Viscount Boyle of Kinalmeaky, in the County of Cork, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1628 for the eight-year-old the Hon. Lewis Boyle, second son of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, with remainder, in default of male issue of his own, to the heirs male of his father. He was killed at the Battle of Liscarrol in 1642, aged twenty-three, and was succeeded according to the special remainder by his elder brother Richard, who the following year also succeeded his father as second Earl of Cork.
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