Ballydesmond
Ballydesmond, formerly Kingwilliamstown, is a rural village in County Cork, Ireland. It lies on the Blackwater River on the Cork–Kerry border. The Ballydesmond quarry is an area of geological interest, containing the best example of tundra forest polygons found in Ireland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 210 residents
- Description: village in Munster, Ireland
- Historically known as: “Kingwilliamstown”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kiskeam and Knocknagree.
Kiskeam
Village
Kiskeam or Kishkeam is a village in north-west County Cork, Ireland. It is in the civil parish of Kilmeen in the Barony of Duhallow. Kiskeam is within the Cork North-West Dáil constituency. It is around 35 km west of Mallow, and 55 km north-west of Cork city. Kiskeam is situated 5 km east of Ballydesmond.
Knocknagree
Village
Photo: Adrian King, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Knocknagree is a village in north-west County Cork in Ireland. Located on the R582 regional road it is 5 km north of Rathmore. It is approximately one mile from the Cork-Kerry border, and looks south towards the Blackwater River. Knocknagree is situated 7 km south of Ballydesmond.
Gneeveguilla
Village
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Gneeveguilla, officially Gneevgullia, is a small village in the Sliabh Luachra region of East County Kerry, Ireland. It lies about 19 km east of Killarney, close to the County Kerry/County Cork border. Gneeveguilla is situated 8 km south of Ballydesmond.
Ballydesmond
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.18017° or 52° 10′ 49″ northLongitude
-9.23701° or 9° 14′ 13″ westPopulation
210Elevation
213 metres (699 feet)United Nations Location Code
IE BYDOpen location code
9C4G5QJ7+35OpenStreetMap ID
node 1423985988OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Ballydesmond” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Ballydesmond”
- Bulgarian: “Балйдесмонд”
- Cebuano: “Ballydesmond”
- Dutch: “Ballydesmond”
- Irish: “Baile Deasumhan”
- Russian: “Баллидесмонд”
- Spanish: “Ballydesmond”
- Swedish: “Ballydesmond”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ballydesmond Post Office and Ballydesmond Parish Cemetery.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ballydesmond”. Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.