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{{short description|Town in County Cork, Ireland}} |
{{short description|Town in County Cork, Ireland}} |
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{{Infobox settlement |
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|name = Mallow |
|name = Mallow |
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|native_name = {{native name|ga|Mala}} |
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|settlement_type = Town |
|settlement_type = Town |
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|image_skyline = Mallowtown.jpg |
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|image_caption = Main Street, Mallow, featuring the clockhouse and the junction of Spa Road and Bridge Street |
|image_caption = Main Street, Mallow, featuring the clockhouse and the junction of Spa Road and Bridge Street |
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|motto = {{langx|la|Per Ignem et Aquam}} (Through Fire and Water) |
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|area_urban_footnotes = <ref name=cso2016>{{cite web | url = http://www.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/Statire/SelectVarVal/Define.asp?MainTable=E2014&PLanguage=0&PXSId=0 | title = Population Density and Area Size 2016 | publisher = [[Central Statistics Office (Ireland)]] | access-date = 26 December 2017 | archive-date = 24 March 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190324025223/https://www.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/Statire/SelectVarVal/Define.asp?MainTable=E2014&PLanguage=0&PXSId=0 | url-status = live }}</ref> |
|area_urban_footnotes = <ref name=cso2016>{{cite web | url = http://www.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/Statire/SelectVarVal/Define.asp?MainTable=E2014&PLanguage=0&PXSId=0 | title = Population Density and Area Size 2016 | publisher = [[Central Statistics Office (Ireland)]] | access-date = 26 December 2017 | archive-date = 24 March 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190324025223/https://www.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/Statire/SelectVarVal/Define.asp?MainTable=E2014&PLanguage=0&PXSId=0 | url-status = live }}</ref> |
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|area_urban_km2 = 8.2 |
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|population_as_of = [[2022 census of Ireland|2022]] |
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|population_footnotes = <ref name="2022census">{{cite web|url = https://data.cso.ie/table/F1015 | title = Census 2022 {{!}} Profile 1 – Population Distribution and Movement {{!}} F1015 – Population| website = data.cso.ie | accessdate = 29 July 2023 }}</ref> |
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|population_total = 13,456 |
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|population_density_km2 = 1,517.9 |
|population_density_km2 = 1,517.9 |
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'''Mallow''' ({{IPAc-en|'|m|æ|l|oʊ}}; {{Irish place name|Mala|no_translate=yes}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mala/Mallow |url=https://www.logainm.ie/en/654 |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=logainm.ie |language=en}}</ref>) is a town in [[County Cork]], Ireland, approximately thirty-five kilometres north of [[Cork (city)|Cork]]. Mallow is in the [[Fermoy (barony)|barony of Fermoy]]. |
'''Mallow''' ({{IPAc-en|'|m|æ|l|oʊ}}; {{Irish place name|Mala|no_translate=yes}}<ref name=logainm>{{Cite web |title=Mala/Mallow |url=https://www.logainm.ie/en/654 |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=logainm.ie |language=en}}</ref>) is a town in [[County Cork]], Ireland, approximately thirty-five kilometres north of [[Cork (city)|Cork]]. Mallow is in a [[townland]] and [[Civil parishes in Ireland|civil parish]] of the same name, in the [[Fermoy (barony)|barony of Fermoy]].<ref name=logainm/> |
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It is the administrative centre of north County Cork, and the Northern Divisional Offices of Cork County Council are located in the town. Mallow is part of the [[Cork East (Dáil constituency)|Cork East]] Dáil constituency. |
It is the administrative centre of north County Cork, and the Northern Divisional Offices of Cork County Council are located in the town. Mallow is part of the [[Cork North-Central (Dáil constituency)|Cork North-Central]] Dáil constituency after being moved from the [[Cork East (Dáil constituency)|Cork East]] Dáil Constituency in 2023.<ref name=independentie>{{Cite web |title=Mallow goes to Cork North Central in 'continuity' constituency shake-up |url=https://independent.ie/regionals/cork/news/mallow-goes-to-cork-north-central-in-continuity-constituency-shake-up/a1508691808.html |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=Irish Independent |language=en}}</ref> |
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==Name== |
==Name== |
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The earliest form of the name is ''Magh nAla'', meaning "plain of the stone".<ref name="logainm">{{cite web |title=Mala / Mallow |url=http://www.logainm.ie/1414050.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193334/http://www.logainm.ie/1414050.aspx |archive-date=29 October 2013 |access-date=10 March 2019 |website=logainm.ie |publisher=Placenames Database of Ireland}}</ref> In the [[anglicisation]] "Mallow", ''-ow'' originally represented a [[Vowel reduction|reduc]]ed [[schwa]] sound ({{IPAc-en|'|m|æ|l|ə}}), which is now however pronounced as a full vowel {{IPAc-en|oʊ}}.<ref>{{cite book |title=Gazetteer of Ireland / Gasaitéar na hÉireann |year=1989 |publisher=[[Government of Ireland]] |isbn=0-7076-0076-6 }}</ref> In 1975, ''Mala''—a shortening of ''Magh nAla''—was among the first Irish placenames adopted by [[statutory instrument|statute]],<ref>{{cite web |title=I.R. Uimh. 133/1975 – An tOrdú Logainmneacha (Foirmeacha Gaeilge) (Uimh. 1) (Postbhailte) 1975. |url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1975/ga/si/0133.html |language= |
