Corcomroe () is a

barony Barony may refer to: * Barony, the peerage, office of, or territory held by a baron * Barony, the title and land held in fealty by a feudal baron * Barony (county division), a type of administrative or geographical division in parts of the British ...

County Clare County Clare ( ga, Contae an Chláir) is a county in Ireland, in the Southern Region and the province of Munster, bordered on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. Clare County Council is the local authority. The county had a population of 118,81 ...

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

. It is the southern half of the Gaelic '' tuath'' of ''Corco Modhruadh''.

Legal context

Baronies were created after the

Norman invasion of Ireland The Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland took place during the late 12th century, when Anglo-Normans gradually conquered and acquired large swathes of land from the Irish, over which the kings of England then claimed sovereignty, all allegedly san ...

as divisions of

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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

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túath which had submitted to the English Crown.

Location

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 The Lordship of Ireland ( ga, Tiarnas na hÉireann), sometimes referred to retroactively as Norman Ireland, was the part of Ireland ruled by the King of England (styled as "Lord of Ireland") and controlled by loyal Anglo-Norman lords between ...

in the late 16th century known as Corcomroe and Burren.

Corcomroe Abbey Corcomroe Abbey (Irish: ''Mainistir Chorca Mrua'') is an early 13th-century Cistercian monastery located in the north of the Burren region of County Clare, Ireland, a few miles east of the village of Ballyvaughan in the Barony of Burren. It ...

, 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). The barony contains the villages of

Ennistymon Ennistymon or Ennistimon () is a country market town in County Clare, near the west coast of Ireland. The River Inagh, with its small rapids known as the Cascades, runs through the town, behind the main street. A bridge across the river leads ...

Lehinch Lehinch (''An Leithinse'' in Irish) is a townland in the barony of Ormond Lower, County Tipperary in Ireland. It is located east of Portumna bridge, in the civil parish of Lorrha Lorrha (from ) is a small village at the northern tip of Count ...

Kilfenora Kilfenora ( ga, Cill Fhionnúrach , meaning 'Church of the Fertile Hillside' or 'Church of the White Brow') is a village and a civil parish in County Clare, Ireland. It is situated south of the karst limestone region known as the Burren. S ...

Liscannor Liscannor () is a coastal village in County Clare, Ireland. Geography Lying on the west coast of Ireland, on Liscannor Bay, the village is located on the R478 road between Lahinch, to the east, and Doolin, to the north. The Cliffs of Moher ...

Doolin Doolin () is a coastal village in County Clare, Ireland, on the Atlantic coast. It is southwest of the spa town of Lisdoonvarna and 4 miles from the Cliffs of Moher. It is a noted centre of traditional Irish music, which is played nightly ...

and

Kilshanny Kilshanny ( ga, Cill Seanaigh) is a village and a civil parish in County Clare, Ireland. Geography It is located on the N67 national secondary road. Today, the village amenities include a pub (Kilshanny House), a primary school (St. Augustine ...

. It contains the civil parishes of Clooney,

Killaspuglonane Killaspuglonane ( ga, Cill Easpaig Lonáin) is a civil parish in County Clare, Ireland. Location Killaspuglonane in the part of the historical barony of Corcomroe. It is northwest of Ennistymon. The parish is and covers . The land runs nort ...

Kiltoraght Kiltoraght ( ga, Cill Tórachta) is a civil parish in County Clare, Ireland. It is just south of Kilfenora and is part of Catholic parish of Kilfenora. Location The parish is in the barony of Corcomroe, and is southeast of Kilfenora. It is a ...

Kilmanaheen Kilmanaheen ( ga, Cill Mhainchín) is a civil parish in County Clare, Ireland. It contains the market town of Ennistymon. Location Kilmanaheen is named after Saint Mainchín, the patron saint of the diocese of Limerick. It is part of the hist ...

Kilmacrichy Kilmacrehy, sometimes also Kilmacreehy, ( ga, Cill Mhic Creiche) is a civil parish in County Clare, Ireland. The ruins of the old parish church lie near the coastal village of Liscannor, which is also a part of the parish. Geography Kilmacre ...

