Fermoy Mainistir Fhear Maigh
Seasaigí Go Buan Let us stand forever
Location
WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 52°08′31″N 8°16′34″W / 52.142022, -8.276138
Irish Grid Reference W808987
Statistics
Province:	Munster
County:	Cork
Elevation:	72 m (236 ft)
Population (2006)  - Town:  - Rural:	2,275  3,598
Website: www.fermoytowncouncil.ie

Fermoy (Irish: Mainistir Fhear Maí) in County Cork, Ireland is a town of some 5,800 inhabitants, environs included (2006 census), situated on the River Blackwater in the south of Ireland. The name of the town comes from the Irish and refers to a Cistercian abbey founded in the 12th century and a ford on the Blackwater, around which the town grew up. At the dissolution of the monasteries during the Tudor period, the abbey and its lands passed through the following dynasties: Viscount Roche of Fermoy, Sir Richard Grenville; Robert Boyle, Scientist ("Boyles Law"); and William Forward. Fermoy today still retains the religious tradition and two orders are currently educating the young: Presentation Sisters and Loreto Sisters. Bullet for locations in Ireland, displays location and not area. ... Image File history File links Ireland_map_County_Cork_Magnified. ... GPS redirects here. ... The Irish national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Ireland. ... When under Gaelic rule, Ireland was divided into provinces to replace the earlier system of the túatha. ... Statistics Area: 24,607. ... For much of its history, the island of Ireland was divided into 32 counties (Irish language contae or condae, pronounced IPA: ). Two historical counties, County Desmond and County Coleraine, no longer exist, while several county names have changed. ... Statistics Province: Munster County Town: Cork Code: C (CK proposed) Area: 7,457 km² Population (2006) 480,909 (including City of Cork); 361,766 (without Cork City) Website: www. ... Elevation histogram of the surface of the Earth – approximately 71% of the Earths surface is covered with water. ... Statistics Province: Munster County Town: Cork Code: C (CK proposed) Area: 7,457 km² Population (2006) 480,909 (including City of Cork); 361,766 (without Cork City) Website: www. ... The Blackwater or Munster Blackwater is a river which flows through counties Kerry, Cork, and Waterford in the Republic of Ireland. ... The Order of Cistercians (OCist) (Latin Cistercenses), otherwise Gimey or White Monks (from the colour of the habit, over which is worn a black scapular or apron) are a Catholic order of monks. ... Bold textTHIS IS THE PAGE THAT A.S. REALLY NEEDS!! THIS IS NOW MARKED!!! ] ps i like A.O. This article is about an abbey as a Christian monastic community. ... (11th century - 12th century - 13th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century was that century which lasted from 1101 to 1200. ... Robert Boyle (25 January 1627 – 30 December 1691) was an Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, inventor, and early gentleman scientist, noted for his work in physics and chemistry. ... The Presentation Sisters (also known as the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary) are a Roman Catholic religious order, founded in Ireland by Nano Nagle in 1775. ... The Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary are more commonly known as the Loreto (or Loretto) Sisters. ...

Grand Hotel Fermoy

Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1856x1544, 590 KB) Grand Hotel Fermoy on the Southern bank of the River Blackwater (Sarah777 00:53, 27 January 2007 (UTC)) I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1856x1544, 590 KB) Grand Hotel Fermoy on the Southern bank of the River Blackwater (Sarah777 00:53, 27 January 2007 (UTC)) I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...

History

In 1791, the lands were bought by a Scotsman, John Anderson. He was an entrepreneur who developed the roads and started the mail coach system in Ireland. He designed the town and the streets remain much the same as they were originally built. His descendants, now living in Australia, have named a wine after the town which he established.^[1] A plaque and bust in his honour were unveiled by the town park in 2001. 1791 (MDCCXCI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 11-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ...

Fermoy was the site of a major British Army barracks when Ireland was under imperial rule. By the 1830s this was the largest military establishment on the island of Ireland. In 1791 John Anderson purchased two thirds of the manor. In 1797, when the army was looking to establish a new and permanent base, Anderson gifted them the land as an inducement to locate in Fermoy. Anderson and the whole town received considerable economic benefit from that gift. In 1806 the first permanent barracks, the East Barracks, were built. They were located on 16½ acres of land and provided accommodation for 112 officers and 1478 men of infantry, and 24 officers, 120 men, and 112 horses of cavalry. A general military hospital of 130 beds was also built. In 1809 the smaller West Barracks were built which also included a 42 bed hospital. When both barracks were complete there was accommodation for 14 field officers, 169 officers, 2816 men, and 152 horses. The town of Fermoy expanded around these facilities and retained its British military facilities until 1922, when the Irish Free State was first established. The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the prior state. ...