The earliest form of the name is ''Magh nAla'', meaning "plain of the stone".<ref name="logainm">{{cite web |title=Mala / Mallow |url=http://www.logainm.ie/1414050.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193334/http://www.logainm.ie/1414050.aspx |archive-date=29 October 2013 |access-date=10 March 2019 |website=logainm.ie |publisher=Placenames Database of Ireland}}</ref> In the [[anglicisation]] "Mallow", ''-ow'' originally represented a [[Vowel reduction|reduc]]ed [[schwa]] sound ({{IPAc-en|'|m|æ|l|ə}}), which is now however pronounced as a full vowel {{IPAc-en|oʊ}}.<ref>{{cite book |title=Gazetteer of Ireland / Gasaitéar na hÉireann |year=1989 |publisher=[[Government of Ireland]] |isbn=0-7076-0076-6 }}</ref> In 1975, ''Mala''—a shortening of ''Magh nAla''—was among the first Irish placenames adopted by [[statutory instrument|statute]],<ref>{{cite web |title=I.R. Uimh. 133/1975 – An tOrdú Logainmneacha (Foirmeacha Gaeilge) (Uimh. 1) (Postbhailte) 1975. |url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1975/ga/si/0133.html |language=Irish |date=22 July 1975 |access-date=27 January 2008 |publisher=[[Government of Ireland]] |quote=Mallow (33) Mala ([[Irish declension#Genitive|g.]] Mhala) |archive-date=29 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229235141/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1975/ga/si/0133.html |url-status=live }}</ref> on the advice of the Placenames branch of the [[Ordnance Survey of Ireland]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Placenames Orders |url=http://www.pobail.ie/en/IrishLanguage/ThePlacenamesBranch/PlacenamesOrders/ |access-date=27 January 2008 |publisher=[[Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth|Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080402220255/http://www.pobail.ie/en/IrishLanguage/ThePlacenamesBranch/PlacenamesOrders/ |archive-date=2 April 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Placenames Commission |url=http://www.logainm.ie/English/history.asp |access-date=27 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070924124141/http://www.logainm.ie/English/history.asp |archive-date=24 September 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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In the ''[[Annals of the Four Masters]]'', compiled in the 1630s, ''Magh nAla'' is misrepresented as ''Magh Eala'', the [[County |
In the ''[[Annals of the Four Masters]]'', compiled in the 1630s, ''Magh nAla'' is misrepresented as ''Magh Eala'', the [[County Donegal]]-based authors being insufficiently familiar with [[County Cork]] places.<ref name="ucc-prof">{{cite news |title=Marshmallows |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |first=Roibeárd |last=Ó hÚrdail |date=1 March 1996 |page=15 }}</ref> [[Patrick Weston Joyce|P.W. Joyce]] in 1869 surmised that in ''Magh Eala'' {{sic}}, ''Ealla'' referred to the river Blackwater, and connected the name to the nearby [[baronies of Ireland|barony]] of [[Duhallow]].<ref name="ucc-prof"/> Professor [[T. F. O'Rahilly]] in 1938 interpreted ''Magh Eala'' as "plain of the swans".<ref name="ucc-prof"/> This [[false etymology]] remains widely cited and has caused resentment by some of the official ''Mala'' as being a gratuitous simplification of ''Magh Eala''.<ref name="ucc-prof"/> However, the name ''Mala'' has been used in Irish for more than 300 years.<ref name=logainm/> |
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==History== |
==History== |
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===Williamite War in Ireland (1690)=== |
===Williamite War in Ireland (1690)=== |
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On 16 September 1690, shortly after the failed [[Siege of Limerick (1690)|Siege of Limerick]] but before the [[Siege of Cork]], Colonel Moritz Melchior von Donop, commanding of the [[ |
On 16 September 1690, shortly after the failed [[Siege of Limerick (1690)|Siege of Limerick]] but before the [[Siege of Cork]], Colonel Moritz Melchior von Donop, commanding of the [[Danish Auxiliary Corps in the Williamite War in Ireland#Order of Battle|second regiment of Danish cavalry]], reconnoitred Mallow and destroyed the bridge. He reported encountering a group of Jacobite [[raparee]]s in Mallow, perhaps 3000 strong.<ref name="The Williamite Wars Mallow">{{cite web |last1=Childs |first1=John |title=The Williamite Wars in Ireland, 1688-91 |url=https://www.bloomsburycollections.com/book/the-williamite-wars-in-ireland-1688-91/ch16-cork-and-kinsale |website=bloomsburycollections.com |publisher=Bloomsbury Collections |access-date=31 March 2023 |language=en}}</ref> Following his return Major General [[Ernst von Tettau]] and Major General [[Adam van der Duyn, heer van 's-Gravenmoer|Scravenmore]] devised a [[Military deception|ruse]] whereby a small force of 100 cavalry and 50 dragoons was detached from the overall force of 1200 Horse, 300 Dragoons, and 2 Companies of Danish Foot. These acted as bait and successfully lured out the Jacobites commanded by [[Patrick Sarsfield, 1st Earl of Lucan]] and routing them, with 300 raparees dead. Some accounts claim that only Sarsfield and five companions escaped the battle.<ref name="Bodleian: skirmish in Mallow">{{cite journal |title=A True and faithful account of the present state and condition of the kingdom of Ireland together with the intire defeat of a body of Irish under the command of Colonel Sarsfield by a detached party of 1200 horse and 300 dragoons by Lieut. Gen. Scravenmore within 14 miles of the city of Cork. |url=https://ota.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/repository/xmlui/handle/20.500.12024/A63383 |website=Bodleian library |access-date=31 March 2023 |date=April 2011}}</ref> |
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===Irish War of Independence=== |
===Irish War of Independence=== |
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During the [[Irish War of Independence]], the town served as the headquarters of the North Cork Militia (also known as North Cork Rifles), a unit in the [[Irish Republican Army (1919–1922)|Irish Republican Army]] (IRA). On 27 September, IRA commanders [[Ernie O'Malley]] and [[Liam Lynch (Irish republican)|Liam Lynch]] led the Cork No. 2 Brigade in an attack against the military barracks in Mallow, which was garrisoned by elements of the [[17th Lancers]]. The successful attack saw the IRA capture large quantities of firearms and ammunition, partially burning the barracks in the process. In reprisal, angered soldiers from [[Buttevant]] and [[Fermoy]] went on a rampage in Mallow, burning several main street premises, including the [[town hall]] and [[creamery]], on the next day.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FpOZpEu1XYwC&dq=28+September+1920+mallow&pg=PA121 | title=Rebel Cork's Fighting Story, 1916-21: Told by the Men who Made it : With a Unique Pictorial Record of the Period | year=2009 | isbn=9781856356442 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wAk7EAAAQBAJ&dq=28+September+1920+mallow&pg=PA49 | title=Political Conflict in East Ulster, 1920-22: Revolution and Reprisal | isbn=9781783275113 | last1=Magill | first1=Christopher | year=2020 }}</ref><ref>O'Malley, ''On Another Man's Wound'', pp. 239–247</ref> |
