Dunkerron South
{{Short description|Barony in County Kerry, Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Dunkerron South
| native_name = Dún Ciaráin Theas (Irish)
| settlement_type = Barony
| image_skyline = Castles of Munster, Dunkerron, Kerry (1) - geograph.org.uk - 3037288.jpg
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| image_caption = Dunkerron Castle, west of Kenmare
| image_map =Baronies of Kerry.jpg
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| map_caption = Barony map of County Kerry, 1900; Dunkerron South barony is in the south, coloured yellow.
| subdivision_type = Sovereign state
| subdivision_name = Ireland
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Munster
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = Kerry
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| area_total_sq_mi =150.5
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Dunkerron South ({{irish place name|Dún Ciaráin Theas}}) is a historical barony in northeastern County Kerry, Ireland.{{Cite web|url=https://www.townlands.ie/kerry/dunkerron-south/|title=Dunkerron South|website=www.townlands.ie}}
Baronies were mainly cadastral rather than administrative units.{{Cite web|url=https://landedestates.ie/barony/361|title=Dunkerron South Barony | Landed Estates | University of Galway|website=landedestates.ie}} They acquired modest local taxation and spending functions in the 19th century before being superseded by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898.{{cite book |author=General Register Office of Ireland |title=Census of Ireland 1901: General topographical index |chapter-url=http://www.histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/PageBrowser?path=Browse/Census%20(by%20date)/1901/Ireland&active=yes&mno=453&tocstate=expandnew&tocseq=3800&display=sections&display=tables&display=pagetitles&pageseq=first-nonblank |series=Command papers |volume=Cd. 2071 |year=1904 |publisher=HMSO |pages=966–978 |chapter=Alphabetical index to the baronies of Ireland}}{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ni0NAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Athlone+North%22++&pg=RA1-PA79|title=Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records and of the Keeper of the State Papers in Ireland: Presented to Both Houses of the Oireachtas|first=Ireland Public Record|last=Office|date=12 February 1891|publisher=Stationery Office.|via=Google Books}}
History
The two Dunkerron baronies were originally one (named for Dunkerron Castle); they were divided into North and South some time before 1851. Dunkerron Castle derives its name from the Irish Dún Ciarán, Ciarán's hillfort; a castle has stood on the outcrop west of Kenmare since the 13th century and was a centre of O'Sullivan Mór's power; the current structure dates to 1596.{{Cite web|url=https://eoceanic.com/sailing/harbours/516/|title=eOceanic|website=eoceanic.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://theringofkerry.com/dunkerron-castle|title=Dunkerron Castle on The Ring of Kerry|first=Mike|last=Daly|website=theringofkerry.com}}
The O'Sullivan Mór were lords in this area from the 13th century. The Ó Muircheartaigh (Moriartys) were chiefd of Aes Asdi of Orlar Eiltaigh (modern Templenoe).{{Cite web|url=https://www.libraryireland.com/irish-families/moriarty.php|title=Moriarty Family - A Genealogical History of Irish Families|website=www.libraryireland.com}}{{Cite web|url=http://sites.rootsweb.com/~irlkik/ihm/baronie4.htm|title=The Baronies of Ireland - History|date=17 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717210451/http://sites.rootsweb.com/~irlkik/ihm/baronie2.htm |archive-date=17 July 2019 }}
Geography
Dunkerron South is in the south of the county, maing up the southern third of the Iveragh Peninsula. It is south of MacGillycuddy's Reeks and north of the Kenmare River.
List of settlements
Settlements within the historical barony of Dunkerron South include:{{Cite web|url=https://www.logainm.ie/en/89/|title=Dún Ciaráin Theas/Dunkerron South|website=logainm.ie}}
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