Deece Lower or Lower Deece (/ˈdiːs/; Irish: Déise Íochtarach) is a historical barony in central County Meath, Ireland.[1]
Deece Lower
Déise Íochtarach (Irish) | |
|---|---|
 Postbox, Drumree | |
 Barony map of County Meath, 1900; Deece Lower is in the middle, coloured green. | |
  Deece Lower | |
| Coordinates: 53°32′N 6°40′W / 53.53°N 6.67°W | |
| Sovereign state | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | Meath |
| Area | |
• Total | 81.0 km2 (31.3 sq mi) |
Baronies were mainly cadastral rather than administrative units. They acquired modest local taxation and spending functions in the 19th century before being superseded by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898.[2]
History
editThe barony of Deece existed before 1542 in the Lordship of Meath; it took its name from the Déisi Becc ('little Déisi'), a medieval vassal kingdom of the Kingdom of Mide. The Déisi Becc were ruled by the Ó Dubháin (O'Duane) of Knowth and the Ua Maoil Lughdhach (O'Molluwey?) of Brú na Bóinne. [3][4] Deece was divided into Lower (northern) and Upper (southern) halves by 1807.[5]
Geography
editDeece Lower is in the middle of the county, to the southeast of the River Boyne; the countryside between Trim and Dunshaughlin.[6]
List of settlements
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Warrenstown House, Lower Deece, Knockmark, Warrenstown". Buildings of Ireland.
- ↑ General Register Office of Ireland (1904). "Alphabetical index to the baronies of Ireland". Census of Ireland 1901: General topographical index. Command papers. Vol. Cd. 2071. HMSO. pp. 966–978.
- ↑ "The Baronies of Ireland - History". 17 July 2019. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019.
- ↑ "Virtual Treasury". Virtual Treasury.
- ↑
- No. 205A: Accounts, presented to the House of Commons, of the Presentments passed by the Grand Juries of Ireland at the Spring and Summer Assizes, in the Year 1807. House of Commons papers 1808. London. May–July 1808. Retrieved 22 March 2010.
- ↑ "Lower Deece". www.townlands.ie.
- ↑ "Sub-units of: Déise Íochtarach/Deece Lower". logainm.ie.