During the [[Irish War of Independence]], the town served as the headquarters of the North Cork Militia (also known as North Cork Rifles), a unit in the [[Irish Republican Army (1919–1922)|Irish Republican Army]] (IRA). On 27 September, IRA commanders [[Ernie O'Malley]] and [[Liam Lynch (Irish republican)|Liam Lynch]] led the Cork No. 2 Brigade in an attack against the military barracks in Mallow, which was garrisoned by elements of the [[17th Lancers]]. The successful attack saw the IRA capture large quantities of firearms and ammunition, partially burning the barracks in the process. In reprisal, angered soldiers from [[Buttevant]] and [[Fermoy]] went on a rampage in Mallow, burning several main street premises, including the [[town hall]] and [[creamery]], on the next day.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FpOZpEu1XYwC&dq=28+September+1920+mallow&pg=PA121 | title=Rebel Cork's Fighting Story, 1916-21: Told by the Men who Made it : With a Unique Pictorial Record of the Period | year=2009 | publisher=Mercier Press | isbn=9781856356442 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wAk7EAAAQBAJ&dq=28+September+1920+mallow&pg=PA49 | title=Political Conflict in East Ulster, 1920-22: Revolution and Reprisal | isbn=9781783275113 | last1=Magill | first1=Christopher | year=2020 | publisher=Boydell & Brewer }}</ref><ref>O'Malley, ''On Another Man's Wound'', pp. 239–247</ref> |
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In February 1921, the IRA killed the wife of RIC Captain W. H. King during a botched assassination attempt on her husband near the [[Mallow railway station]]. In retaliation, a detachment of the [[Black and Tans]] briefly occupied the station, arresting and killing three of its occupants- Patrick Devitt, Daniel Mullane and Denis Bennett, all of whom were railway workers. The killings prompted an [[industrial action]] by the National Railworkers Union in Britain and Ireland.<ref>{{cite book|last=Keane|first=Barry|title=Cork's Revolutionary Dead|year=2017|publisher=[[Mercier Press]]|isbn=978-1-7811-7496-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QD3BDwAAQBAJ&dq=Patrick+Devitt,+Daniel+Mullane&pg=PT225}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=O'Donoghue|first=Florence|title=No other law: the story of Liam Lynch and the Irish Republican Army, 1916–1923|year=1954|publisher=Irish Press|pages=132|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=izdoAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Captain+King+was+accompanied+by+his+wife+and+in+the+exchange+of+fire%22}}</ref> |
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==Geography== |
==Geography== |
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Mallow lies on the [[Munster Blackwater|River Blackwater]], and developed as a defensive settlement protecting an important fort on the river. |
Mallow lies on the [[Munster Blackwater|River Blackwater]], and developed as a defensive settlement protecting an important fort on the river. |
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Mallow, as with other parts of North Cork, is in an area "likely to have high [[radon]] levels".<ref name="corkman2022">{{cite web|url = https://www.independent.ie/regionals/cork/news/new-interactive-epa-map-reveals-vast-swathes-of-cork-are-radon-hotspots/41706304.html| work = [[The Corkman]] | title = New interactive EPA map reveals vast swathes of Cork are radon 'hotspots' | date = 31 May 2022 | accessdate = 13 September 2023 | first = Bill | last = Browne }}</ref> A 2007 reading, at one building in the town, was one of the highest levels of the gas ever found in Ireland, being more than 60 times above the acceptable limit.<ref name="corkman2022"/><ref>{{cite news | title=Record radon levels found at Mallow office | publisher=RTÉ News | url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/0920/radon.html | access-date=17 July 2009 | date=20 September 2007 | archive-date=20 September 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100920151810/http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/0920/radon.html | url-status=live }}</ref> |
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Some of the highest naturally occurring readings of [[radon]] ever have been recorded in Mallow, prompting local fears regarding lung cancer.<ref>{{cite news | title=Record radon levels found at Mallow office | work=RTÉ News | url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/0920/radon.html | access-date=17 July 2009 | date=20 September 2007 | archive-date=20 September 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100920151810/http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/0920/radon.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ireland's Radon Gas Levels Dangerous |work=Radon Barrier Co Ltd |url=http://interplanleisuregroup.com/site/irelands-radon-levels-dangerous |access-date=17 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090512001127/http://interplanleisuregroup.com/site/irelands-radon-levels-dangerous |archive-date=12 May 2009 }}</ref> |
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==Demography== |
==Demography== |
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|2016|12459 |
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| footnote=<ref>[http://www.cso.ie/census Census for post 1821 figures.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050309005718/http://www.cso.ie/census/ |date=9 March 2005 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.histpop.org |title=Histpop |
| footnote=<ref>[http://www.cso.ie/census Census for post 1821 figures.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050309005718/http://www.cso.ie/census/ |date=9 March 2005 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.histpop.org |title=Histpop – The Online Historical Population Reports Website |website=histpop.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507023856/http://www.histpop.org/ |archive-date=7 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nisranew.nisra.gov.uk/census |title=Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency – Census Home Page |access-date=2016-11-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217095720/http://www.nisranew.nisra.gov.uk/census/ |archive-date=17 February 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |
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| last=Lee|first=J. J.| author-link=J. J. Lee (historian)|editor-last=Goldstrom|editor-first=J. M.|editor2-last=Clarkson |
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| editor2-first=L. A.|title=Irish Population, Economy, and Society: Essays in Honour of the Late K. H. Connell |
