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Fermoy (Irish: Mainistir Fhear Maí, meaning 'monastery of the men of the plain') [8] is a town on the River Blackwater in east County Cork, Ireland.As of the 2022 census, the town and environs had a population of approximately 6,700 people. [1]
Site history; Built: 1801-1806: Built for: ... 1806-1922: Fermoy Barracks (Irish: Dún Mainistir Fhear Maí) was a military installation in Fermoy, County Cork. History
Fermoy (Irish: Mainistir Fhear Maí; [l 1] formerly also Armoy [1]) is a historical barony in County Cork in Ireland. [l 1] [1] It is bordered by the baronies of Orrery and Kilmore to the north-west; Duhallow to the west; Barretts to the south-west; Barrymore to the south; Condons and Clangibbon to the east; and Coshlea, County Limerick to the north.
Diana, Princess of Wales, was a great-great-granddaughter of the 1st Baron Fermoy through her mother, Frances Shand Kydd.Shand Kydd was the younger daughter of the 4th Baron Fermoy, a friend of King George VI and the elder of the twin sons of the American heiress Frances Ellen Work and her first husband, James Boothby Burke Roche, who, after their divorce, became the 3rd Baron Fermoy.
Kenneth Nicholls, The development of Lordship in County Cork, 1300–1600, in: P. O'Flanagan and C.G. Buttimer (eds), Cork History and Society. Interdisciplinary Essays on the history of an Irish County (Dublin 1993) 157–211. Donnchadh Ó Corráin, Corcu Loígde: land and families, in O'Flanagan and Buttimer, Cork History and Society, 63–81.
Fermoy is the largest townland in the civil parish spanning 712.63 acres (2.8839 km²) [9] and the namesake for the town of Fermoy. It contains most of the town's schools including Loreto Catholic Secondary School, St Colman's College , Bishop Murphy Memorial School and Fermoy Educate Together National School.
James Anderson was the eldest son of John Anderson, the founder of Fermoy, by his second wife, Elizabeth, the only daughter of Mr. James Semple, of Waterford.He was created a baronet on 22 March 1813, of Fermoy in the County of Cork, [2] [1] for the great public services rendered to Ireland by his father.
Fermoy GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association based in the town of Fermoy, Cork, Ireland. [1] The club fields teams in competitions organized by the Cork GAA county board and the Avondhu GAA divisional board.