Baronies - National Statutory Boundaries - Ungeneralised 2026

Ungeneralised. Baronies were originally feudal jurisdictions dating from the 11th century, which in the course of time came to be used for administrative purposes.

The re-organisation of local government in the late 19th century signalled the end of the barony as a meaningful territorial division although it is still used in property registration. They can be subdivided into townlands and civil parishes and in turn they are subdivisions of counties. The 6” survey of Ireland carried out under the 1825 Boundary Survey Act documented and formalised the boundaries of baronies in Ireland.