Moycarn
Moycarn
Maigh Charnáin (Irish) | |
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| Derrylahan, Moycarn Derrylahan, Moycarn | |
| Barony map of County Roscommon, 1900; Moycarn is coloured blue, in the south. Barony map of County Roscommon, 1900; Moycarn is coloured blue, in the south. | |
| Sovereign state | Ireland |
| Province | Connacht |
| County | Roscommon |
| Area | |
• Total | 119.77 km2 (46.24 sq mi) |
Moycarn (Irish: Maigh Charnáin;[1] also Moycarnon, Moycarnanan[2] or Moycarne[3] ) is a barony in County Roscommon, Ireland.[4][5]
Etymology
[edit | edit source]The Irish name Maigh Charnáin means "plain of the cairn." It could also have a connection to Cernunnos, the Celtic hunt god.
Geography
[edit | edit source]Moycarn barony is located in the south of County Roscommon, north of the River Suck and River Shannon; they meet at the southern tip.[6]
History
[edit | edit source]The Moycarn barony was anciently called Clan Laithemhain or Muintir Cionaith, ruled by the Gaelic Irish tribes of MacGilla Finnagain (O'Finnegan) and Ó Cionnaoith (Kenny).[7]
It is referred to in the topographical poem Tuilleadh feasa ar Éirinn óigh (Giolla na Naomh Ó hUidhrín, d. 1420):
Mac Giolla Fionnagáin maoiṫ
Agus Clann crodha Cionaoith
Dá droing ar aoḃḋa d' feadain
Ar Cloinn laomḋa Laiṫeaṁain
("Mac Gilla Finnegan the mild and the valiant Clan Kenny: two tribes who are fair so be seen rule over the brave Clan Flahavan.")[8][9][10][11]
Notable later families in the barony include the ffrench and Potts.[12][13][14]
List of settlements
[edit | edit source]Below is a list of settlements in Moycarn barony:
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