parliamentary borough and market-town, county of Cork, Ireland, situate on the N. bank of the Blackwater, 19 miles N.N.W. of Cork, and 145 miles S.W. of Dublin. The high road between Cork and Limerick crosses the river here by a bridge of three arches, at the other end of which stands the suburb of Ballydaheen, included in the parliamentary borough. The town consists of one main street nearly parallel with the river, and is well paved, and lighted with gas. The principal buildings are,—a parish church, a Roman Catholic chapel, two Methodist chapels, an Independent meeting-house, an infirmary, courthouse, bridewell, workhouse, spa-house, and barrack. To the W. of the town are to be seen the ruins of an old castle; the whole of the surrounding country is rich and fertile, and contains a number of gentlemen's houses. The town has no manufactures of importance, nor is the river navigable; but a considerable retail trade is carried on here, and a great number of visitors are attracted by the mineral spring which formerly enjoyed the reputation of a holy well, and is still highly prized in cases of dyspepsia, &c. (See Cony County.) In the neighbourhood of the city there are several large flour-mills, and in the town itself tanneries and salt-works. The borough sends one member to Parliament; and the population in 1851 was 5436. Registered electors (1853) 243.