| editor2-first=L. A.|title=Irish Population, Economy, and Society: Essays in Honour of the Late K. H. Connell |
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| year=1981|publisher=Clarendon Press|location=Oxford, England |
| year=1981|publisher=Clarendon Press|location=Oxford, England |
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| pages = 473–488 |date=November 1984 |
| pages = 473–488 |date=November 1984 |
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| url = http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/120035880/abstract | archive-url = https://archive.today/20121204160709/http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/120035880/abstract | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2012-12-04 | doi = 10.1111/j.1468-0289.1984.tb00344.x |
| url = http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/120035880/abstract | archive-url = https://archive.today/20121204160709/http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/120035880/abstract | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2012-12-04 | doi = 10.1111/j.1468-0289.1984.tb00344.x |
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As of the 2016 census, the town had a population of 12,459.<ref name=cso2016/> In the same census the population was reportedly made up of 76% white Irish, 1% white Irish travellers, 12% other white ethnicities, 4% black, 2% Asian, 2% other, with 3% not stating their ethnicity.<ref name="sapmap">{{cite web | title = Mallow Demographics | url = http://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=ST2016&Geog_Code=C6AA9590-4F5A-44DD-B389-03DB053DC7D3 | publisher = CSO | work = Census 2016 |
As of the [[2016 census of Ireland|2016 census]], the town had a population of 12,459.<ref name=cso2016/> In the same census the population was reportedly made up of 76% white Irish, 1% white Irish travellers, 12% other white ethnicities, 4% black, 2% Asian, 2% other, with 3% not stating their ethnicity.<ref name="sapmap">{{cite web | title = Mallow Demographics | url = http://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=ST2016&Geog_Code=C6AA9590-4F5A-44DD-B389-03DB053DC7D3 | publisher = CSO | work = Census 2016 – Small Area Population Statistics | date = 2016 | access-date = 2 April 2018 | archive-date = 3 April 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180403052109/http://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=ST2016&Geog_Code=C6AA9590-4F5A-44DD-B389-03DB053DC7D3 | url-status = live }}</ref> |
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==Economy== |
==Economy== |
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Irish statesmen such as [[Thomas Davis (Young Irelander)|Thomas Davis]] and [[William O'Brien]] were both born in Mallow in the 19th century. The main street in Mallow is called Davis Street (although commonly referred to as Main Street), and joins with William O'Brien Street outside Mallow Town Hall. At the point where Davis Street meets O'Brien Street there is a monument to J.J. Fitzgerald, a little-known local politician who was involved in establishing both Mallow Urban District Council and Cork County Council.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/20815041/j-j-fitzgerald-monument-davis-street-obrien-street-mallow-mallow-cork|title=J.J. FitzGerald Monument, Thomas Davis Street, O'Brien Street, Mallow, Mallow, County Cork|publisher=National Inventory of Architectural Heritage|access-date=30 November 2023}}</ref> |
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The town developed an industrial base in the early 20th century, based largely on its agricultural capability, with dairy produce and sugar beet supplying |
The town developed an industrial base in the early 20th century, based largely on its agricultural capability, with dairy produce and sugar beet supplying a sugar factory, operated by [[Greencore]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/sugar-factory-closure-needless-1.867073|title=Sugar factory closure needless|date=10 November 2010|newspaper=The Irish Times|access-date=30 November 2023}}</ref> |
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==Transport and communications== |
==Transport and communications== |
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===Bus=== |
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Mallow is a stop on the [[Bus Éireann]] 51 bus service from [[Cork (city)|Cork]] to [[Galway]] and 243 bus service from [[Cork (city)|Cork]] to [[Newmarket, County Cork|Newmarket]] service. Mallow is also serviced by the TFI Local Link buses, connecting the town with Fermoy, Mitchelstown and Charleville via three separate routes, with stops in intermediary villages.{{ |
Mallow is a stop on the [[Bus Éireann]] 51 bus service from [[Cork (city)|Cork]] to [[Galway]] and 243 bus service from [[Cork (city)|Cork]] to [[Newmarket, County Cork|Newmarket]] service. Mallow is also serviced by the [[TFI Local Link]] buses, connecting the town with Fermoy, Mitchelstown and Charleville via three separate routes, with stops in intermediary villages.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}} |
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===Rail=== |
===Rail=== |
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There is a [[flying club]] at nearby [[Rathcoole Aerodrome]], and a helicopter charter company in nearby Dromahane.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}} |
There is a [[flying club]] at nearby [[Rathcoole Aerodrome]], and a helicopter charter company in nearby Dromahane.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}} |
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[[Cork Racecourse|Mallow Racecourse]], now known as Cork Racecourse, became an emergency airfield on 18 April 1983, when a Mexican [[Gulfstream II]] business jet piloted by Captain Reuben Ocaña made a precautionary landing. A temporary [[tarmacadam]] runway of 910 m (3,000 ft) in length which was paid for by the plane's insurers was laid to enable the aircraft to leave five weeks later. In the meantime, Captain Ocaña became a local celebrity. On 23 May 1983 just before the plane departed, the |
