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Iffa and Offa East (Irish:Uíbh Eoghain agus Uíbh Fhathaidh Thoir) is abarony inCounty Tipperary,Ireland. This geographical unit of land is one of 12 baronies in County Tipperary. Its chief town isClonmel. The barony lies betweenIffa and Offa West to the west (whose chief town isCahir),Middle Third to the north-west (whose chief town isCashel) andSlievardagh to the north-east (whose chief town isMullinahone). It is currently administered byTipperary County Council. The entire barony lies within the geographic remit of theRoman Catholic Diocese of Waterford and Lismore with the exception of the parish ofClerihan which is in theRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly.
Baronies were created after theNorman invasion of Ireland as divisions ofcounties and were used the administration of justice and the raising of revenue. While baronies continue to be officially defined units, they have beenadministratively obsolete since 1898. However, they continue to be used in land registration and in specification, such as in planning permissions. In many cases, a barony corresponds to an earlierGaelic túath which had submitted to the Crown.
As the name suggests, in medieval times the territory of the barony (and its neighbour to the west) was controlled by the Gaelic clans ofUíbh Eoghain andUíbh Fhathaidh. Following the conquest of Ireland by theNormans, much of the territory was, by royal grant, handed over to theButlers of Ormond. The titleEarl of Carrick was first created in 1315 forSir Edmund Butler, Justiciar of Ireland, by KingEdward II of England. The title is linked to the manor of "Karryk Mac Gryffin" (see history section ofCarrick-on-Suir for elaboration). Edmund was the father of James Butler andJohn Butler of Clonamicklon whose descendants later becameViscounts Ikerrin and Earls of Carrick. Sir Edmund Butler had distinguished himself in the fight against the Bruce invasion of Ireland. Edmund was granted a charter of the castle and manor of Carrick, Macgryffin and Roscrea to hold to him and his heirssub nomine et honore comitis de Karryk on 1 September 1315. However, the charter, while creating an earldom, failed to make Edmund's heir James "Earl of Carrick". It was not until 7 years after the death of his father that he was rewarded for his loyalty to the Crown with an earldom in his own right - that ofEarl of Ormond - in 1328.Ormonde Castle in the town of Carrick-on-Suir continued to be the main family residence up to the time ofJames Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond. It was he who builtGowran Castle and later purchasedKilkenny Castle which was to become the seat of the Butler family from that point onwards.
WhenCounty Tipperary was split intoNorth andSouth Ridings in 1836, Iffa and Offa East was allocated to the south riding. However, the neighbouring barony of Kilnamanagh was split into Upper and Lower half-baronies, being allocated to the north and south ridings respectively.[1]
The barony lies in the lower reaches of theSuir valley. The river forms the border with neighbouringCounty Waterford for much of its journey through the barony, with the exception of a "box" around Carrick-on-Suir which straddles both banks. TheComeragh Mountains lie to the south while to the northeast isSlievenamon. The Lingaun River joins the Suir two miles downstream of Carrick-on-Suir. It holds good stocks of trout.
This table[2] lists an historical geographical sub-division of the barony known as thecivil parish (not to be confused with anEcclesiastical parish).
| Name in Irish | Name in English |
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| Baile Nua an Loinneáin | Newtownlennan |
| Baile Uí Chléireacháin | Ballyclerahan |
| Carraig na Siúire | Carrick-on-Suir |
| An Chathair | Caher |
| Cill Chaise | Kilcash |
| Cill Chrónata | Kilgrant |
| Cill Mhuire | Kilmurry |
| Cill Ó Luáin | Killaloan |
| Cill Síoláin | Kilsheelan |
| Cill Tagáin | Kiltegan |
| Domhnach Mór | Donaghmore |
| An Eaglais Nua | Newchapel |
| Garrán Ghiobúin | Garrangibbon |
| Inis Leamhnachta | Inishlounaght |
| Lios Ruanach | Lisronagh |
| Paróiste Mhuire | St. Mary's, Clonmel |
| Ráth Rónáin | Rathronan |
| Teampall Eithne | Temple-etney (Templeetney) |
Note: Even thoughClonmel is the largest town in the county, it is not a civil parish in its own right.
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