Kinnatalloon
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Kinnatalloon
Coill na Talún (Irish) | |
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,_September_2009.JPG) Stone circle at Ballynoe | |
 Barony map of County Cork, 1900; Kinnatalloon barony is in the east, coloured yellow. | |
  Kinnatalloon | |
| Coordinates: 52°04′N 8°04′W / 52.06°N 8.06°W | |
| Sovereign state | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | Cork |
| 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administrative units.[3] They acquired modest local taxation and spending functions in the 19th century before being superseded by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898.[4][5]
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.