Clankelly | |
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 Location of Clankelly,County Fermanagh,Northern Ireland. | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| County | Fermanagh |
Clankelly (Irish:Clann Cheallaigh, meaning Clan Kelly or, more literally, 'Offspring of Ceallaigh'[2]) is abarony inCounty Fermanagh,Northern Ireland.[3] It is the only barony in County Fermanagh not connected toLough Erne.[3] It is bordered by two other baronies in Northern Ireland:Coole to the south-west; andMagherastephana to the north-west.[3] It also borders two baronies in theRepublic of Ireland:Monaghan to the north-east; andDartree to the south-east.
Clankelly takes its name from Cellach, son of Tuathal, a king of the Ui Chremthainn. The MacDonnell (Irish:Mac Domhnaill) sept of the Clann Cheallaigh are noted here, and by the 13th century, the O'Cannons (Irish:Ó Canannain), who had been ousted as kings ofCinel Conaill, settled here for a period.[4][5]
Below is a list of civil parishes in Clankelly:[6]