Duhallow

Duhallow Dúiche Ealla
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Duhallow Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°13′27″N 8°58′15″W / 52.22417°N 8.97083°W / 52.22417; -8.97083Coordinates: 52°13′27″N 8°58′15″W / 52.22417°N 8.97083°W / 52.22417; -8.97083
Country	Ireland
Province	Munster
County	Cork
Time zone	WET (UTC+0)
- Summer (DST)	IST (WEST) (UTC-1)
Irish Grid Reference

Duhallow (Irish: Dúiche Ealla) is a barony located in the north-western part of County Cork, Ireland.

Legal context

Baronies were created after the Norman invasion as subdivisions of counties and were used for administration. Baronies continue to be regarded as officially defined units, but they are no longer used for many administrative purposes. While they have been administratively obsolete since 1898, they continue to be used in land registration and specification such as in planning permissions. In many cases, a barony corresponds to an earlier Gaelic túath which had submitted to the Crown.

Location and settlements

It is located on the borders of counties Kerry and Limerick, and is bounded on the south by the Boggeragh Mountains. The Blackwater river flows southward from Ballydesmond to Rathmore before turning eastward past Millstreet, Kanturk and Banteer, eventually flowing to the sea at Youghal. The main towns in Duhallow are Kanturk, Newmarket and Millstreet, with smaller villages such as Ballydesmond, Banteer, Boherbue, Castlemagner, Cullen, Kiskeam, Kilbrin, Knocknagree, Lismire, Meelin, Freemount and Tullylease.

Sport

• Duhallow GAA is the local division for the Gaelic Athletic Association clubs of Duhallow. The top football and hurling competitions in the division are the Duhallow Junior A Football Championship and Duhallow Junior A Hurling Championship. The divisional team has had good success recently in the Cork Senior Football Championship, reaching the semi-finals.

See also

• List of civil parishes of County Cork
• List of townlands of the barony of Duhallow in County Cork