Decies-without-Drum
Decies-without-Drum
Na Déise lasmuigh den Drom (Irish) | |
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 View over Dungarvan Harbour, with the Comeragh Mountains in the distance | |
 Barony map of County Waterford, 1900; Decies-without-Drum is coloured pink, in the centre. | |
| Sovereign state | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | Waterford |
| Area | |
• Total | 525.66 km2 (202.96 sq mi) |
Decies-without-Drum (/ˈdiʃiz/;[1] Irish: Na Déise lasmuigh den Drom[2]) is a barony in County Waterford, Ireland.[3][4]
Geography
Decies-without-Drum is located in the centre of County Waterford, including the coast between Dungarvan and Dunbrattin Head; it is mostly upland. The Drum Hills separate it from Decies-within-Drum.[5][6] It is bordered to the west by the Munster Blackwater, and contains most of the River Bricky and Colligan River.[7]
History
The Déisi Muman were an ancient Gaelic Irish tribe that occupied this territory; their name means "vassals of Mumu". They are believed by some historians to have Gaulish origin.[8] Drumlohan Souterrain and Ogham Stones is an important historic site (AD 400–900).
The origin Decies barony was divided into two halves some time between 1654 and 1774.[7]
Various branches of the Power / La Poer family owned land in the region before the Cromwellian settlement.[9] Some of it also belonged to the Welsh/Walsh family.[10]
List of settlements
Towns and villages in Decies-without-Drum barony include:
References
- ↑ Pointon, Graham, ed. (1990). BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names (2nd ed.). Oxford: the University Press. p. 71. ISBN 0-19-282745-6.
- ↑ "Na Déise lasmuigh den Drom/Decies-without-Drum". Logainm.ie.
- ↑ "Traveller's New Guide Through Ireland, Containing a New and Accurate Description of the Roads". Longman. 21 December 2018 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Walsh, Thomas (21 December 2018). "History of the Irish Hierarchy, with the Monasteries of Each County, Biographical Notices of the Irish Saints, Prelates and Religious". Sadlier – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Maps of lands in the baronies of Decies-within-Drum, Decies-without-Drum-Gaultiere and Waterford Co. Borough, Co. Waterford by John Brownrigg and John Longfield. 1792 - 1834". sources.nli.ie.
- ↑ "Decies Without Drum IrlBarony through time - Census tables with data for the Barony". www.visionofireland.org.
- 1 2 "The Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland: Adapted to the New Poor-law, Franchise, Municipal and Ecclesiastical Arrangements, and Compiled with a Special Reference to the Lines of Railroad and Canal Communication as Existing in 1843-44; Illustrated by a Series of Maps, and Other Plates; and Presenting the Results, in Detail, of the Census of 1841, Compared with that of 1831". A. Fullarton. 21 December 2018 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "The Decies - Early Waterford History - Waterford County Museum". www.waterfordmuseum.ie.
- ↑ "Estate Record: Power (Decies-without-Drum)". landedestates.nuigalway.ie. Archived from the original on 22 December 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
- ↑ "Estate Record: Walsh/Welsh (Decies)". Archived from the original on 21 December 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
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