Barretts (Irish: Baróidigh[l 1]) is a barony in northwest County Cork in Ireland.
[2] Until 1836, Barretts, Muskerry East and Muskerry West were interlaced with detached fragments of each other; land transfers by the Grand Jury (Ireland) Act 1838 regularised and consolidated their respective territories.
[1] Baronies were created after the Norman invasion of Ireland as divisions of counties and were used for the administration of justice and the raising of revenue.
While baronies continue to be officially defined units, they have been administratively obsolete since 1898.
In many cases, a barony corresponds to an earlier Gaelic túath which had submitted to the Crown.