[[Cork Racecourse|Mallow Racecourse]], now known as Cork Racecourse, became an emergency airfield on 18 April 1983, when a Mexican [[Gulfstream II]] business jet piloted by Captain Reuben Ocaña made a precautionary landing. A temporary [[tarmacadam]] runway of 910 m (3,000 ft) in length which was paid for by the plane's insurers was laid to enable the aircraft to leave five weeks later. In the meantime, Captain Ocaña became a local celebrity. On 23 May 1983 just before the plane departed, the captain said his farewell to the people of Ireland in the Irish language.<ref name=IFTN>{{cite web|last=Hegarty|first=Mandy|title=Interview: 'The Runway' Writer/Director Ian Power on His Debut Feature Film|url=http://iftn.ie/news/featureinterviews/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4283942&tpl=archnews|publisher=[[Irish Film and Television Network]]|access-date=28 November 2013|archive-date=7 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150507041302/http://iftn.ie/news/featureinterviews/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4283942&tpl=archnews|url-status=live}}</ref> The runway was subsequently used for parking during race meets and for learner driving. Light aircraft have occasionally landed at the racecourse on the grass area. The F3A World Model Aircraft Aerobatic Championship was held there in 2001. The 1983 incident formed the basis of the 2010 film ''{{va|The Runway}}''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.monstersandcritics.com/movies/reviews/article_1701333.php/The-Runway-?-Movie-Review|title=The Runway – Movie Review|last=Wilkinson|first=Ron|date=25 July 2012|publisher=Monsters and Critics|access-date=4 August 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029191447/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/movies/reviews/article_1701333.php/The-Runway-?-Movie-Review|archive-date=29 October 2013}}</ref> |
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Mallow is home to a branch of the Gate Cinema as well as a county library with an exhibition space.{{ |
Mallow is home to a branch of the Gate Cinema as well as a county library with an exhibition space.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}} Other community amenities include a youth centre and a public swimming pool. The town also has several gyms and pubs. A farmers' market is held in the grounds of St James' Church on Friday mornings. Mallow Castle also hosts seasonal events.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}} |
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[[File:The West End is definitely the place to go ... in Mallow! (26139647536).jpg|thumb|Thomas Davis Street (Main Street), Mallow in August 1903]] |
[[File:The West End is definitely the place to go ... in Mallow! (26139647536).jpg|thumb|Thomas Davis Street (Main Street), Mallow in August 1903]] |
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*[[Celeste Bowe|Sister Celeste Bowe]] (1931–1976), [[Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul]] nun and nurse was born in Newberry, Mallow<ref name="Lunney">{{cite book|last1=Lunney|first1=Sheila|title=[[Dictionary of Irish Biography]]|date=2009|publisher=Cambridge University Press|editor1-last=McGuire|editor1-first=James|location=Cambridge|chapter=Bowe, Catherine Mary (Sister Celeste)|editor2-last=Quinn|editor2-first=James|chapter-url = https://dib.cambridge.org/viewReadPage.do?articleId=a9296}}</ref> |
*[[Celeste Bowe|Sister Celeste Bowe]] (1931–1976), [[Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul]] nun and nurse was born in Newberry, Mallow<ref name="Lunney">{{cite book|last1=Lunney|first1=Sheila|title=[[Dictionary of Irish Biography]]|date=2009|publisher=Cambridge University Press|editor1-last=McGuire|editor1-first=James|location=Cambridge|chapter=Bowe, Catherine Mary (Sister Celeste)|editor2-last=Quinn|editor2-first=James|chapter-url = https://dib.cambridge.org/viewReadPage.do?articleId=a9296}}</ref> |
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*[[Elaine Crowley (presenter)|Elaine Crowley]] (b.1977), television presenter from [[New Twopothouse|Newtwopothouse]] near Mallow<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.echolive.ie/corklives/My-Weekend-Its-off-with-the-makeup-and-bra-and-on-with-the-comfies-on-a-Friday-night-2ae197d8-9ecb-45db-9ae0-d590b82f45f9-ds | publisher = The Echo | website = echolive.ie | title = My Weekend | date = 28 February 2020 | access-date = 13 August 2020 }}</ref> |
*[[Elaine Crowley (presenter)|Elaine Crowley]] (b.1977), television presenter from [[New Twopothouse|Newtwopothouse]] near Mallow<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.echolive.ie/corklives/My-Weekend-Its-off-with-the-makeup-and-bra-and-on-with-the-comfies-on-a-Friday-night-2ae197d8-9ecb-45db-9ae0-d590b82f45f9-ds | publisher = The Echo | website = echolive.ie | title = My Weekend | date = 28 February 2020 | access-date = 13 August 2020 }}</ref> |
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*[[Thomas Davis (Young Irelander)|Thomas Osborne Davis]] (1814–1845), nationalist, politician, author, poet and author of the rebel song "[[A Nation Once Again]]", was born here.<ref>{{cite DNB|wstitle=Davis, Thomas Osborne|last=Hutton|first=William Holden|author-link=William Holden Hutton|no-icon=1}}</ref> |
*[[Thomas Davis (Young Irelander)|Thomas Osborne Davis]] (1814–1845), nationalist, politician, author, poet and author of the rebel song "[[A Nation Once Again]]", was born here.<ref>{{cite DNB|wstitle=Davis, Thomas Osborne|last=Hutton|first=William Holden|author-link=William Holden Hutton|no-icon=1}}</ref> |
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*[[Carl Dodd (Irish Army officer)|Carl Dodd]] (1942–2018), [[Irish Army]] officer who served as Chief of Staff of the [[United Nations Truce Supervision Organization]] (UNTSO) from 2002 to 2004, was born in Mallow.{{ |
*[[Carl Dodd (Irish Army officer)|Carl Dodd]] (1942–2018), [[Irish Army]] officer who served as Chief of Staff of the [[United Nations Truce Supervision Organization]] (UNTSO) from 2002 to 2004, was born in Mallow.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}} |
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*[[Donovan]] (b.1946), singer born in [[Scotland]] who now lives near Mallow<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-20459130.html | publisher = Irish Examiner |
*[[Donovan]] (b.1946), singer born in [[Scotland]] who now lives near Mallow<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-20459130.html | publisher = Irish Examiner | title = Donovan: Call him Mallow yellow | date = 18 September 2017 | access-date = 13 August 2020 | archive-date = 7 May 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210507031539/https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-20459130.html | url-status = live }}</ref> |
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*[[John Hogan (Missouri politician)|John Hogan]] (1805–1892), a [[United States representative]] from [[Missouri]] born in Mallow.<ref>{{CongBio|H000691|John Hogan|inline= yes }}</ref> |
*[[John Hogan (Missouri politician)|John Hogan]] (1805–1892), a [[United States representative]] from [[Missouri]] born in Mallow.<ref>{{CongBio|H000691|John Hogan|inline= yes }}</ref> |
