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Burrishoole

Field	Value
name	Burrishoole
native_name	ga
settlement_type	Barony
image_skyline	Rosmoney, Co Mayo - geograph.org.uk - 3472549.jpg
image_caption	Pier at Rosmoney
image_map	Baronies of Mayo.jpg
pushpin_map	Ireland
coordinates
map_caption	Barony map of County Mayo, 1900; Burrishoole is in the west-centre, coloured yellow.
subdivision_type	Sovereign state
subdivision_name	Ireland
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Connacht
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Mayo
area_total_km2	587.5
area_total_sq_mi	226.8

the barony

Burrishoole () is one of the nine historical baronies of County Mayo in Ireland. It is named after the former Gaelic territory of Umhaill, which also included Murrisk barony, and roughly means "the borough or territory of Umhall" or "the owles".

Legal context

Baronies were created after the Norman invasion of Ireland as subdivisions of counties and were used for administration. 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 specification such as in planning permissions. In some areas, usage of the barony name is common, while in other areas barony names have fallen out of use altogether. In many cases, a barony corresponds to an earlier Gaelic tuath which had submitted to the English Crown.

Burrishoole is one of the nine baronies of County Mayo. It includes a widespread area from Newport in the east through Mulranny on the north side of Clew Bay and out to Achill Island in the west.

Civil parishes

There are 7 civil parishes in the barony:

Achill
Aughagower
Ballintober
Burrishoole
Kilmaclasser
Kilmeena
Islandeady

Towns

Newport
Keel, Achill
Achill Sound
Mulranny
Dugort
Westport

Notable people

Jason Doherty
Manus O'Donell
Henry Butler, Lord of Umallia

References

"Burrishoole/Buiríos Umhaill". [[Placenames Database of Ireland]].
Patrick Weston Joyce. (1870). "Irish Local Names Explained".
"Kilmaine: Civil parishes". [[Placenames Database of Ireland]].

Wikipedia Source

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