MIDDLETON, a market-town of Ireland, province of Munster and county Cork, at the mouth of a small stream flowing into the N.E. branch of Cork harbour, 14 miles E. from Cork. It has a neat parish church, a Roman Catholic chapel, convent, free grammar school, two national schools, a fever hospital, dispensary, market-house, court-house, and bridewell. There are also two large distilleries, breweries, and flour-mills. It is within a mile of Ballinacurra harbour, where large shipments of agricultural produce and flour take place. Pop. (1851) 3676, besides 2334 in workhouse.