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*[[Paul Kane]] (1810–1871), Canadian painter<ref>{{cite DCB |last=Harper |first=J. Russell |authorlink=John Russell Harper |title=Paul Kane |volume=10 |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/kane_paul_10E.html}}</ref> |
*[[Paul Kane]] (1810–1871), Canadian painter<ref>{{cite DCB |last=Harper |first=J. Russell |authorlink=John Russell Harper |title=Paul Kane |volume=10 |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/kane_paul_10E.html}}</ref> |
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*[[Joe Lynch (actor)|Joe Lynch]] (1925–2001), actor<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/joe-lynch-9263479.html | |
*[[Joe Lynch (actor)|Joe Lynch]] (1925–2001), actor<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/joe-lynch-9263479.html | newspaper = The Independent |location=UK | title = Obituaries – Joe Lynch | date = 13 August 2001 | access-date = 13 August 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |
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*[[Joan Denise Moriarty]] (c.1910–1992), [[ballet]] dancer, dance teacher and musician, and niece of John Francis (below), is believed to have been born in Mallow.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/joan-denise-moriarty-mother-of-the-dance-26837705.html | publisher = Independent News & Media | website = |
*[[Joan Denise Moriarty]] (c.1910–1992), [[ballet]] dancer, dance teacher and musician, and niece of John Francis (below), is believed to have been born in Mallow.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/joan-denise-moriarty-mother-of-the-dance-26837705.html | publisher = Independent News & Media | website = Irish Independent | title = Joan Denise Moriarty: Mother of the dance | date = 11 March 2012 | access-date = 13 August 2020 | archive-date = 6 October 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171006162748/http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/joan-denise-moriarty-mother-of-the-dance-26837705.html | url-status = live }}</ref> |
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*[[John Francis Moriarty]] (1855–1915) [[Attorney General for Ireland]] and judge of the [[Irish Court of Appeal]].{{citation needed|date=August 2020}} |
*[[John Francis Moriarty]] (1855–1915) [[Attorney General for Ireland]] and judge of the [[Irish Court of Appeal]].{{citation needed|date=August 2020}} |
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*[[Robert Murphy (mathematician)|Robert Murphy]] (1806–1843), mathematician and physicist.<ref name="DNB">{{cite DNB|wstitle=Murphy, Robert|volume=39}}</ref> |
*[[Robert Murphy (mathematician)|Robert Murphy]] (1806–1843), mathematician and physicist.<ref name="DNB">{{cite DNB|wstitle=Murphy, Robert|volume=39}}</ref> |
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*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Tinley Park, Illinois|Tinley Park]], |
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Tinley Park, Illinois|Tinley Park]], Illinois, United States<ref>{{cite web | url = https://ie.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/policy-history/sister-cities/ | publisher = US Embassy in Ireland | website = ie.usembassy.gov | title = Sister Cities | access-date = 13 August 2020 | archive-date = 25 December 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181225082042/https://ie.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/policy-history/sister-cities/ | url-status = live }}</ref> |
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*{{flagicon|France}} [[Tréguier|Landreger]], [[Côtes-d'Armor]], [[Brittany (administrative region)|Brittany]], France{{citation needed|date=August 2020}} |
*{{flagicon|France}} [[Tréguier|Landreger]], [[Côtes-d'Armor]], [[Brittany (administrative region)|Brittany]], France{{citation needed|date=August 2020}} |
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* [https://sites.rootsweb.com/~irlmahs/mric.htm Record of RIC casualties from the Mallow area 1916-22] accessed 11 June 2021 |
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Mallow
Mala (Irish) | |
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Town | |
Motto(s): Latin: Per Ignem et Aquam (Through Fire and Water) | |
Coordinates: 52°07′52″N 8°38′29″W / 52.131°N 8.6415°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Munster |
County | Cork |
Area | |
• Urban | 8.2 km2 (3.2 sq mi) |
Elevation | 74 m (243 ft) |
Population | |
• Town | 13,456 |
• Density | 1,517.9/km2 (3,931/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC±0 (WET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (IST) |
Eircode routing key | P51 |
Telephone area code | +353(0)22 |
Irish Grid Reference | W549982 |
Website | mallow |
Mallow (/ˈmæloʊ/; Irish: Mala[3]) is a town in County Cork, Ireland, approximately thirty-five kilometres north of Cork. Mallow is in a townland and civil parish of the same name, in the barony of Fermoy.[3]
It is the administrative centre of north County Cork, and the Northern Divisional Offices of Cork County Council are located in the town. Mallow is part of the Cork North-Central Dáil constituency after being moved from the Cork East Dáil Constituency in 2023.[4]
Name
[edit]The earliest form of the name is Magh nAla, meaning "plain of the stone".[3] In the anglicisation "Mallow", -ow originally represented a reduced schwa sound (/ˈmælə/), which is now however pronounced as a full vowel /oʊ/.[5] In 1975, Mala—a shortening of Magh nAla—was among the first Irish placenames adopted by statute,[6] on the advice of the Placenames branch of the Ordnance Survey of Ireland.[7][8]
In the Annals of the Four Masters, compiled in the 1630s, Magh nAla is misrepresented as Magh Eala, the County Donegal-based authors being insufficiently familiar with County Cork places.[9] P.W. Joyce in 1869 surmised that in Magh Eala [sic], Ealla referred to the river Blackwater, and connected the name to the nearby barony of Duhallow.[9] Professor T. F. O'Rahilly in 1938 interpreted Magh Eala as "plain of the swans".[9] This false etymology remains widely cited and has caused resentment by some of the official Mala as being a gratuitous simplification of Magh Eala.[9] However, the name Mala has been used in Irish for more than 300 years.[3]
History
[edit]Evidence of pre-historic settlement is found in Beenalaght (13.6 km/8.5 miles south-west of Mallow), where an alignment of six standing stones lie on a hill to the west of the Mallow-Coachford Road.[10] (grid ref: 485 873, Latitude: 52.035818N Longitude: 8.751181W).[11]
The first Mallow Castle was first built in 1185 on the orders of King John.
