Originally western Limerick was a single vast barony known as Connello. It was divided into Lower (northern) and
Upper (southern) halves some time before 1821, and 1841 the western part of Connello Lower was made a separate barony,
Shanid, while the western half of Connello Upper became the barony of
Glenquin. The Connello Lower region was the anciently the possession of the Uí Chonaill Gabra, part of the
Uí Fidgeinti; the name refers to an ancestor, Conall Gabra, "Conall of the White Horse." The Connalla was the name of the
Eóganachta cantred. The
Ó Coileáin (Collins or Cullane) were lords of Connello until they moved to
County Cork in the 13th century. ==Geography==