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]
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.