Magunihy
{{Short description|Barony in County Kerry, Ireland}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Magunihy
| native_name = Maigh gCoinchinn (Irish)
| settlement_type = Barony
| image_skyline = Forest track near Maulykeavane - geograph.org.uk - 4949348.jpg
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| image_caption = Forest track near Maulykeavane
| image_map =Baronies of Kerry.jpg
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| map_caption = Barony map of County Kerry, 1900; Magunihy barony is in the east, coloured green.
| 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 =260.0
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Magunihy ({{irish place name|Maigh gCoinchinn}}; also spelled Magonhy){{Cite web|url=https://csorp.nationalarchives.ie/search/index.php?browse=true&category=27&subcategory=191&offset=330&browseresults=true|title=The Registered Papers of the Chief Secretary's Office: National Archives: 1826 Outrage Reports (Browse records)|website=csorp.nationalarchives.ie}} is a historical barony in eastern County Kerry, Ireland.{{Cite web|url=https://www.townlands.ie/kerry/magunihy/|title=Magunihy|website=www.townlands.ie}}Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society. (1897:127). Ireland: The Society.
Baronies were mainly cadastral rather than administrative units. They acquired modest local taxation and spending functions in the 19th century before being superseded by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898.{{cite book |author=General Register Office of Ireland |title=Census of Ireland 1901: General topographical index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 name Magunihy is from Irish {{lang|ga|Maigh gCoinchinn}}, "Coinchinn's plain." Coinchinn ({{lit|wolf warrior}})Dungan, M. (2024). Land Is All That Matters: The Struggle That Shaped Irish History. United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Publishing. is a female name; a Coinchinn, daughter of Cathbhadh, appears in the genealogy of the Corcu Loígde.{{Cite web|url=https://celt.ucc.ie/published/T105009/text008.html|title=Part 8 of The genealogy of Corca Laidhe|website=celt.ucc.ie}}
The Ó Conghalaigh of Corcu Duibne, were the medieval rulers of the territory. By the 11th century the O'Donoghues forced them to the west, as the O'Donoghue were driven from County Cork by the MacCarthy and O'Mahonys. The McGillycuddy family were also found in Magunihy.O'Laughlin, M. C. (2002:121). The Book of Irish Families, Great & Small. United States: Irish Genealogical Foundation.
MacCarthy Mór were centered at Muckross, near Killarney.{{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 }}
The barony of Magunihy was created in the 16th century. Until 1843 it included exclaves known as the "East Fractions" that were surrounded by County Cork and included the village of Ballydaly.{{Cite web|url=http://www.millstreet.ie/blog/archives/tag/magunihy|title=Magunihy|date=22 January 2015|website=Millstreet.ie}}
Geography
Magunihy is in the east of the county, bounded to the north by the River Maine, to the west by the River Laune and MacGillycuddy's Reeks, and to the east by the Munster Blackwater and the border with County Cork.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lbrowncollection.com/magunihy-parishes/|title=Magunihy Parishes – L Brown Collection}}
List of settlements
Settlements within the historical barony of Magunihy include:{{Cite web|url=https://www.logainm.ie/en/93/sub/ID|title=Sub-units of: Maigh gCoinchinn/Magunihy|website=logainm.ie}}
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