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Ballydesmond
Baile Deasumhan | |
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  Ballydesmond Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°11′N 9°14′W / 52.183°N 9.233°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Cork |
| Population | 210 |
Ballydesmond (Irish: Baile Deasumhan), formerly Kingwilliamstown,[2] is a rural village in County Cork, Ireland. It lies on the Blackwater River (near its source in Menganine) 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.[3] It is located at the junction of the R577 and R578 regional roads.
- ^ "Census 2016 Sapmap Area: Settlements Ballydesmond". Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Retrieved 12 August 2018.
- ^ "Baile Deasumhan/Ballydesmond". Placenames Database of Ireland. Government of Ireland - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Dublin City University. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
- ^ Chapter 3 Archived 10 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine. (PDF) . corkcoco.ie. Retrieved on 23 April 2012.