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{{short description|Civil parish in County Cork, Ireland}}
[[File:Cemetery at Matehy - geograph.org.uk - 3089103.jpg|thumb|Cemetery and church ruin in Matehy]]
'''Matehy''' ({{irish place name|Maigh Teichigh}})<ref name="logainm">{{cite web|url = https://www.logainm.ie/657.aspx | publisher = Placenames Database of Ireland | website = logainm.ie | title = Maigh Teichigh / Matehy | accessdate = 19 August 2022 }}</ref> is a [[civil parishes in Ireland|civil parish]] in the [[barony (Ireland)|historical barony]] of [[Muskerry East]] in [[County Cork]], Ireland.<ref name="townlands">{{cite web|url = https://www.townlands.ie/cork/matehy2/ | website = townlands.ie | title = Civil Parish of Matehy, Co. Cork | accessdate = 19 August 2022 }}</ref> The civil parish is centred on a small settlement, also referred to as Matehy, which contains a [[Roman Catholic]] church (built {{circa|1820}}),<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/20906205/st-josephs-roman-catholic-church-gilcagh-matehy-cork | publisher = National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | website = buildingsofireland.ie | title = St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Gilcagh, Matehy, Cork | quote = This simple church occupies a prominent position in the small settlement of Matehy | accessdate = 19 August 2022 }}</ref> a [[national school (Ireland)|national (primary) school]],<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.vicarstownns.com/about.html | website = vicarstownns.com | title = Vicarstown National School - About Us | quote = Vicarstown National School is a newly refurbished and ultra modern building - situated in Matehy | accessdate = 19 August 2022 }}</ref> and pub.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.corkbeo.ie/culture/food-drink/award-winning-rural-cork-pub-17135313 | website = corkbeo.ie | title = This award-winning rural Cork pub has a big secret | date = 23 October 2019 | accessdate = 19 August 2022 }}</ref> Evidence of ancient settlement in the area include ringfort sites in Gilcagh [[townland]], and a circular ecclesiastical enclosure containing the remains of a church (dating to at least the early 17th century) and a number of 18th century gravestones.<ref>{{cite book | title = Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork | place = Dublin | publisher = Government Stationery Office | editor-first = Denis | editor-last = Power | date = 1997 | isbn = 9780707649337 }}</ref>
==See also==
{{commonscat|Mathey, County Cork}}
* [[Courtbrack]]
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