Williamite War in Ireland (1690)
[edit]On 16 September 1690, shortly after the failed Siege of Limerick but before the Siege of Cork, Colonel Moritz Melchior von Donop, commanding of the second regiment of Danish cavalry, reconnoitred Mallow and destroyed the bridge. He reported encountering a group of Jacobite raparees in Mallow, perhaps 3000 strong.[12] Following his return Major General Ernst von Tettau and Major General Scravenmore devised a ruse whereby a small force of 100 cavalry and 50 dragoons was detached from the overall force of 1200 Horse, 300 Dragoons, and 2 Companies of Danish Foot. These acted as bait and successfully lured out the Jacobites commanded by Patrick Sarsfield, 1st Earl of Lucan and routing them, with 300 raparees dead. Some accounts claim that only Sarsfield and five companions escaped the battle.[13]
Irish War of Independence
[edit]During the Irish War of Independence, the town served as the headquarters of the North Cork Militia (also known as North Cork Rifles), a unit in the Irish Republican Army (IRA). On 27 September, IRA commanders Ernie O'Malley and Liam Lynch led the Cork No. 2 Brigade in an attack against the military barracks in Mallow, which was garrisoned by elements of the 17th Lancers. The successful attack saw the IRA capture large quantities of firearms and ammunition, partially burning the barracks in the process. In reprisal, angered soldiers from Buttevant and Fermoy went on a rampage in Mallow, burning several main street premises, including the town hall and creamery, on the next day.[14][15][16]
In February 1921, the IRA killed the wife of RIC Captain W. H. King during a botched assassination attempt on her husband near the Mallow railway station. In retaliation, a detachment of the Black and Tans briefly occupied the station, arresting and killing three of its occupants- Patrick Devitt, Daniel Mullane and Denis Bennett, all of whom were railway workers. The killings prompted an industrial action by the National Railworkers Union in Britain and Ireland.[17][18]
Geography
[edit]Mallow lies on the River Blackwater, and developed as a defensive settlement protecting an important fort on the river. Mallow, as with other parts of North Cork, is in an area "likely to have high radon levels".[19] A 2007 reading, at one building in the town, was one of the highest levels of the gas ever found in Ireland, being more than 60 times above the acceptable limit.[19][20]
Demography
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1821 | 4,114 | — |
1831 | 5,229 | +27.1% |
1841 | 6,851 | +31.0% |
1851 | 5,439 | −20.6% |
1861 | 4,841 | −11.0% |
1871 | 4,165 | −14.0% |
1881 | 4,439 | +6.6% |
1891 | 4,366 | −1.6% |
1901 | 4,542 | +4.0% |
1911 | 4,452 | −2.0% |
1926 | 4,562 | +2.5% |
1936 | 4,948 | +8.5% |
1946 | 5,215 | +5.4% |
1951 | 5,583 | +7.1% |
1956 | 5,729 | +2.6% |
1961 | 5,649 | −1.4% |
1966 | 5,845 | +3.5% |
1971 | 6,506 | +11.3% |
1981 | 7,482 | +15.0% |
1986 | 7,685 | +2.7% |
1991 | 7,521 | −2.1% |
1996 | 7,768 | +3.3% |
2002 | 8,937 | +15.0% |
2006 | 10,241 | +14.6% |
2011 | 11,605 | +13.3% |
2016 | 12,459 | +7.4% |
2022 | 13,456 | +8.0% |
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As of the 2016 census, the town had a population of 12,459.[1] In the same census the population was reportedly made up of 76% white Irish, 1% white Irish travellers, 12% other white ethnicities, 4% black, 2% Asian, 2% other, with 3% not stating their ethnicity.[26]
Economy
[edit]Irish statesmen such as Thomas Davis and William O'Brien were both born in Mallow in the 19th century. The main street in Mallow is called Davis Street (although commonly referred to as Main Street), and joins with William O'Brien Street outside Mallow Town Hall. At the point where Davis Street meets O'Brien Street there is a monument to J.J. Fitzgerald, a little-known local politician who was involved in establishing both Mallow Urban District Council and Cork County Council.[27]
The town developed an industrial base in the early 20th century, based largely on its agricultural capability, with dairy produce and sugar beet supplying a sugar factory, operated by Greencore.[28]
Transport and communications
[edit]Road
[edit]Mallow lies at the convergence of several important routes: National Primary Route 20 (N20) north-south road between Cork (35 km) and Limerick (70 km), National Secondary Route 72 (N72) east-west between Dungarvan (51.5 km) and Killarney (41.5 km), National Secondary Route 73 (N73) northeast to Mitchelstown and the M8 motorway (21 km).
Bus
[edit]Mallow is a stop on the Bus Éireann 51 bus service from Cork to Galway and 243 bus service from Cork to Newmarket service. Mallow is also serviced by the TFI Local Link buses, connecting the town with Fermoy, Mitchelstown and Charleville via three separate routes, with stops in intermediary villages.[citation needed]
Rail
[edit]The Mallow railway viaduct which straddles the Blackwater, commonly known as the "Ten Arch Bridge", was bombed and destroyed during the Irish Civil War. It was rapidly rebuilt in girder form due to its importance in connecting the Cork, Tralee and Dublin lines. An additional line east through Fermoy and Lismore to the Waterford South station closed in 1967. Mallow railway station was opened on 17 March 1849 by the Great Southern and Western Railway.[29] It is served by trains to via Limerick Junction to Dublin Heuston, Cork and Killarney, Farranfore and Tralee.
Onward connecting trains link Mallow via Limerick Junction to Limerick, Ennis, Athenry and Galway as well as Carrick-on-Suir and Waterford.
