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'''Kinelarty''' ({{etymology|ga|Cineál Fhaghartaigh|Faghartach's kindred}}<ref name="DownCouncilArea"/>) is a former [[Túath|Irish district]] and [[Barony (Ireland)|barony]] in [[County Down]], [[Northern Ireland]].<ref name="PRONI"/> It lies east of the centre of the county, and is bordered by five other baronies: [[Iveagh Upper, Lower Half]] to the west; [[Lecale Upper]] to the south and south-east; [[Lecale Lower]] to the west; [[Castlereagh Upper]] to the north; and [[Iveagh Lower, Upper Half]] to the north-west.<ref name="PRONI"/>
'''Kinelarty''' ({{etymology|ga|Cineál Fhaghartaigh|Faghartach's kindred}}<ref name="DownCouncilArea"/>) is a former [[Túath|Irish district]] and [[Barony (Ireland)|barony]] in [[County Down]], [[Northern Ireland]].<ref name="PRONI"/> It lies east of the centre of the county, and is bordered by five other baronies: [[Iveagh Upper, Lower Half]] to the west; [[Lecale Upper]] to the south and south-east; [[Lecale Lower]] to the east; [[Castlereagh Upper]] to the north; and [[Iveagh Lower, Upper Half]] to the north-west.<ref name="PRONI"/>

It is centred historically on the ancient church at [[Loughinisland]].


==History==
==History==
Kinelarty derives its name from the [[Irish language|Irish]] ''Cineál Fhaghartaigh'', which means Faghartach's (Fogarty's) kindred.<ref name="DownCouncilArea"/> This was the name of an [[Túath|Irish district]], the chiefs of which were the ''Mac Artáin'' (MacCartan).<ref name="Names">{{cite book|last=Mills|first=A. D.|title=A Dictionary of British Place-Names|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|year=2003|url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t40.e12032|accessdate=2009-01-20}}</ref>
Kinelarty derives its name from the [[Irish language|Irish]] ''Cineál Fhaghartaigh'', which means Faghartach's (Fogarty's) kindred.<ref name="DownCouncilArea"/> This was the name of an [[Túath|Irish district]], the chiefs of which were the ''Mac Artáin'' (McCartan) family.<ref name="Names2">{{cite book|last=Mills|first=A. D.|title=A Dictionary of British Place-Names|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|year=2003|url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t40.e12032|access-date=2009-01-20}}</ref>


The Mac Artáin descend from Artán, great-grandson of Mongán Mac Aonghusa (MacGuinness) of [[Uí Echach Cobo|Uíbh Echach]] (anglicised as [[Iveagh (territory)|Iveagh]]). Subordinate to the Mac Aonghusa of Iveagh, the Mac Artáin for a time became themselves lords of Iveagh.
The Mac Artáins descend from Artán, grandson of Fagartaigh of [[Uí Echach Cobo]] (anglicised as [[Iveagh (territory)|Iveagh]]). The Mac Artáin’s, as is professed throughout the ''Annals of the Four Masters'' and in parts the ''Annals of Innisfallen'' reigned supreme as High Kings for considerable periods of history further positioning themselves as lords of Iveagh.


By 1177, the [[Normans|Norman]] [[John de Courcy]] had arrived in Ulster and set about conquering most of eastern Ulster, forming the [[Earldom of Ulster]]. The only clans who were able to exist independently in eastern Ulster during this time were in the interior away from the sea-coast, where the Uí Tuirtre, north of Lough Neagh, and the Uíbh Echach.<ref name="Duibhin"/>
By 1177, the [[Normans|Norman]] [[John de Courcy]] had arrived in Ulster and set about conquering most of eastern Ulster, forming the [[Earldom of Ulster]]. The only clans who were able to exist independently in eastern Ulster during this time were in the interior away from the sea-coast, where the [[Uí Tuirtre]], north of Lough Neagh, and the Uí Echach Cobo.<ref name="Duibhin"/>


