Boylagh
Baollaigh (Irish) | |
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 Barony map of County Donegal, 1900; Boylagh is in the west, coloured yellow. | |
  Boylagh | |
| 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]
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- ^ "Boylagh". IreAtlas Townlands Database. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
- ^ Joyce, P.W. (1902). "Boylagh". Irish Local Names Explained. Dublin: Gill & Son. p. 18. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
- ^ 1791 (31 Geo. 3) c. 48 "An Act for the Division of Certain Baronies of Great Extent in the Counties of Donegal and Meath"
- ^ Joyce, P.W. (1897). "County Donegal". Philips' Handy Atlas of the Counties of Ireland. London: George Philips & Son. p. 8.