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Boylagh

Boylagh
Baollaigh (Irish)
Barony map of County Donegal, 1900; Boylagh is in the west, coloured yellow.
Barony map of County Donegal, 1900; Boylagh is in the west, coloured yellow.
Boylagh is located in Ireland
Boylagh
Boylagh
Coordinates: 54°54′N 8°12′W / 54.900°N 8.200°W / 54.900; -8.200
Sovereign stateIreland
ProvinceUlster
CountyDonegal
Area
 • Total
717.46 km2 (277.01 sq mi)

Boylagh (Irish: Baollaigh[l 1]) is a historic barony in County Donegal in Ireland.[1] Patrick Weston Joyce said the name Boylagh comes from the territory of the O'Boyles.[2] It was created along with Banagh when the former barony of Boylagh and Banagh was split in 1791 by an Act of the Parliament of Ireland.[3]

Boylagh is bordered by the baronies of Kilmacrenan to the north east, Rapboe South to the east, and Banagh to the south; to the north and west is the Atlantic Ocean.[4]


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  1. ^ "Boylagh". IreAtlas Townlands Database. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  2. ^ Joyce, P.W. (1902). "Boylagh". Irish Local Names Explained. Dublin: Gill & Son. p. 18. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
  3. ^ 1791 (31 Geo. 3) c. 48 "An Act for the Division of Certain Baronies of Great Extent in the Counties of Donegal and Meath"
  4. ^ Joyce, P.W. (1897). "County Donegal". Philips' Handy Atlas of the Counties of Ireland. London: George Philips & Son. p. 8.

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