During the 14th century the Normans in Ulster faded as a result of the [[Bruce campaign in Ireland|Bruce Invasion]], with this period seeing the Mac Aonghusa and Mac Artáin clans emerge and expand from Uibh Echach, with their respective territories becoming the basis of the future baronies of Iveagh and Kinelarty.<ref name="Duibhin"/> With the fall of Norman power in Ulster, the ''Clann Aodha Bhuidhe'' (Clandeboy) branch of the O'Neills took control of north Down, with the chiefs of Kinelarty eventually beceming their tributaries.<ref name="Names"/><ref name="Duibhin"/>
During the 14th century the Normans in Ulster faded as a result of the [[Bruce campaign in Ireland|Bruce Invasion]], with this period seeing the Mac Aonghusa and Mac Artáin clans emerge and expand from Uibh Echach, with their respective territories becoming the basis of the future baronies of Iveagh and Kinelarty.<ref name="Duibhin"/> With the fall of Norman power in Ulster, the ''Clann Aodha Bhuidhe'' (Clandeboy) branch of the O'Neills took control of north Down, with the chiefs of Kinelarty eventually becoming their tributaries.<ref name="Duibhin"/><ref name="Names"/>


Early mentions in regards to Kinelarty and the MacCartans include:
Early mentions in regards to Kinelarty and the Mac Artáins/McCartans include:


*1004 or 1005, Flaithbheartach gained a victory over the Uíbh Echach and [[Ulidia|Ulidians]] at Loch Bricrenn, where Artán, heir of Uí Echach was killed.<ref name="roots"/>
*1004 or 1005, Flaithbheartach gained a victory over the Uí Echach and Ulaid at Loch Bricrenn, where Artán, heir of Uí Echach was killed.<ref name="roots"/>
*1011, Muircheartach, son of Artán, the heir of Uí Echach, was killed in the "Battle of the Mullachs".<ref name="roots"/>
*1011, Muircheartach, son of Artán, the heir of Uí Echach, was killed in the "Battle of the Mullachs".<ref name="roots"/>
*1157, "Kenel Fagartay" and "Kenelfagarthay" are recorded by the Normans in the Newry Charter.<ref name="Placenames"/>
*1157, "Kenel Fagartay" and "Kenelfagarthay" are recorded by the Normans in the Newry Charter.<ref name="Placenames"/>
*1165, a Diarmait Mac Artáin head of ''Clainne-Fogartaigh'' and all Uí Echach died.<ref name="roots"/>
*1165, a Diarmait Mac Artáin head of ''Clainne-Fogartaigh'' and all Uí Echach died.<ref name="roots"/>
*1178, Cinaeth Mac Cartain is mentioned as head of ''Ceneil Fogartaigh''.<ref name="Placenames"/>
*1178, Cinaeth Mac Cartain is mentioned as head of ''Ceneil Fogartaigh''.<ref name="Placenames"/>
*1370-5, Mac Artain ''uirrí'' (sub-king) of ''Cenel Fhagartoigh'', was killed by his own kinsman, Mac Gilla Ternaind.<ref name="Placenames"/><ref name="roots"/>
*1370-5, Mac Artain ''uirrí'' (sub-king) of ''Cenel Fhagartoigh'', was killed by his own kinsman, Mac Gilla Ternaind.<ref name="roots"/><ref name="Placenames"/>


By the [[Elizabethan era]], Kinelarty was simultaneously known under variations of "MacCarton's country", and during the reign of [[James VI and I|James I]] simultaneously under variations of "Killenarten", before once again becoming simply known as variations of Kinelarty.<ref name="Placenames"/>
By the [[Elizabethan era]], Kinelarty was simultaneously known under variations of "McCartan's country", and during the reign of [[James VI and I|James I]] simultaneously under variations of "Killenarten", before once again becoming simply known as variations of Kinelarty.<ref name="Placenames"/> In 1575 Kinelarty was assigned by the Crown to a Captain Malby, who left very soon after, complaining that it was: ".. all desolate and waste, full of thieves, outlaws and [[Roman Catholic (term)|unreclaimed]] people".<ref>O'Sullivan and Gillespie (eds.) ''The Borderlands'' QUB 1989, p.68</ref>

By the 1660s the area from [[Seaforde]] towards [[Slieve Croob]] belonged to the Forde family, the first of whom had married a daughter of the last McCartan chief.

