Kinalmeaky
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{Use Irish English|date=March 2022}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kinalmeaky
| native_name = Cineál mBéice (Irish)
| settlement_type = Barony
| image_skyline = Castles of Munster, Castle Bernard, Cork (3) - geograph.org.uk - 3036654.jpg
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| image_caption = Castle Bernard, Kilnameaky
| image_map =Baronies of Cork.jpg
|pushpin_map = Ireland County Cork
|coordinates={{coord|51.77009226465649 |N|8.796210025405108|W|format=dms|dim:15000|display=it}}
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| map_caption = Barony map of County Cork, 1900; Kinalmeaky barony is in the south, coloured green.
| subdivision_type = Sovereign state
| subdivision_name = Ireland
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Munster
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = Cork
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| area_total_km2 = 145.96
| area_total_sq_mi = 56.36
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Kinalmeaky ({{Langx|ga|Cineál mBéice}}){{Cite web|url=https://www.logainm.ie/en/31|title=Cineál mBéice/Kinalmeaky|website=Logainm.ie}} is a barony in County Cork, Ireland.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=okKJMwEACAAJ&q=Kinalmeaky|title=Place Names and Antiquities of Kinalmeaky Barony, Co. Cork|first=Seán P. Ó|last=Ríordáin|date=20 March 1930|publisher=NUI, and Travelling Studentship, at Department of Archaeology, UCC|via=Google Books}}
Etymology
Kinalmeaky takes its name from Cenél-mBéice, Irish for "the kindred of Béce," an ancestor of the O'Mahonys.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dT9IAAAAMAAJ&dq=Kinalmeaky&pg=PA24|title=The Ancient and Present State of the County and City of Cork: Containing a Natural, Civil, Ecclesiastical, Historical and Topographical Description Thereof|first=Charles|last=Smith|date=20 March 1815|publisher=J. Connor|via=Google Books}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.libraryireland.com/IrishPlaceNames/Kinalmeaky.php|title=Kinalmeaky - Irish Place Names|website=www.libraryireland.com}}
Geography
History
Kinalmeaky was anciently a territory of the Ó Mathghamhna (O'Mahoney), chief of Ui Eachach Mumhan.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2icbAAAAYAAJ&dq=Kinalmeaky&pg=PA236|title=Irish Pedigrees: Or, The Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation|first=John|last=O'Hart|date=20 March 1892|publisher=J. Duffy and Company|via=Google Books}}{{Cite web|url=http://sites.rootsweb.com/~irlkik/ihm/baronies.htm|title=The Baronies of Ireland - History|website=sites.rootsweb.com|access-date=20 March 2022|archive-date=17 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717210451/http://sites.rootsweb.com/~irlkik/ihm/baronies.htm|url-status=dead}} The rebellion of Conoghor Ó Mathghamhna led to the confiscation of Kinalmeaky in 1580 after the Second Desmond Rebellion, and it was sold to Richard Grenville.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pVl7AAAAMAAJ&q=Kinalmeaky|title=Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society|first=Cork Historical and Archaeological|last=Society|date=20 March 1937|publisher=The Society|via=Google Books}} In 1628 the territory was used for the title of Viscount Boyle of Kinalmeaky. In the 17th century, it was described as "wild, overgrown and encumbered with woods and bogs."{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZGMUAAAAQAAJ&dq=Kinalmeaky&pg=PA356|title=A General and Statistical Survey of the County of Cork|first=Horatio|last=Townsend|date=20 March 1815|publisher=Edwards & Savage|via=Google Books}}
List of settlements
Below is a list of settlements in Kinalmeaky: