Lombardstown

Lombardstown Irish: Baile Lombaird
County Cork
Railway line at Lombardstown
Location
Grid reference:	W466966
Location:	52°7’7"N, 8°46’55"W
Data
Local Government
Dáil constituency:	Cork North-West

Lombardstown is a village seven miles west of the town of Mallow in County Cork. 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.

The village has a co-op, a post office and is the site of a Dairygold Agri Business plant.

Outside links

• Landed Estate Database: Lombard (Lombardstown)

References

• Baile Lombaird / Lombardstown: Placenames Database of Ireland