Charleville

Charleville is a town in north County Cork, Ireland. It lies in the Golden Vale, on a tributary of the River Maigue, near the border with County Limerick. Charleville is at the N20 road and is the second-largest town between Limerick and Cork Mallow is the most important. The Roman Catholic parish of Charleville is within the Diocese of Cloyne. Significant industries inside the city encompass Kerry Co-Op and the construction and offerings sectors.

The old call for the vicinity changed into Rathcogan, later Rathgogan or Rathgoggan, the ultimate nevertheless the call of the civil parish across the city. The name manner Cogan's rath ringfort, after the circle of relatives of Miles de Cogan, granted lands there after the 12th-century Norman invasion. The new metropolis started by way of Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery in 1661 was named Charleville after Charles II, who have been restored to the throne the previous year. Charleville became based in 1661 by Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery. Roger Boyle had been a supporter of Oliver Cromwell inside the English Civil War. When King Charles II became restored in 1660, he needed to prove his loyalty to the crown. He did this by using naming Charleville after the English king.