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Clanwilliam ( Irish: Clan Liam) is a barony in County Tipperary, Ireland. This geographical unit of land is one of 12 baronies in County Tipperary. Its chief town is Tipperary. The barony lies between Kilnamanagh Lower to the north (whose chief town is Dundrum), Iffa and Offa West to the south (whose chief town is Cahir) and Middle Third to the east (whose chief town is Cashel). It is currently administered by Tipperary County Council.
Clanwilliam may refer to:
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Clanwilliam (County Tipperary), barony in Ireland
- Earl of Clanwilliam, title in the Peerage of Ireland
- Clanwilliam Rugby Club, in Tipperary
- Clanwilliam (County Limerick), barony in Ireland
- Clanwilliam, Western Cape, town in South Africa
- Clanwilliam, Manitoba, rural municipality in Canada
Clanwilliam is a barony in County Limerick in Ireland. According to Patrick Weston Joyce, the name Clanwilliam derives from the descendants ( clan) of William de Burgh; similarly for the Tipperary barony of Clanwilliam.
Clanwilliam is bordered by the baronies of Owneybeg to the east, Coonagh to the southeast, and Small County to the south; to the west are Pubblebrien, Limerick City and the North Liberties. To the north across the River Shannon is County Clare; to the northeast is County Tipperary.
Settlements in the barony include Castleconnell, Caherconlish, Garryowen, Barringtonsbridge, Janesboro, and Monaleen.
Usage examples of "clanwilliam".
The silver sheet of Clanwilliam Lake reflected the stars, and then was left behind.
October, 1693, Sir Tristram and Lady Beresford went on a visit to her sister, Lady Macgill, at Gill Hall, now the seat of Lord Clanwilliam, whose grandmother was eventually the heiress of Sir J.
Of these two, one operated on the western side of the Colony, reaching the sea-coast in the Clanwilliam district, and attaining a point which is less than a hundred miles from Cape Town.
Though Hertzog at Calvinia and De Lisle at Clanwilliam were only fifty miles apart, the intervening country is among the most broken and mountainous in South Africa.
By the end of February there were none of the enemy south of the Beaufort West and Clanwilliam line.
A volley of shots rang out from both Clanwilliam House and the Parochial Hall.
In Clanwilliam House, Ned had fired his first shot almost before he realized it.
In the month of October, 1693, Sir Tristram and Lady Beresford went on a visit to her sister, Lady Macgill, at Gill Hall, now the seat of Lord Clanwilliam, whose grandmother was eventually the heiress of Sir J.
From this point their roving bands made their way as far as the seacoast in the Clanwilliam direction, for they expected at Lambert's Bay to meet with a vessel with mercenaries and guns from Europe.