Banagh
Báinigh (Irish) | |
|---|---|
 Barony map of County Donegal, 1900; Banagh is in the southwest, coloured peach. | |
  Banagh | |
| Coordinates: 54°42′N 8°18′W / 54.700°N 8.300°W | |
| Sovereign state | Ireland |
| Province | Ulster |
| County | Donegal |
| Area | |
• Total | 632.30 km2 (244.13 sq mi) |
Banagh (Irish: Báinigh[l 1]) is a historic barony in County Donegal in Ireland.[1] Patrick Weston Joyce said the name Banagh came from Enna Bogaine, son of Conall Gulban, son of Niall of the Nine Hostages.[2] It was created along with Boylagh when the former barony of Boylagh and Banagh was split in 1791 by an Act of the Parliament of Ireland.[3]
Banagh is bordered by the baronies of Boylagh to the north, Raphoe South to the northeast, and Tirhugh to the east.[4] Donegal Bay is to the south, and the open Atlantic Ocean to the west.[4]
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- ^ "Banagh". IreAtlas Townlands Database. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
- ^ Joyce, P.W. (1902). "Banagh". 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"
- ^ a b Joyce, P.W. (1897). "County Donegal". Philips' Handy Atlas of the Counties of Ireland. London: George Philips & Son. p. 8.