[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.

In many cases, a barony corresponds to an earlier Gaelic tuath which had submitted to the English Crown.

They became administrative baronies in the Lordship of Ireland in the late 16th century known as Corcomroe and Burren.

[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.