Nolan
The O’Nolans — Origins and Territory
Barony of Forth, County Carlow
The original patrimony of the O’Nolans was centred in the barony of Forth in the County of Carlow, which is so called in Grace’s Annals and other Anglo–Irish records. Forth O’Nolan formed the nucleus of their early lordship, from which their influence gradually radiated.
There are townlands of Ballynolan in:
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the barony of Idrone West, County Carlow
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the barony of Cranagh, County Kilkenny
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the barony of Kenry, County Limerick
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Clonenagh
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Ballyfin
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Cloughclone
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Clonanne
in the barony of Maryborough West in Queen’s County.
These lands are defined in the Fiants of James I as:
“parcel of the Lordship of Farren O’Nolan.”
From this it is evident that the influence and ramifications of the O’Nolans extended far beyond the confines of the parent barony of Forth O’Nolan.
📖 Further Reading
This history is fully explored in: