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Kilmallock

County Limerick, Ireland
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About Kilmallock

Kilmallock is a city in south County Limerick, Ireland, near the border with County Cork. There is a Dominican Priory inside the metropolis and King's Castle. The stays of medieval partitions which encircled the agreement are still visible. The Dublin–Cork railway line passes with the aid of the town, however the station is now closed. The nearest teach station is in Charleville, five miles south west of Kilmallock. Saint Mocheallog constructed a church in the location in 6th or 7th century, and the town's name derives from the Irish Cill Mocheallóg meaning "the church of Mocheallog". The metropolis became of vast importance in the late medieval period, rating as one of the essential city areas in Ireland on the time. The Collegiate Church of St Peter and St Paul was constructed via 1241.

Kilmallock become positioned in a role of a few strategic importance, and in result the metropolis regularly became a goal throughout times of battle. In 1571, the city become burned by using the riot Earl of Desmond at some stage in the Desmond Rebellions. Seventy years later, throughout the Irish Confederate Wars, the Dominican Priory of Kilmallock turned into attacked and destroyed by using a Parliamentary Army below Lord Inchiquin in 1648. Its ruins are the best recognized historical landmark of Kilmallock.

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