County Cork (Irish: Contae Chorcaí) is one of the traditional counties of Ireland. It is located within the province of Munster, and was named after the city of Cork (Irish: Corcaigh). The southernmost of the Irish counties, it is also the largest, covering an area of just under 7,500 square kilometres.
Cork is nicknamed "The Rebel County", as a result of the support of the townsmen of Cork in 1491 for Perkin Warbeck, a pretender to the throne of...
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County Cork (Irish: Contae Chorcaí) is one of the traditional counties of Ireland. It is located within the province of Munster, and was named after the city of Cork (Irish: Corcaigh). The southernmost of the Irish counties, it is also the largest, covering an area of just under 7,500 square kilometres.
Cork is nicknamed "The Rebel County", as a result of the support of the townsmen of Cork in 1491 for Perkin Warbeck, a pretender to the throne of England during the Wars of the Roses. In more recent times, the name has referred to the prominent role Cork played in the Irish War of Independence (1919-1921) and its position as an anti-treaty stronghold during the Irish Civil War (1922-23).
Much of what is now county Cork was once part of the Kingdom of Deas Mumhan (South Munster), anglicised as "Desmond", ruled by the MacCarthy Mór dynasty. After the Norman Invasion in the 12th century, the McCarthy clan were pushed westward into what is now West Cork and County Kerry. The north and east...
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