Killilagh Killilagh or Killeilagh ( ga, Cill Aidhleach) is a civil parish in County Clare, Ireland. It contains the village of Doolin. Location The parish lies in the northwest corner of the Barony of Corcomroe. It is and covers . It lies along the So ...

and

Corco Modruadh in the Annals of Inisfallen

Corcomroe is mentioned in the

Annals of Inisfallen Annals ( la, annāles, from , "year") are a concise historical record in which events are arranged chronologically, year by year, although the term is also used loosely for any historical record. Scope The nature of the distinction between ann ...

: * ''907. Kl. The plundering of Lough Rí by the men of Mumu as far as Mairg Laigen and Mag Léna, as a result of which Mael Craíbe son of Cathalán, king of Cenél Fiachrach, and many others were slain. Cet, son of Flaithbertach, took the kingship of Corcu Modruad. Eight score ferryings(?) ere madeby Cormac, king of Caisel, until they

is forces In linguistics, a copula (plural: copulas or copulae; abbreviated ) is a word or phrase that links the subject of a sentence to a subject complement, such as the word ''is'' in the sentence "The sky is blue" or the phrase ''was not being'' i ...

arrived in Cluain Moccu Nóis during that Christmas.'' * ''919. Kl. Death of Cet son of Flaithbertach, king of Corcu Modruad. A year of scarcity and hunger.'' * ''920. The slaying of Murchad son of Flann, king of Corcu Bascinn.'' * ''936. Repose of Aniudán son of Mael Gorm, king of Corcu Modruad.'' * ''983. A large fleet as broughtby Brian, son of Cennétig, into the territory of Connachta, and portion of his force was slain there, i.e. Mael Sechnaill, son of Coscrach, and Finn, son of Dubchrón, and Lochlainn son of Mael Sechnaill, royal heir of Corcu Modruad. His officials went by land into Uí Briúin, and great slaughter was mutually inflicted upon them and upon the Uí Brúin.'' * ''993. A naval raid by Brian, and he reached Breifne from Loch Rí by way of Áth Liac northwards. A great slaughter of the Connachta by the king of Corcu Modruad, namely, by Conchobar, son of Mael Sechnaill, and Ruaidrí son of Coscrach, king of Uí Briuin, and many others fell therein.'' * ''996. A slaughter of the Corcu Modruad in Connachta, in which Muirgius, son of Ruaidri, fell.'' * ''1003. The slaying of Conchobar son of Mael Sechnaill, king of Corcu Modruad, and of Amlaíb, son of Lochlainn, and of Aicher Ua Traigthech in the west of Connachta; and Cathal, son of Labraid, was killed by the sons of Donnchadh Finn.'' * ''1015. Death of Domnall, son of Dub dá Bairenn, in a battle against the son of Bran. Cathal, son of Conchobur, and Lochlainn his kinsman, were treacherously slain ... both from their kingship. One followed the other in the kingship of Corcu Modruad. Death of Aed Ua Ruairc, king of Bréifne. The foreigners of the Isles, viz. with the complement of seven ships, raided the Islands, and they plundered Ara, Inse Mod, and Inis Aingin(?), and carried off one hundred and fifty aptivesas booty.'' * ''1016. The slaughter of Ára, in which Ua Lochlainn, royal heir of Corcu Modruad, was killed in Port Ciaráin in Ára. It was the Conmaicne who slew him. A great soughing wind in the autumn of the above year, and it broke down woods and houses, and people well-nigh died of terror. Death of Muiredach son of Cadla, king of Conmaicne Mara.'' * ''1017. Death of Donnchadh, son of Dub dá Bairenn. He was slain by Mael Muad.'' * ''1023. Great drought from the Epiphany until May. Ua Duib dá Bairenn was blinded. A solar eclipse this year, i.e. the spring of the black cloud.'' * ''1027. Death of Conchobar son of Mael Sechnaill, king of Corcu Modruad.'' * ''AI1094.3 The Síl Muiredaig inflicted a great slaughter on the Corcu Modruad and on he army ofthe west of Connachta, and Ua Flaithbertaig, and the grandson of Conchobar, son of Mael Sechnaill, escaped therefrom.''

References

{{Ulaid Baronies of County Clare

Legal context

Location

Corco Modruadh in the Annals of Inisfallen

See also

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