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KILMALLOCK

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 797 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KILMALLOCK  , a

market
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town of county
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Limerick, Ireland, in the east
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parliamentary division, 1244 M . S.W. of
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Dublin by the
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Great
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Southern & Western main
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line . Pop . (1901), 1206 . It commands a natural route (now followed by the railway) through the hills to the south and south-west, and is a site of great
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historical
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interest . It received a charter in the reign of
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Edward III., at which time it was walled and fortified, and entered by four gates, two of which remain . It was a military
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post of importance in Elizabeth's reign, but its fortifications were for the most
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part demolished by order of Cromwell . Two castellated mansions are still to be seen . The church of St Peter and St Paul belonged to a former abbey, and has a tower at the north-west corner which is a converted round tower . The Dominican Abbey, of the 13th century, has Early
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English remains of great beauty and a tomb to Edmund, the last of the White Knights, a branch of the
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family of Desmond intimately connected with Kilmallock, who received their title from Edward III. at the
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battle of Halidon Hill . The foundation of Kilmallock, however, is attributed to the Geraldines, who had several towns in this vicinity . Eight miles from the town is Lough Gur, near which are numerous stone circles and other remains .

Kilmallock returned two members to the Irish

parliament .

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