Lombardstown

Lombardstown (Irish: Baile Lombaird)[1] is a village seven miles 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 Cork North-West (Dáil constituency).

Lombardstown

Baile Lombaird
Village
Lombardstown
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°07′07.48″N 08°46′55.12″W
CountryIreland
ProvinceMunster
CountyCounty Cork
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

It has a co-op and a post office. Its main employer is the mill.

Notable people

From 1912 the world-famous Irish tenor, John McCormack spent many summers in the area after he purchased a small cottage outside the village. McCormack became a regular face in the local train station as this was his mode of transport for his journey from Athlone to Lombardstown. It was very common for locals to gather outside McCormacks cottage to hear him practice his performances, diction and breath control. In 1918 Mccormack sold this cottage as he no longer had time to travel to Cork due to his singing commitments in the US, but he left with a huge fondness of the people.

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See also

References
  1. "Placenames Database of Ireland". Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  2. BBC News: Rural Ireland 'dying' as post offices close. 2 January 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2009.
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