Coolock ()Barony of Coolock is one of the baronies of Ireland. It was constituted as part of the old county of Dublin. Today, it covers much of the northern parts of the city of Dublin and the south-eastern part of the modern county of Fingal. At the heart of the barony is the civil parish of the same name - Coolock - which is one of twenty civil parishes in the barony.
Legal context and history Baronies were created after the Norman invasion of Ireland as subdivisions of counties and were used for administration. While baronies continue to be officially defined units, they are no longer used for many administrative purposes. They have been administratively obsolete since 1898. Nevertheless, they continue to be used in land registration and specification such as in planning permissions. In many cases, a barony corresponds to an earlier Gaelic túath which had submitted to the Crown. However, the status of barony is still used in modern timesAir Navigation and Transport Act, 1950 - Barony of CoolockState Property Act, 1954 - Barony of CoolockUniversity Education (Agriculture and Dairy Science) Act, 1926 - Barony of Coolock
Location It is one of seven and a half baronies that used to comprise the old county of Dublin.According to the "Local Government Act, 2001", section 10(2): "The State continues to stand divided into local government areas to be known as counties and cities which are the areas set out in Parts 1 and 2, respectively, of Schedule 5." It is clear from SCHEDULE 5, Local Government Areas (Counties and Cities, PART 1, that "Dublin" is defined only as a city (as distinct from a county). It stretches from Dublin Airport and the Malahide estuary to the Royal Canal and River Tolka estuary (from north to south) and from the Phoenix Park to Dublin Bay (from west to east). It is located between the baronies of Nethercross (to the north), Castleknock (to the west) and Dublin City (to the south). The northern two-thirds of the barony is now administered by Fingal County Council while the southern third is subject to Dublin City Council.
Civil parishes For convenience, the table below groups the barony's twenty civil parishes by their location in one of the modern local authority areas. Some parishes, however, straddle both areas.
Name in Irish Name in English Area in Acres 1Modern Local Authority AreaArd Aidhin Artaine.Artaine civil parish557Dublin CityCill Bharróg Kilbarrack.Kilbarrack civil parishNote 1Cill Easra Killester.Killester civil parish150Cluain Tarbh Clontarf.Clontarf civil parish535Cluain Torc Clonturk.Clonturk civil parish800 Note 2Gráinseach Ghormáin Grangegorman.Grangegorman civil parish450Paróiste San Seoirse St George's.St George's civil parishNote 3Glas Naíon Glasnevin.Glasnevin civil parish600An Chúlóg Coolock.Coolock civil parish1199Ráth Eanaigh Raheny.Raheny civil parish440Seantrabh Santry.Santry civil parish2350Baile Dúill Baldoyle.Baldoyle civil parish450FingalBaile Ghrífín Balgriffin.Balgriffin civil parish540Binn Éadair Howth.Howth civil parish1772Cionn Sáile Kinsaley.Kinsaley civil parish1339Clochrán Cloghran.Cloghran civil parish994Mullach Íde Malahide.Malahide civil parish606Port Mearnóg Portmarnock.Portmarnock civil parish1020Sord Swords.Swords civil parish5 Note 4Teampall Mhaighréide St. Margaret'sSt. Margaret's civil parish1140
Note 1 In 1773, during the reign of King George III of Great Britain, the parishes were assessed as having the acreage as set out in the above table.The Statutes at Large, Passed in the Parliaments Held in Ireland: Volume 10; Published by James Goddard Butler, William Ball In addition, the parishes of Kilossory and Kilbegh are mentioned as being in the barony with 900 and 500 acres respectively. Today, Killossory is in the barony of Nethercross but the date of its presumed transfer from this barony is unknown. The identity of Kilbegh is unclear although Kilbarrack may be a candidate. The source makes no mention of St George's parish. Note 2 The parish of Clonturk is now mainly identified with the district of Drumcondra. Note 3 The parish is St George is split between this barony and the barony of the City of Dublin. That part of the parish which lies in Coolock is bounded by the River Tolka to the north, Dublin Bay to the east and the Royal Canal to the south. Note 4 An exclave of the parish of Swords lies in the barony. It is a single parcel of land, just over 5 acres in area - the townland of Glebe.Glebe townland Today, it is the site of the Metropoint Business Park.
The table below lists the population and the number of houses in the various civil parishes according to the 1851 census of Ireland.Census of Ireland 1851: part I, area, population, and number of houses, by townlands and electoral divisions: County and City of Dublin; HMSO, Paper No. 1553 Civil Parish. Population in 1851. Number of Houses in 1851.Artaine 345 77Baldoyle1131 231Balgriffin 523 97Cloghran 462 89Clontarf2682 449Clonturk2630 459Coolock 943 161Glasnevin1340 178Grange Gorman(part of) 971 178Howth1715 328Kilbarrack 242 42Killester(incl. Artaine town) 400 71Kinsaley 648 119Malahide1341 271Portmarnock 602 101Raheny 548 117St Georges(part of)1297 198St Margarets 412 78Santry1140 194Swords(part of) 3 1
External links Enhanced British Parliamentary Papers on Ireland - Census of Ireland 1851: part I Source given is "Ordnance survey".
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