Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Castlemartyr

Castlemartyr, vil., Mogeely and Ightermurragh pars., E. co. Cork, 1¼ mile S. of Mogeely ry. sta., pop. 454; P.O., T.O. Market-day, Tuesday. It adjoins the residence of the Earl of Shannon, within whose grounds are the remains of a castle of the Geraldines. Millikin, the author of the "Groves of Blarney," was a native.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Feature Description: "village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Cork IrlC
Place: Castlemartyr

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