Kilmacrenan (barony)

Kilmacrenan
Cill Mhic Réanáin (Irish)
Barony map of County Donegal, 1900; Kilmacrenan is in the north, coloured peach.
Barony map of County Donegal, 1900; Kilmacrenan is in the north, coloured peach.
Kilmacrenan is located in Ireland
Kilmacrenan
Kilmacrenan
Coordinates: 55°5′N 7°45′W / 55.083°N 7.750°W / 55.083; -7.750
Sovereign stateIreland
ProvinceUlster
CountyDonegal
Area
 • Total1,264 km2 (488 sq mi)

Kilmacrenan (Irish: Cill Mhic Réanáin), sometimes spelled Kilmacrennan, is a barony in County Donegal, Ireland.[1][2][3] Baronies were mainly cadastral rather than administrative units, which acquired modest local taxation and spending functions in the 19th century before being superseded by higher units under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898.[4] Kilmacrenan is the largest barony in Ireland by land area.

  1. ^ Kinahan, G. H. (1889). "Additional List of Megalithic and Other Ancient Structures, Barony of Kilmacrenan, County Donegal". The Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland. 9 (81): 277–286. JSTOR 25506558 – via JSTOR.
  2. ^ "Donegal Baronies - Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837)". www.libraryireland.com.
  3. ^ "Outrages, Barony of Kilmacrenan, Co Donegal". donegalgenealogy.com.
  4. ^ General Register Office of Ireland (1904). "Alphabetical index to the baronies of Ireland". Census of Ireland 1901: General topographical index. Command papers. Vol. Cd. 2071. HMSO. pp. 966–978.