Barnane (Irish: An Bearnán) is a townsland in North Tipperary in Ireland. It is in the civil parish of Barnane-Ely in the barony of Ikerrin. It is also part of the Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical parish of Drom and Inch. Although Barnane itself has not claimed allegiance, religious or otherwise, to either.
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It lies in the shelter of the southern slope of the Devil's Bit mountain. The R501 road nearby connects the village to the towns of Borrisoleigh to the west and Templemore to the east.
The townsland gets its name from the legend of St. Patrick who was pursuing the Devil out of Ireland. In his haste to escape the Apostle of Ireland, the Devil took a bite out of the mountain. The resultant gap (Irish: Bearnán) is what we see today in an otherwise smooth, table-like mountain. Spitting it out again, the "bit" landed in South Tipperary and formed the Rock of Cashel.
There is a three teacher Primary School. Barnane is included in the catchment area for Drom-Inch GAA club.
A large country house, Barnane House, once stood in the parish, but little now remains since the house was abandoned by its owner Andrew Carden, circa 1920.