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{{short description|Mountain on Cork–Kerry border, Ireland}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Use Irish English|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Knockboy
| other_name = ''An Cnoc Buí''
| photo = An Cnoc Bui - Knockboy - geograph.org.uk - 245000.jpg
| photo_caption = 
| elevation_m = 706
| elevation_ref = 
| prominence_m = 685
| prominence_ref =
| isolation = {{convert|11|mi|km}}
| listing = [[List of Irish counties by highest point|County top (Cork)]], [[P600 (hill)|P600]], [[Marilyn (hill)|Marilyn]], [[Hewitt (hill)|Hewitt]]
| translation = Yellow Mountain
| language = [[Irish language|Irish]]
| location = [[County Cork|Cork]] / [[County Kerry|Kerry]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
| range = [[Shehy_Mountains]]
| map = island of Ireland
| map_relief = yes 
| map_caption = Location in Ireland
| coordinates = {{coord|51.802|N|9.442|W|type:mountain_region:IE|display=inline,title}}
| grid_ref_Ireland = W005620
| topo = [[Ordnance Survey Ireland|OSi]] ''Discovery'' 85
}}
'''Knockboy''' (''An Cnoc Buí'' in [[Irish language|Irish]], meaning ''Yellow Mountain'') is a 706-metre-high mountain on the border between counties [[County Cork|Cork]] and [[County Kerry|Kerry]] in [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. 

== Geography ==
[[File:North ridge of Knockboy - geograph.org.uk - 245331.jpg|thumb|North ridge of Knockboy]]
Knockboy is the highest peak in the [[Shehy Mountains|Shehy mountain range]] and the highest mountain in County Cork with its summit shared with County Kerry.  It is the 104th highest peak in [[Ireland]].<ref>[http://mountainviews.ie/summit/104/?PHPSESSID=sbhokjnq5g7eqpfuli47sb4mu6 Mountainviews reference]</ref>

== Geology ==
The mountain is composed of [[sandstone]] laid down in the [[Devonian]] period which was subsequently uplifted to form a mountain range, before being eroded into its present form by glaciers during the last [[ice age]].

==See also==
{{commons category|An Cnoc Bui}}
*[[List of Irish counties by highest point]]
*[[Lists of mountains in Ireland]]
*[[List of mountains of the British Isles by height]]
*[[List of P600 mountains in the British Isles]]
*[[List of Marilyns in the British Isles]]
*[[List of Hewitt mountains in England, Wales and Ireland]]
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==References==
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* Irish Walk Guides 1: South West. Seán Ó Súilleabháin, 1978.

{{Mountains of Great Britain and Ireland|}}
{{British hills}}
{{Mountains and hills of Munster}}

[[Category:Hewitts of Ireland]]
[[Category:Marilyns of Ireland]]
[[Category:Mountains and hills of County Cork]]
[[Category:Mountains and hills of County Kerry]]
[[Category:Highest points of Irish counties]]
[[Category:Mountains under 1000 metres]]

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