Air
[edit]The nearest airports are Cork Airport (42.5 km), Kerry Airport (70 km) and Shannon Airport (84 km). Kerry Airport is accessible by train from Farranfore railway station.[citation needed]
There is a flying club at nearby Rathcoole Aerodrome, and a helicopter charter company in nearby Dromahane.[citation needed]
Mallow Racecourse, now known as Cork Racecourse, became an emergency airfield on 18 April 1983, when a Mexican Gulfstream II business jet piloted by Captain Reuben Ocaña made a precautionary landing. A temporary tarmacadam runway of 910 m (3,000 ft) in length which was paid for by the plane's insurers was laid to enable the aircraft to leave five weeks later. In the meantime, Captain Ocaña became a local celebrity. On 23 May 1983 just before the plane departed, the captain said his farewell to the people of Ireland in the Irish language.[30] The runway was subsequently used for parking during race meets and for learner driving. Light aircraft have occasionally landed at the racecourse on the grass area. The F3A World Model Aircraft Aerobatic Championship was held there in 2001. The 1983 incident formed the basis of the 2010 film The Runway.[31]
Sport
[edit]Founded in 1882, Mallow Rugby Club is one of the oldest rugby clubs in the country.[32] Former players include Munster Second Row Ian Nagle, who played juvenile rugby for Mallow and Ulster Prop Jerry Cronin, who played juvenile and Junior Rugby for the club.[citation needed]
The town's association football club, Mallow United Football Club, was founded in 1926 and fields senior, junior, schoolboy, and schoolgirl football teams in the Munster Leagues.[33]
The local racecourse, Cork Racecourse, now renamed "Cork Racecourse Mallow",[34] plays host to large horse racing events.
Mallow GAA is the town's GAA club, and fields teams in hurling and Gaelic football. The club won the 2017 Cork Premier Intermediate Football Championship.[35]
Mallow Golf Club, founded in 1947, is located just outside Mallow and has 18 holes.[36] Mallow AC is a local running club.[37]
Amenities
[edit]Mallow is home to a branch of the Gate Cinema as well as a county library with an exhibition space.[citation needed] Other community amenities include a youth centre and a public swimming pool. The town also has several gyms and pubs. A farmers' market is held in the grounds of St James' Church on Friday mornings. Mallow Castle also hosts seasonal events.[citation needed]
People
[edit]- Sister Celeste Bowe (1931–1976), Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul nun and nurse was born in Newberry, Mallow[38]
- Elaine Crowley (b.1977), television presenter from Newtwopothouse near Mallow[39]
- Thomas Osborne Davis (1814–1845), nationalist, politician, author, poet and author of the rebel song "A Nation Once Again", was born here.[40]
- Carl Dodd (1942–2018), Irish Army officer who served as Chief of Staff of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) from 2002 to 2004, was born in Mallow.[citation needed]
- Donovan (b.1946), singer born in Scotland who now lives near Mallow[41]
- John Hogan (1805–1892), a United States representative from Missouri born in Mallow.[42]
- Paul Kane (1810–1871), Canadian painter[43]
- Joe Lynch (1925–2001), actor[44]
- Joan Denise Moriarty (c.1910–1992), ballet dancer, dance teacher and musician, and niece of John Francis (below), is believed to have been born in Mallow.[45]
- John Francis Moriarty (1855–1915) Attorney General for Ireland and judge of the Irish Court of Appeal.[citation needed]
- Robert Murphy (1806–1843), mathematician and physicist.[46]
- William O'Brien (1852–1928), nationalist, journalist, agrarian agitator, social revolutionary, politician, party leader, newspaper publisher and author.[47]
- Stephen O'Flynn (b.1982), former League of Ireland and NIFL Premiership footballer[48]
- John Baptist Purcell (1800–1883), Bishop of Cincinnati from 1833 to his death.
- Richard Quain (1816–1898), physician to Queen Victoria, author of Quain's Dictionary of Medicine.
- Seán Sherlock (b.1972), Labour Party TD for Cork East Constituency, was born in Mallow[citation needed]
- Sir Edward Sullivan, 1st Baronet (1822–1885), Lord Chancellor of Ireland, was born in Mallow.[49]
International relations
[edit]Mallow is twinned with the towns of
- Tinley Park, Illinois, United States[50]
- Landreger, Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany, France[citation needed]
See also
[edit]- Metropolitan Cork
- List of towns and villages in Ireland
- Mallow (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
- The Corkman
- Davis College (Mallow)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Population Density and Area Size 2016". Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Archived from the original on 24 March 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
- ^ a b "Census 2022 | Profile 1 – Population Distribution and Movement | F1015 – Population". data.cso.ie. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Mala/Mallow". logainm.ie. Retrieved 27 May 2022. Cite error: The named reference "logainm" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ "Mallow goes to Cork North Central in 'continuity' constituency shake-up". Irish Independent. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
- ^ Gazetteer of Ireland / Gasaitéar na hÉireann. Government of Ireland. 1989. ISBN 0-7076-0076-6.
- ^ "I.R. Uimh. 133/1975 – An tOrdú Logainmneacha (Foirmeacha Gaeilge) (Uimh. 1) (Postbhailte) 1975" (in Irish). Government of Ireland. 22 July 1975. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2008.
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- ^ "Placenames Orders". Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. Archived from the original on 2 April 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2008.
- ^ "The Placenames Commission". Archived from the original on 24 September 2007. Retrieved 27 January 2008.
- ^ a b c d Ó hÚrdail, Roibeárd (1 March 1996). "Marshmallows". The Irish Times. p. 15.
- ^ Weir, A (1980). Early Ireland. A Field Guide. Belfast: Blackstaff Press. p. 113. ISBN 0-85640-212-5.
- ^ "Beenalaght". The Megalithic Portal. Archived from the original on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2008.
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External links
[edit]- Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 492. .
- Official website
- Mallow town community website
- Record of RIC casualties from the Mallow area 1916-22 accessed 11 June 2021