Gaultier (barony)

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Gaultier
An Ghailltír (Irish)
Barony
Pasture and cereal fields near Orchardstown
Pasture and cereal fields near Orchardstown
Barony map of County Waterford, 1900; Gaultier is coloured peach, in the east.
Barony map of County Waterford, 1900; Gaultier is coloured peach, in the east.
Sovereign state Ireland
Province Munster
County Waterford
Area
 • Total 119.17 km2 (46.01 sq mi)

Gaultier or Gaultiere (Irish: An Ghailltír[1]) is a barony in County Waterford, Ireland.[2][3]

Etymology

Gaultier barony is derived from the Irish for "land of the foreigners" — specifically, the Vikings, who settled here when they were expelled from Waterford City by the Cambro-Norman and English invaders in the later 12th century.[4]

Geography

Gaultier is located in eastern County Waterford, between Tramore Bay and Waterford Harbour. It contained the parish of Kilculliheen until 1872, when that area was transferred to County Kilkenny.

History

Gaultier, as stated above, was a settlement of Vikings expelled from Waterford city. They established a "Cantred of the Danes" or "Ostmanstowns of Waterford" in 1384.

After the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, Gaultier was granted to the Lymbery family, and they were for generations landlords and Church of Ireland clergymen in the region.[5] Other important families were Anthony, Brunnock, Comerford, Everard, Grant, Jackson, Mandeville, Sherlock, Wadding and Wyse.[6]

The barony was established by 1672.[7]

It gives its name to Gaultier GAA, a Gaelic football club established in 1927 and based in Dunmore East.

List of settlements

Below is a list of settlements in Gaultier barony:

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