Connell (barony)

Barony in Kildare, Ireland

Connell

Connail[1] (Irish)

Barony

Map of the baronies of Kildare. Connell is coloured pink, in the centre.

Sovereign state| Ireland
County| Kildare
Area

• Total

| 140.77 km2 (54.35 sq mi)

Connell (Irish: Connail), also called Great Connell, is a barony in County Kildare, Ireland.[2]

## Etymology

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Connell derives its name from Old Connell (Irish Seancongbhail/Seanchonail, "old settlement"), a site in modern Newbridge where Saint Conleth lived as a hermit until his consecration in AD 490. Later it was the site of Connell Ford, a crossing point on the Liffey, and Great Connell Priory was built on the east bank in 1202.[3]

## Location

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Connell barony is found in central County Kildare, from the bend of the Liffey to the Hill of Allen.

## History

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Connell barony was part of the ancient territory of the Uí Fáeláin sept of the Uí Dúnlainge branch of the Laigin sept, and ancestral home of the Uí Broin before the arrival of the Normans. The Uí Thuathail (O'Tooles), allies of the O'Byrnes, were also here.[4]

## List of settlements

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Below is a list of settlements in Connell barony:

* Allenwood
* Athgarvan
* Kilmeage
* Newbridge
* Robertstown

## References

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1. ^ "Connail/Connell". Logainm.ie. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
2. ^ Kennedy, Líam; Clarkson, L. A. (24 July 1999). Mapping the great Irish famine: a survey of the Famine Decades. Four Courts Press. ISBN 9781851823536 – via Google Books.
3. ^ "Co. Kildare Online Electronic History Journal: NEWBRIDGE, PARISH OF - Comerford's Dioceses of Kildare and Leighlin". www.kildare.ie.
4. ^ "The Baronies of Ireland - Family History". sites.rootsweb.com.

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Places in County Kildare

County town: Naas

Towns|

* Athy
* Ballymore Eustace
* Celbridge
* Clane
* Kilcock
* Kildare
* Leixlip
* Maynooth
* Monasterevin
* Naas
* Newbridge
* Prosperous
* Rathangan
* Sallins

Villages and
Townlands|

* Allen
* Allenwood
* Ardclogh
* Ballitore
* Ballyoulster
* Calverstown
* Caragh
* Carbury
* Castledermot
* Coill Dubh
* Cutbush
* Derrinturn
* Eadestown
* Grangemore
* Hawkfield
* Johnstown
* Kilberry
* Kilcullen
* Kildangan
* Kill
* Kilkea
* Kilmead
* Kilmeage
* Kilshanchoe
* Kilteel
* Lullymore
* Milltown
* Moone
* Narraghmore
* Nurney
* Rathcoffey
* Robertstown
* Straffan
* Staplestown
* Suncroft
* Timolin

Landforms|

* Bog of Allen
* Cupidstown Hill
* Curragh
* Grand Canal
* Hill of Allen
* River Barrow
* River Blackwater
* River Boyne
* Figile River
* River Greese
* River Liffey
* Lyreen River
* Morell River
* River Rye
* Royal Canal

Topics|

* Geography of County Kildare
* List of National Monuments in County Kildare
* List of townlands of County Kildare
* Mountains and hills of County Kildare
* Rivers of County Kildare

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