordinates: 54°54′N 8°12′W / 54.900°N 8.200°W | |
Sovereign state | Ireland |
Province | Ulster |
County | Donegal |
Area | |
• Total | 717.46 km2 (277.01 sq mi) |
Boylagh ( Irish: Baollaigh [l 1]) is a historic barony in County Donegal in Ireland. [1] Patrick Weston Joyce said the name Boylagh comes from the territory of the O'Boyles. [2] It was created along with Banagh when the former barony of Boylagh and Banagh was split in 1791 by an Act of the Parliament of Ireland. [3]
Boylagh is bordered by the baronies of Kilmacrenan to the north east, Rapboe South to the east, and Banagh to the south; to the north and west is the Atlantic Ocean. [4]
The barony contains the following civil parishes: [1]
Settlements in the barony include Annagry, [l 2] Burtonport, [l 2] Doochary, [l 3] Dungloe, [l 2] Glenties, [l 2] Kilrean, [l 3] Lettermacaward, [l 3] Portnoo, [l 3] and Ranafast. [l 2] Other features include the island of Arranmore. [l 4]
The barony is thus described in the Parliamentary Gazetteer of 1846: [5]
From "Irish placenames database". logainm.ie (in English and Irish). Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. Retrieved 11 August 2010.:
From other sources: