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FERMOY

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 278 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FERMOY , a See also:

market See also:town in the See also:east See also:riding of Co. See also:Cork, See also:Ireland, in the See also:north-east See also:parliamentary See also:division, 21 M. by road N.E. of Cork, and 14 M. E. of See also:Mallow by a See also:branch of the See also:Great See also:Southern & Western railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 6126. It is situated on the See also:river See also:Blackwater, which divides the town into two parts, the larger of which is on the southern See also:bank, and there the See also:trade of the town, which is chiefly in See also:flour and agricultural produce, is mainly carried on. The town has several See also:good streets and some noteworthy buildings. Of the latter, the most prominent are the military See also:barracks on the north bank of the river, the See also:Protestant See also:church, the See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:cathedral and St See also:Colman's Roman Catholic See also:college. Fermoy See also:rose to importance only at the beginning of the loth See also:century, owing entirely to the devotion of See also:John See also:Anderson, a See also:citizen, on becoming landlord. The town is a centre for See also:salmon and See also:trout fishing on the Blackwater and its tributary the Funshion. The neighbouring scenery is attractive, especially in the Glen of Araglin, once famed for its ironworks.

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