Burrishoole

Burrishoole Buiríos Umhaill
Barony
Pier at Rosmoney
Barony map of County Mayo, 1900; Burrishoole is in the west-centre, coloured yellow.
Burrishoole
Coordinates: 53°53′N 9°43′W / 53.89°N 9.72°W / 53.89; -9.72
Sovereign state	Ireland
Province	Connacht
County	Mayo
Area
• Total	587.5 km2 (226.8 sq mi)

Burrishoole (Irish: Buiríos Umhaill) is one of the nine historical baronies of County Mayo in Ireland. It is named after the former Gaelic territory of Umhaill,¹ which also included Murrisk barony, and roughly means "the borough or territory of Umhall" or "the owles".²

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.

There are 7 civil parishes in the barony:³

• Achill
• Aughagower
• Ballintober
• Burrishoole
• Kilmaclasser
• Kilmeena
• Islandeady

• Newport
• Keel, Achill
• Achill Sound
• Mulranny
• Dugort
• Westport

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