a market-town of Ireland, county of Cork, pleasantly situated on the slope of a hill near the Funcheon, 30 miles N.N.E. of Cork. The town consists of a large square and two main streets, and contains several well-built houses. It contains a handsome parish church, a large Roman Catholic chapel in the form of a cross, a national school and library, besides a charitable institution, called Mitchelstown College, endowed for the maintenance of twelve gentlemen and eighteen gentlewomen of the Protestant faith. The inhabitants trade in pigs, grain, and butter; while in the vicinity there are both flax and blanket factories. Near the town is the seat of the Earl of Kings-town, one of the finest mansions in Ireland, built in 1823. Pop. (1851) 3091.