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KANTURK

Volume 13 · 61 words · 1860 Edition

a market-town of Ireland, county of Cork, at the confluence of the Altna and Dallina, 26 miles N.W. of Cork. The town is neatly built. The principal public buildings are the sessions' house, bridewell, workhouse (covering 6 acres), parish church, and Roman Catholic chapel. The chief industrial products are beer, flour, and sergees. Pop. (1851) of town, 3125; in workhouse, 3352.