Irish feudal barony

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In Ireland, a feudal barony is a customary title of minor nobility, similar to a title in the Baronage of Scotland. The person who holds an Irish feudal barony is always referred to as a baron. However, unlike peers in the British House of Lords, they did not necessarily hold a hereditary peerage title. As a result, feudal barons were not automatically entitled to seats in the Irish House of Lords by virtue of their barony alone. This distinction was noted by the Dublin Government in 1614, which observed that while many "gentlemen" in Ireland were called Baron, "Never was any of them Lord Baron nor summoned to any Parliament".^[1] In other words, the title of feudal baron did not in itself confer membership or voting rights in the Irish House of Lords.