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The East Barracks were designed and built by Abraham Hargrave on a site provided by John Anderson between 1801 and 1806. [1] In June 1808 Sir Arthur Wellesley used the barracks as an assembly point from where 9,000 troops would depart for the Cove of Cork and then sail for Portugal to take part in the Peninsular War.
On 17 May 1860 the Great Southern and Western Railway (GS&WR) opened a 16 + 3 ⁄ 4 miles (27.0 km) branch from Mallow (on its Dublin to Cork main line) to Fermoy. [2] An extension from Fermoy to Lismore was approved to be constructed by the Fermoy and Lismore Railway in 1869 and following opening on 1 October 1872 was operated by the GS&WR. [2]
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]
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.
Junction 19 on the N7 route (M7 motorway from Naas to past Portlaoise) at Aghaboe marks the start of the N8 (see thumbnails).From here it proceeds southwards, passing under the R434 and R433 roads until it runs parallel to the single-carriageway R639 road, bypassing Abbeyleix, Durrow, Cullahill, Johnstown, Urlingford, Littleton, Horse and Jockey, Cashel, New Inn, Cahir, Skeheenarinky ...
Some sections between Fermoy and Mallow are narrow with sharp bends and few hard shoulders. The section from Mallow to the R579 junction ( Banteer ) has hard shoulders. After the R579 junction, this section of the N72 has no hard shoulders until it joins the N22 in County Kerry , east of Killarney .
Castlehyde (Carraig an Éidigh) is a townland and estate located slightly west of Fermoy town that spans 79.98 acres (0.3237 km²). [5] Its manor house, Castlehyde House, had been the ancestral home of Douglas Hyde's family and is today one of several houses owned by Irish dancer, Michael Flatley.
Glanworth (Irish: Gleannúir, meaning 'yew valley') [2] is a village on the R512 regional road in County Cork, Ireland. [3] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) northwest of the town of Fermoy and 40 km (25 mi) northeast of Cork city.