Kinelarty

Kinelarty Cineál Fhártaigh(Irish)
Location of Kinelarty, County Down, Northern Ireland.
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	Northern Ireland
County	Down

Kinelarty (from Irish Cineál Fhaghartaigh, meaning "Faghartach's kindred") is a former Irish district and barony in County Down, Northern Ireland. 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.

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

The Mac Artáin descend from Artán, great-grandson of Mongán Mac Aonghusa (MacGuinness) of Uí Echach Cobo (anglicised as Iveagh). Subordinate to the Mac Aonghusa of Iveagh, the Mac Artáin for a time became themselves 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.

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. 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.

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