Kinnatalloon

Kinnatalloon
Coill na Talún (Irish)
Barony
Stone circle at Ballynoe
Stone circle at Ballynoe
Barony map of County Cork, 1900; Kinnatalloon barony is in the east, coloured yellow.
Barony map of County Cork, 1900; Kinnatalloon barony is in the east, coloured yellow.
Kinnatalloon is located in County Cork
Kinnatalloon
Kinnatalloon
Coordinates: 52°04′N 8°04′W / 52.06°N 8.06°W / 52.06; -8.06
Sovereign stateIreland
ProvinceMunster
CountyCork
Area
 • Total
112.2 km2 (43.3 sq mi)

Kinnatalloon (Irish: Coill na Talún) is a historical barony in east County Cork, Ireland.[1][2]

Baronies were mainly cadastral rather than administrative units.[3] They acquired modest local taxation and spending functions in the 19th century before being superseded by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898.[4][5]

History and legend

The current Irish name means "forest of the land," but this is a corruption. The original name is thought to have been Cenél Tolamnach ("Tolamhnach's kind"), a tribal name referring to Tolamhnach, a chief of the Uí Liatháin people who died at the Battle of Carn Conaill near Gort in AD 649.[6][7]

The ancient kingdom of Uí Liatháin consisted of Kinnatalloon and part of Barrymore barony. In the mid-18th century the common surnames in Kinnatalloon were Keeffe, Ahern, Carthy, Cotter, Daly, Fitzgerald, Geiry, Lyne, Quirk and Walsh.[8]

Geography

Kinnatalloon is in the east of the county, chiefly between the Tourig River and River Bride, bordering on County Waterford to its east.

List of settlements

Settlements within the historical barony of Kinnatalloon include:[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Kinnatalloon". www.townlands.ie.
  2. ^ "Kinnatalloon Barony | Landed Estates | University of Galway". landedestates.ie.
  3. ^ "Property Price Register - Lands at Muff, Barony of Athlone North, Castlecoote, Co. Roscommon". www.myhome.ie.
  4. ^ General Register Office of Ireland (1904). "Alphabetical index to the baronies of Ireland". Census of Ireland 1901: General topographical index. Command papers. Vol. Cd. 2071. HMSO. pp. 966–978.
  5. ^ Office, Ireland Public Record (12 February 1891). "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". Stationery Office. – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "Coill na Talún/Kinnatalloon". logainm.ie.
  7. ^ Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society. (1939:36). Ireland: Guy & Company.
  8. ^ "The Baronies of Ireland - History". 17 July 2019. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019.
  9. ^ "Sub-units of: Kinnatalloon". logainm.ie.
  10. ^ "Note 788 for The Desmond Survey". celt.ucc.ie.