During the War of Independence, Fermoy was the scene of the first of the British government reprisals, when soldiers of the East Kent Regiment and members of the Royal Flying Corps looted and then burnt the main shops of the town, after one soldier had been killed and his companions relieved of their weapons (on their way to church) by the local IRA the day before under the command of local IRA Commandant Michael Fitzgerald An Irish War of Independence memorial in Dublin The Anglo-Irish War (also known as the Irish War of Independence) was a guerrilla campaign mounted against the British government in Ireland by the Irish Republican Army under the proclaimed legitimacy of the First Dáil, the extra-legal Irish parliament... The United Kingdom is a unitary state and a democratic constitutional monarchy. ... The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) had a history dating back to 1572 and was one of the oldest regiments in the British Army being the 3rd Regiment of Foot. ... The Royal Flying Corps (RFC) was the over-land air arm of the British military during most of World War I. // Formed by Royal Warrant on 13 May 1912, the RFC superseded the Air Battalion of the Royal Engineers. ... This article is about the historical army of the Irish Republic (1919–1922) which fought in the Irish War of Independence 1919–21, and the Irish Civil War 1922–23. ... Michael Fitzgerald was a member of the Irish Republican Army who died on Hunger strike at Cork Jail in October 1920. ...

Economy

• Industries in Fermoy include electronics manufacturing- companies include Sanmina-SCI Corporation & FCI Connectors.
• Other local industries include Silver Pail, an ice-cream manufacturing plant and Micro Bio, a chemical producer.
• Moorepark is one of the Irish Government's Argicultural research institutes, which is also located in Fermoy, as is Power Product manufacturer Anderson Power.
• BUPA Ireland has its call centre in Fermoy, but this was due to close as part of BUPA's withdrawal from the Irish Health Insurance market.^[2] However, on January 31 2007, Sean Quinn announced he would take over BUPA's Irish Healthcare Business and has since renamed the business Quinn Healthcare.^[3]
• On January 23 2007, FCI Connectors announced it would be ceasing manufacturing in their Fermoy Plant.^[4]

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Tourism

Fermoy is in a very scenic location, in the Blackwater valley, nestled at the foot of the Galtee Mountains. The Blackwater river is the town's major tourist attraction, attracting fishermen, mainly from England. The river is abundant with salmon, which can be seen leaping up the salmon steps on the weir. The Galtee Mountains are a mountain range in Munster, located in Irelands Golden Vale across parts of counties Limerick, Tipperary and Cork. ...

Transport & communications

• The town is on the main N8 Cork–Dublin road. The bridge in the town was a major bottle neck on the Cork–Dublin route, but work is now finished on the M8 motorway bypass including a new bridge to the east of the town.
• The town used to be connected to the Irish railway system, on a line from Mallow to Waterford, with a junction to nearby Mitchelstown (see Irish railway history).
• Nearest airport Cork International Airport

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Famous Inhabitants

• Fermoy is home to famous Irish dancer Michael Flatley.

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Books written about Fermoy and surroundings

• To die by inches: An account of the Fermoy Poor Law Union during the Great Famine, 1845-1850 by Edward Garner (First Published 1986)
• Crichad an Chaoilli: Being the Topography of Ancient Fermoy by Patrick Power (First Published 1932) (University College Cork)
• Fermoy: A local history by Niall Brunicardi (First Published 1975)
• John Anderson of Fermoy, the forgotten benefactor by Niall Brunicardi (First Published 1983)
• A sketch of the Blackwater, from Youghal to Fermoy by Samuel Hayman (First Published 1860)
• Fermoy, 1841 to 1890: A local history by Niall Brunicardi (First Published 1978)
• The diary of Wilfrid Saxby Barham, captain "The Buffs," during the great war 1914-1915: Fermoy-Dover-Armentieres-Ypres by Wilfrid Saxby Barham (First Published 1918)
• A sense of Fermoy by J.J. Bunyan (First Published 1983)

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See also

• List of towns in the Republic of Ireland

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References

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External links

• Fermoy Website
• Paudie McGrath's Fermoy Website
• Fermoy Business Association
• Fermoy Toastmasters
• Fermoy Cycling Club Website
• Fermoy GAA Website
• Fermoy Scouts Website