| Barony of Burren | |
| Pushpin Map: | Ireland |
| Coordinates: | 53.0682°N -9.1839°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Ireland |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Munster |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Clare |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
The Barony of Burren is a geographical division of County Clare, Ireland, that in turn is divided into civil parishes. It covers a large part of the Burren.
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 túath which had submitted to the Crown.
The Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland 1845 describes the barony as follows:
The district was once called Cean-gan, which means "the external promontory".Ptolemy wrote this name as Gan-ganii.Later it was called Hy-Loch-Lean, which means "the district on the waters of the sea". In 1841 the population of the barony was 12,786 in 2,056 houses, mostly engaged in agriculture.
The barony contains the civil parishes of Abbey, Carran, Drumcreehy, Glaninagh, Kilcorney, Kilonahan, Kilheny, Kilmoon, Noughoval, Oughtmama, and Rathborney. It contains the settlements of Abbey, Burren, Behagh, Bealaclugga, Currenroe, Ballyvaughan, Ballyconree, Ballinacraggy, Loughrusk, Gleninagh, Murroghkelly, Murroghtwohy, Fermoyle, New Quay, Noughaval, Aughnish and Finavara.
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