Tulla Upper

This ancient geographical division of land is in turn divided into seven civil parishes.

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 túath which had submitted to the Crown.

Within the county of Clare, it is bounded by the baronies of Tulla Lower (to the south and south-west) and by Bunratty Upper (to the west).

[2] The barony contains the parishes of Clonrush, Feakle, Kilnoe, Moynoe, Tomgraney and Tulla and Inishcaltra.

Baronies of Clare. Tulla Upper is in the north-east. The map was drawn prior to the transfer of two parishes from the neighbouring barony of Leitrim. They added to the lakesside territory around Scariff Bay.