Kinalea (Irish: Cineál Aodha) is a historical barony in central County Cork, Ireland.

[4][5] The name means "Áed's kind," referring to Áed Duib ("Áed the black [haired]"), the father of Faílbe Flann mac Áedo Duib and Fíngen mac Áedo Duib, who were both Kings of Munster in the 7th century AD.

[7] It is mentioned in the Annals of the Four Masters for 1601: A Spanish fleet arrived in the south of Ireland.

The place at which they put in was the harbour of Kinsale, at the mouth of the green river of Bandon, on the confines of Courcy's country on the one side, and Kinalea, the country of Barry Oge, on the other.

[10] A report of 1845 said that the southern part of Kinalea was tillage, while there was a substantial amount of dairy farming in the north.