Ballymoe (County Roscommon barony)

Ballymoe
Béal Átha Mó (Irish)
Barony
Barony map of County Roscommon, 1900; Ballymoe is coloured blue, in the centre.
Barony map of County Roscommon, 1900; Ballymoe is coloured blue, in the centre.
Sovereign stateIreland
ProvinceConnacht
CountyRoscommon
Area
 • Total
94.24 km2 (36.39 sq mi)

Ballymoe (Irish: Béal Átha Mó[1]) is a barony in County Roscommon, Ireland.[2][3]

Etymology

Ballymoe barony is named after Ballymoe town, County Galway; the name means "mouth of the ford of Mogh"; Mogh is a legendary figure linked to Queen Medb.

Geography

Ballymoe barony is located in the centre of County Roscommon, north of the River Suck.

History

Donamon Castle is located in Ballymoe; it was a centre of the Ó Fiannachta (O'Feenaghty). Also in this area were the O'Concheanainn (O'Concannon), chiefs of the Uí Díarmata.[4]

There was originally a single large barony, named Ballymoe and part of County Galway. Later, about one-fifth of the barony's area — the part north of the River Suck — was given to County Roscommon.

Richard Malone, 1st Baron Sunderlin (c. 1738 – 1816) was a landowner in the area.[5] It was the site of agrarian trouble in the 1840s.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Béal Átha Mó/Ballymoe". Logainm.ie.
  2. ^ Weld, Isaac; Society, Royal Dublin (1832). Statistical survey of the county of Roscommon. Printed by R. Graisberry. p. 4 – via Internet Archive. Ballymoe.
  3. ^ "Drimtemple". www.libraryireland.com.
  4. ^ "The Baronies of Ireland - Family History". sites.rootsweb.com.
  5. ^ "Oran (Ballymoe)". landedestates.nuigalway.ie.
  6. ^ Coleman, Anne (31 December 1999). Riotous Roscommon: Social Unrest in the 1840s. Irish Academic Press. ISBN 9780716526711 – via Google Books.