Barrymore (barony)
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This article is about the geographic location. For the peerage, see Earl of Barrymore.
Barrymore (Irish: Barraigh Mhóra "Big Crops"[l 1]) is a barony in County Cork in Ireland.[l 1] It is the namesake of the Norman de Barry family, latterly created Earls of Barrymore.[1] Barrymore is bordered by eight baronies:
- To the south-west, the Barony of Cork and the Barony of Cork City
- to the west, the Barony of Barretts
- To the north-west, Duhallow
- To the north, the Barony of Fermoy
- To the north-east, Condons and Clangibbon
- To the east, Kinnataloon
- To the south-east, Imokilly[2]
It stretches from the Nagle Mountains in the north, through the valley of the River Bride, to the north shore of Cork Harbour,[1][2] including Little Island, Great Island, and Haulbowline Island.[l 2]