Kanturk
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Kanturk ( Irish Ceann Toirc ; German "head of the boar ") is a country town in County Cork in the southwest of the Republic of Ireland .
The place
Kanturk is a smaller market town at the confluence of the Rivers Allow and Dallow in the northwest inland of County Cork. The city developed from an existing settlement in the 17th century. After having remained constant for a long time, the population rose from 1651 to 1915 between 2002 and the 2006 census . At the 2016 Census, the population was already 2350 people. The twin town of Kanturk is Rostrenen in Brittany .
A notable historical building near the city is Kanturk Castle , a so-called fortress house , built around 1601.
Transport links
Kanturk is just north of the N72 from Mallow to Killarney ; it is 15 km from Mallow and 40 km from Killarney. Via regional roads Kanturk u. a. connected with Abbeyfeale on the N21 and with Charleville on the N20 from Limerick City to Cork City, the distance to both major cities is approximately 50 km. To the rail transport in Ireland Kanturk has been disconnected since 1,963th
Personalities
- Edel Mary Quinn (1907–1944), member of the Legion of Mary
- Paidi O'Brien (* 1984), racing cyclist
Web links
- Kanturk Arts Festival (with a view of the boar's head as the city arms of Kanturk)
- Kanturk Town on www.geocities.com ( Memento from October 26, 2009 on WebCite )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Map of Ireland (can be enlarged greatly)
- ↑ Kanturk Town: - A History ( Memento from October 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (English).
- ↑ Cork - FACTS & FIGURES: Main Towns ( Memento of October 8, 1999 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ Kanturk (Census Town) on citypopulation.de, accessed on July 11, 2018
Coordinates: 52 ° 11 ′ N , 8 ° 54 ′ W