Coontie Cork

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Coonty Cork

Contae Chorcaí
Blarney Castle
Location of Coonty Cork
CountryIreland
ProvinceMunster
Dáil ÉireannCork East
Cork North–Central
Cork North–West
Cork South–Central
Cork South–West
EU ParliamentSooth
Coonty seatCork
Govrenment
 • TeepCoonty Cooncil
Area
 • Total7499 km2 (2,895 sq mi)
Area rank1st
Population
 (2011)
519,032
 • Rank3rd
CodeC
Websitewww.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).