Kilcormac

Kilcormac
Irish: Cill Chormaic
village
Main Street, Kilcormac
Main Street, Kilcormac
Kilcormac is located in Ireland
Kilcormac
Kilcormac
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°10′27″N 7°43′32″W / 53.1742°N 7.7256°W / 53.1742; -7.7256
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyOffaly
Elevation
75 m (246 ft)
Population935
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid ReferenceN181141

Kilcormac (Irish: Cill Chormaic, meaning 'church of Cormac')[2] is a small village in County Offaly, Ireland, located on the N52 at its junction with the R437 regional road, between the towns of Tullamore and Birr. It is a small village of 935 people (as of the 2016 census),[1] many of whom were previously employed by Bord na Móna to work the local peat bogs.[citation needed] The village is located near the Slieve Bloom Mountains. The Silver River flows through the village. The village was more commonly referred to as Frankford prior to Irish independence.

Kilcormac
  1. ^ a b "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Kilcormac (Frankford)". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. April 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Cill Chormaic / Kilcormac". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 29 February 2020.