A book published in 2013, titled ''The McCartans of Kinelarty'', written by Thérése Ghesquiére-Diérickx and Sean McCartan, details the history of the McCartan family in the area and also the linkage to [[Charles de Gaulle]] through his great-grandmother Angélique Marie McCartan.


==List of settlements==
==List of settlements==
Below is a list of settlements in Kinelarty:<ref name=Ire>{{cite web|title=Kinelarty|url=http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/|website=IreAtlas Townlands Database|accessdate=15 May 2015}}</ref>
Below is a list of settlements in Kinelarty:<ref name=Ire>{{cite web|title=Kinelarty|url=http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/|website=IreAtlas Townlands Database|access-date=15 May 2015}}</ref>

===Towns===
===Towns===
*[[Ballynahinch, County Down|Ballynahinch]]
*[[Ballynahinch, County Down|Ballynahinch]]

===Villages===
===Villages===
*[[Clough]]
*[[Clough]]
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==References==
==References==
{{Reflist|
{{Reflist|
<ref name="DownCouncilArea">[http://www.ulsterplacenames.org/PDF%20Files/Down%20Council%20Area%20%28C.%20Dunbar%29.pdf Ulster Place Names] - Down Council Area, page 49.</ref>
<ref name="DownCouncilArea">[http://www.ulsterplacenames.org/PDF%20Files/Down%20Council%20Area%20%28C.%20Dunbar%29.pdf Ulster Place Names] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522100403/http://www.ulsterplacenames.org/PDF%20Files/Down%20Council%20Area%20(C.%20Dunbar).pdf |date=2011-05-22 }} - Down Council Area, page 49.</ref>
<ref name="PRONI Parishes">[http://applications.proni.gov.uk/geogindx/down.htm PRONI Civil Parishes of County Down]</ref>
<ref name="PRONI Parishes">{{Cite web |url=http://applications.proni.gov.uk/geogindx/down.htm |title=PRONI Civil Parishes of County Down |access-date=2013-10-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727084221/http://applications.proni.gov.uk/geogindx/down.htm |archive-date=2011-07-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name="PRONI">[http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/local_history/geographical_index/baronies_.htm PRONI Baronies of Northern Ireland]</ref>
<ref name="PRONI">[http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/local_history/geographical_index/baronies_.htm PRONI Baronies of Northern Ireland]</ref>
<ref name="Logainm">[http://www.logainm.ie/65432.aspx Logainm - Kinelarty]</ref>
<ref name="Logainm">[http://www.logainm.ie/65432.aspx Logainm - Kinelarty]</ref>
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[[Category:History of Ireland]]
[[Category:History of County Down]]
[[Category:Medieval Ireland]]
[[Category:Ulaid]]

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Kinelarty
Cineál Fhártaigh[1](Irish)
Location of Kinelarty, County Down, Northern Ireland.
Location of Kinelarty, County Down, Northern Ireland.
Sovereign stateVereinigtes Königreich
LandNorthern Ireland
CountyDown

Kinelarty (from Irish Cineál Fhaghartaigh 'Faghartach's kindred'[2]) is a former Irish district and barony in County Down, Northern Ireland.[3] It lies east of the centre of the county, and is bordered by five other baronies: Iveagh Upper, Lower Half to the west; Lecale Upper to the south and south-east; Lecale Lower to the east; Castlereagh Upper to the north; and Iveagh Lower, Upper Half to the north-west.[3]

It is centred historically on the ancient church at Loughinisland.

History

[edit]

Kinelarty derives its name from the Irish Cineál Fhaghartaigh, which means Faghartach's (Fogarty's) kindred.[2] This was the name of an Irish district, the chiefs of which were the Mac Artáin (McCartan) family.[4]

The Mac Artáins descend from Artán, grandson of Fagartaigh of Uí Echach Cobo (anglicised as Iveagh). The Mac Artáin’s, as is professed throughout the Annals of the Four Masters and in parts the Annals of Innisfallen reigned supreme as High Kings for considerable periods of history further positioning themselves as lords of Iveagh.

