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Kilcormac
Irish: Cill Chormaic | |
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village | |
 Main Street, Kilcormac | |
  Kilcormac Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°10′27″N 7°43′32″W / 53.1742°N 7.7256°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | Offaly |
| Elevation | 75 m (246 ft) |
| Population | 935 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | N181141 |
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.
- ^ a b "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Kilcormac (Frankford)". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. April 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
- ^ "Cill Chormaic / Kilcormac". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 29 February 2020.