Banagh

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Banagh
Báinigh (Irish)
Barony map of County Donegal, 1900; Banagh is in the southwest, coloured peach.
Barony map of County Donegal, 1900; Banagh is in the southwest, coloured peach.
Banagh is located in Ireland
Banagh
Banagh
Coordinates: 54°42′N 8°18′W / 54.700°N 8.300°W / 54.700; -8.300
Sovereign stateIreland
ProvinceUlster
CountyDonegal
Area
  Total
632.30 km2 (244.13 sq mi)

Banagh (Irish: Báinigh[l 1]) is a historic barony in County Donegal in Ireland.[1] Patrick Weston Joyce said the name Banagh came from Enna Bogaine, son of Conall Gulban, son of Niall of the Nine Hostages.[2] It was created along with Boylagh when the former barony of Boylagh and Banagh was split in 1791 by an Act of the Parliament of Ireland.[3]

Banagh is bordered by the baronies of Boylagh to the north, Raphoe South to the northeast, and Tirhugh to the east.[4] Donegal Bay is to the south, and the open Atlantic Ocean to the west.[4]

The barony contains the following civil parishes:[1]

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