Barony of Corcomroe Corco Modhruadh | |
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  Barony of Corcomroe | |
| Coordinates: 52°59′25″N9°13′00″W / 52.990278°N 9.216667°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | Clare |
Corcomroe (Irish : Corco Modhruadh, meaning 'seed or people of Modhruadh') is a barony in County Clare, Ireland. [1] It is the southern half of the Gaelic tuath of Corco Modhruadh. [2]
Baronies were created after the Norman invasion of Ireland as divisions of counties and were used the administration of justice and the raising of revenue. While baronies continue to be officially defined units, they have been administratively obsolete since 1898. However, they continue to be used in land registration and in specification, such as in planning permissions. In many cases, a barony corresponds to an earlier Gaelic tuath which had submitted to the English Crown.
This tuath, or territory, was coextensive with the Diocese of Kilfenora. At some point around the 12th Century, the territory was divided in two: Corco Modhruadh Iartharach ("Western Corcomroe") and Corco Modhruadh Oirthearach ("Eastern Corcomroe") also known as Boireann. The territories were ruled by the Ó Conchubhair Corcomroe and Ó Lochlainn clans, respectively. They became administrative baronies in the Lordship of Ireland in the late 16th century known as Corcomroe and Burren.[ citation needed ]
Corcomroe Abbey, which is in the barony of Burren, itself was also known as the Abbey of Burren, or Sancta Maria de Petra Fertilis (Blessed Mary of the Fertile Rock).[ citation needed ]
The barony contains the villages of Ennistymon, Lehinch, Kilfenora, Liscannor, Doolin and Kilshanny. It contains the civil parishes of Clooney, Kilfenora, Killaspuglonane, Kiltoraght, Kilmanaheen, Kilmacrichy, Killilagh and Kilshanny. [3]
Corcomroe is mentioned in the Annals of Inisfallen:
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