Coontie Cork

Coonty Cork Contae Chorcaí
Blarney Castle
Country	Ireland
Province	Munster
Dáil Éireann	Cork East Cork North–Central Cork North–West Cork South–Central Cork South–West
EU Parliament	Sooth
Coonty seat	Cork
Govrenment
• Teep	Coonty Cooncil
Area
• Total	7499 km2 (2,895 sq mi)
Area rank	1st
Population  (2011)	519,032
• Rank	3rd
Code	C
Website	www.corkcoco.ie

Coonty Cork (Erse: Contae Chorcaí) is ane o the twanty-sax coonties o the Republic o Ireland, an ane o the thirty-twa coonties o Ireland, locate athin the province o Munster, an named efter the ceety o Cork (Erse: Corcaigh). The soothrenmaist o the Erse coonties, kiverin an aurie o jist unner 7,500 square kilometres it is bi far the lairgest coonty in Ireland. Cork is eiknamed "The Rebel Coonty", as a result o the support o the tounsmen o Cork in 1491 for Perkin Warbeck, a pretender tae the throne o Ingland in the Wars o the Roses. In mair recent times, the name haes referred tae the prominent role Cork played in the Erse War o Independence (1919–1921) whan it wis the scene o maist o the fechtin, in addition it wis an anti-treaty stronghold in the Erse Civil War (1922–23).