Lombardstown (Irish: Baile Lombaird)[1] is a village 9 kilometres (6 mi) west of the town of Mallow in County Cork, Ireland.[2] It takes its name from the Lombard family who came to Ireland from Lombardy in Northern Italy in the Middle Ages and became rich and prominent, with branches of the family in Waterford and Cork. Lombardstown is within the Dáil constituency of Cork North-West.
Lombardstown
Baile Lombaird | |
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Village | |
,_Railway_line_to_Mallow_-_geograph.org.uk_-_264527.jpg) Railway line to Mallow at Lombardstown | |
  Lombardstown Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°07′07″N 08°46′55″W / 52.11861°N 8.78194°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Cork |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
It has a co-op, a post office and is the site of a Dairygold Agri Business plant.[3]
Notable people
editFrom 1912 the Irish tenor, John McCormack, spent summers in the area after he purchased a small cottage outside the village. In 1918, McCormack sold this cottage due to his singing commitments in the US.[citation needed]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Baile Lombaird / Lombardstown". Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
- ^ BBC News: Rural Ireland 'dying' as post offices close. 2 January 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2009.
- ^ "Contact Us". dairygoldagri.ie. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
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