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FREEMOUNT, a village, in the parish of KNOCKTEMPLE, barony of DUHALLOW, county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER, 5 miles (N. by E.) from Kanturk, on the road from Liscarrol to Newcastle: the population is returned with the parish. It is a constabulary police station, and contains the chapel which gives name to the R. C. district, a plain cruciform building, to which is attached a public school.See KNOCKTEMPLE.
(Samuel Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837); Transcription © Derek Rowlinson, 2005-10. Reproduced from LibraryIreland. We are deeply grateful to LibraryIreland for allowing us to use their transcription.)
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Feature Description: | "a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Knocktemple IrlPar Duhallow IrlBarony Cork IrlC |
Place: | Freemount |
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