title: Moycarn
text: # Moycarn
  
  Moycarn (Irish: Maigh Charnáin; also Moycarnon, Moycarnanan or Moycarne ) is a barony in County Roscommon, Ireland.
  
  ## Etymology
  
  The Irish name Maigh Charnáin means "plain of the cairn." It could also have a connection to Cernunnos, the Celtic hunt god.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Moycarn barony is located in the south of County Roscommon, north of the River Suck and River Shannon; they meet at the southern tip.
  
  ## History
  
  The Moycarn barony was anciently called Clan Laithemhain or Muintir Cionaith, ruled by the Gaelic Irish tribes of MacGilla Finnagain (O'Finnegan) and Ó Cionnaoith (Kenny).
  
  It is referred to in the topographical poem Tuilleadh feasa ar Éirinn óigh (Giolla na Naomh Ó hUidhrín, d. 1420):
  
  Mac Giolla Fionnagáin maoiṫ Agus Clann crodha Cionaoith Dá droing ar aoḃḋa d' feadain Ar Cloinn laomḋa Laiṫeaṁain
  
  ("Mac Gilla Finnegan the mild and the valiant Clan Kenny: two tribes who are fair so be seen rule over the brave Clan Flahavan.")
  
  Notable later families in the barony include the ffrench and Potts.
  
  ## List of settlements
  
  Below is a list of settlements in Moycarn barony:
  
  * Old Town
  