Lombardstown
Lombardstown (Irish: Baile Lombaird)[1] is a village seven miles from 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 | |
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Village | |
  Lombardstown Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°07′07.48″N 08°46′55.12″W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Cork |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
It has a co-op and a post office. Its main employer is the mill. For generations many locals used to gather at this mill while waiting for their supply of flour to be dispatched.
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.
References
- "Placenames Database of Ireland". Retrieved 22 September 2012.
- BBC News: Rural Ireland 'dying' as post offices close. 2 January 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2009.