Kanturk
Irish: Ceann Toirc | |
|---|---|
Town | |
 Kanturk Castle | |
  Kanturk Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°10′30″N 8°54′0″W / 52.17500°N 8.90000°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Cork |
| Population | 2,803 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Kanturk (Irish: Ceann Toirc, meaning 'boar's head')[2][3] is a town in the north west of County Cork, Ireland. It is situated at the confluence of the Allua (Allow) and Dallow (Dalua) rivers,[4] which stream further on as tributaries to the River Blackwater. It is about 50 kilometres (31 miles) from Cork and Limerick, and lies just north of the main N72 road, 15 km (9 miles) from Mallow and about 40 km (25 miles) from Killarney. Kanturk is within the Cork North-West Dáil constituency.
- ^ "Census Mapping – Kanturk". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
- ^ "Ceann Toirc / Kanturk". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Database. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ "S.I. No. 395/2012 – Placenames (County Cork) Order 2012". Irish Statute Book. Office of the Attorney General. 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ Lewis, Samuel (1837). "Kanturk". A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. Dublin. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2020.