Baile Froire

Ballyfrory lies within the Civil Parish of Bannow in the Bargy barony, an area of profound Norman significance in Irish history. The townland is part of the territory originally granted by Dermod Mac Murrough, last king of Leinster, to Hervey, a companion of Robert FitzStephen during the Norman invasion of 1169. This invasion, which landed at nearby Bannow Bay, fundamentally altered the politic...