The Papal taxation list of 1302 mentions Burren as a church together with the other churches in the Deanery of Kinelethe (ultra). The name continues to figure in later documentation. By 1478 the parishes of Burren and Rathclaren were combined as one parish and so the name Burren does not appear after that. There is at this stage no record of where the church stood in Burren nor are there identifiable archaeological remains.
There were remains of very early enclosures, possibly prechristian settlements, identified in two sites in Burren North and in Burren South. These locations are recorded in the Archaeological Survey of County Cork 1992 and marked in the ordinance survey maps.
A view looking out over Burren townland from the north
A view looking across the water to Burren from the south
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