By 1177, the Norman John de Courcy had arrived in Ulster and set about conquering most of eastern Ulster, forming the Earldom of Ulster. The only clans who were able to exist independently in eastern Ulster during this time were in the interior away from the sea-coast, where the Uí Tuirtre, north of Lough Neagh, and the Uí Echach Cobo.[5]

During the 14th century the Normans in Ulster faded as a result of the Bruce Invasion, with this period seeing the Mac Aonghusa and Mac Artáin clans emerge and expand from Uibh Echach, with their respective territories becoming the basis of the future baronies of Iveagh and Kinelarty.[5] With the fall of Norman power in Ulster, the Clann Aodha Bhuidhe (Clandeboy) branch of the O'Neills took control of north Down, with the chiefs of Kinelarty eventually becoming their tributaries.[5][6]

Early mentions in regards to Kinelarty and the Mac Artáins/McCartans include:

  • 1004 or 1005, Flaithbheartach gained a victory over the Uí Echach and Ulaid at Loch Bricrenn, where Artán, heir of Uí Echach was killed.[7]
  • 1011, Muircheartach, son of Artán, the heir of Uí Echach, was killed in the "Battle of the Mullachs".[7]
  • 1157, "Kenel Fagartay" and "Kenelfagarthay" are recorded by the Normans in the Newry Charter.[8]
  • 1165, a Diarmait Mac Artáin head of Clainne-Fogartaigh and all Uí Echach died.[7]
  • 1178, Cinaeth Mac Cartain is mentioned as head of Ceneil Fogartaigh.[8]
  • 1370-5, Mac Artain uirrí (sub-king) of Cenel Fhagartoigh, was killed by his own kinsman, Mac Gilla Ternaind.[7][8]

By the Elizabethan era, Kinelarty was simultaneously known under variations of "McCartan's country", and during the reign of James I simultaneously under variations of "Killenarten", before once again becoming simply known as variations of Kinelarty.[8] In 1575 Kinelarty was assigned by the Crown to a Captain Malby, who left very soon after, complaining that it was: ".. all desolate and waste, full of thieves, outlaws and unreclaimed people".[9]

By the 1660s the area from Seaforde towards Slieve Croob belonged to the Forde family, the first of whom had married a daughter of the last McCartan chief.

A book published in 2013, titled The McCartans of Kinelarty, written by Thérése Ghesquiére-Diérickx and Sean McCartan, details the history of the McCartan family in the area and also the linkage to Charles de Gaulle through his great-grandmother Angélique Marie McCartan.

List of settlements

[edit]

Below is a list of settlements in Kinelarty:[10]

Towns

[edit]

Villages

[edit]

List of civil parishes

[edit]

Below is a list of civil parishes in Kinelarty:[1][11][10]

  • Annahilt (one townland, rest in barony of Iveagh Lower, Lower Half)
  • Dromara (also partly in baronies of Iveagh Lower, Lower Half and Iveagh Upper, Lower Half)
  • Kilmegan (also partly in baronies of Iveagh Upper, Lower Half and Lecale Upper)
  • Kilmore (also partly in barony of Castlereagh Upper)
  • Loughinisland
  • Magheradrool (also partly in barony of Iveagh Lower, Lower Half (one townland))

References

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  1. ^ a b c Logainm - Kinelarty
  2. ^ a b c Ulster Place Names Archived 2011-05-22 at the Wayback Machine - Down Council Area, page 49.
  3. ^ a b c PRONI Baronies of Northern Ireland
  4. ^ Mills, A. D. (2003). A Dictionary of British Place-Names. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 20 January 2009.
  5. ^ a b c d Ciarán Ó Duibhín (1997). The Irish Language in County Down. Geography Publications.
  6. ^ a b Robert Bell (2003). The Book of Ulster Surnames. The Blackstaff Press. p. 147. ISBN 0-85640-602-3.
  7. ^ a b c d e Roots Web Kingdom of Ulster, Kinelarty
  8. ^ a b c d e Placenames NI - Historic forms of Kinelarty
  9. ^ O'Sullivan and Gillespie (eds.) The Borderlands QUB 1989, p.68
  10. ^ a b "Kinelarty". IreAtlas Townlands Database. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  11. ^ a b "PRONI Civil Parishes of County Down". Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2013.

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