Ballycowan | |
Native Name: | Baile Mhic Comhainn (Irish) |
Settlement Type: | Barony |
Subdivision Type: | Sovereign state |
Subdivision Name: | Ireland |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Offaly |
Area Total Km2: | 156.25 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 60.3 |
Ballycowan or Ballycowen is a barony in County Offaly (formerly King's County), Ireland.
Ballycowan derives its name from Ballycowan Castle (near Tullamore) and the townland of Ballycowan (Irish Baile Mhic Comhainn, "settlement of Mac Comhainn").[1]
Ballycowan is located in north County Offaly, around the valleys of the Clodiagh River and Silver River.
Ballycowan was part of the territory of the Ó Maolmhuaidh (O'Molloy) sept of the Southern Uí Néill. The Uí Shuanaig (Fox?) sept is cited here near Rathan.[2]
Below is a list of settlements in Ballycowan: