Lombardstown Explained

Lombardstown
Native Name:Irish: Baile Lombaird
Native Name Lang:ga
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Ireland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Ireland
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Ireland
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Munster
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:County Cork
Unit Pref:Metric
Utc Offset1:+0
Timezone1 Dst:IST (WEST)
Utc Offset1 Dst:-1
Coordinates:52.1186°N -8.7819°W

Lombardstown [1] is a village 9km (06miles) 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.

It has a co-op, a post office and is the site of a Dairygold Agri Business plant.[3]

Notable people

From 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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Baile Lombaird / Lombardstown . Placenames Database of Ireland. 22 September 2012.
  2. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6174089.stm BBC News: Rural Ireland 'dying' as post offices close. 2 January 2007.
  3. Web site: Contact Us . dairygoldagri.ie . 8 April 2021 .