Cranagh
Barony of Cranagh | |
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Etymology: Abounding in Trees, or Woodland | |
Coordinates: 52°40′35″N 7°25′26″W / 52.67639°N 7.42389°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Leinster |
County | County Kilkenny |
Civil parishes | List
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Government | |
• Type | County Council |
• Body | Kilkenny County Council |
Area | |
• Total | 210.8 km2 (81.4 sq mi) |
Crannagh (Irish: Crannach, meaning 'Abounding in Trees, or Woodland'[1][5]), sometimes written Cranagh or Granagh, is a barony in the north western part of County Kilkenny, Ireland.[1][6] It is one of 12 baronies in County Kilkenny.[2] The size of the barony is 210.8 square kilometres (81.4 sq mi).[4] There are 19 civil parishes in Crannagh, made up of 182 townlands.[1] The chief town Freshford, with highest point at Clomantagh Hill.[7][8] Crannagh lies at the north west of the county, with the baronies of Galmoy and Fassadinin to the north (whose chief towns are Galmoy and Castlecomer), and the barony of the Kilkenny to the east (whose chief town is Kilkenny) and Shillelogher to the south (whose chief town is Bennettsbridge). It is buffers County Tipperary on the west. The R693 road crosses the barony.
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