School: Tír-Dhá-Ghlas (Terryglass)
- Location:
- Terryglass, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Seán Ó Gliasáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0530, Page 410
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“What was the ruling Irish family or clan in the district before the establishment of the English power there.”
WHAT WAS THE RULING IRISH FAMILY OR CLAN
in the district before the establishment of the English power there?Is it remembered locally, and what is the popular sentiment regarding it?
The sub-kingdom of Eile O'Carroll was established in the third century by Olioll Olum, King of Munster, 232 A.D. Ancient Ely consisted of eight baronies Lower Ormond Upper Ormond, Eliogarty, Owney and Ara, Ballybrit and Clonlisk, Ikerrin.
O'Heerin, an Irish poet, died 1420, writes:-"Lords to whom great men submit
Are the princes of the plain of Birr;
Princes of Ely as far as the lofty Slieve Bloom,
The most hospitable land in Erin;
Eight districts and eight chiefs are ruled
By the prince of Ely, the land of herds;
Valiant in enforcing their tributes
Are the troops of yellow-ringletted hair."
Professor McNeill wrote in 1906:"Ancient Ely comprised the whole western side of Tipperary, north of the Kingdom of Cashel, and extended into King's County.After the Norman invasion the ancient Ely was lessened. The two baronies Eliogarty and and Ikerrin were separated from Ely about 1200. The Butlers who settled in Nenagh took possession of Owney and Ara. Clonlisk and Ballybritt were transferred to Offaly in the reign of(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Brigid Parkinson
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 64
- Address
- Slevoir, Co. Tipperary