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| Type: | Barony |
| Identifier: | IRL_BARONY |
| Description: | Baronies were the ancient sub-divisions of Irish counties, broadly equivalent to English hundreds and wapentakes. They were primarily units of feudal land-holding, but had some role in taxation. They were superceded by the Local Government Act of 1898. |
| Number of units in system: | 364 |
| Geographical Level: | 9 (Middle-level District) |
| ADL Feature Type: | countries, 3rd order divisions |
| May be part of: | Irish County |
| May have as parts: | Irish Civil Parish , Irish Town |
| Possible status values: | Irish City (IrlCity) , Irish Corporate Town (IrlCorpTown) |