The American Cyclopædia (1879)/Cork (Ireland) |←Cork (bark)||The
American Cyclopædia |Edition of 1879. See also County Cork and
Cork (city) on Wikipedia, and the disclaimer.| CORK. I. The
southernmost county of Ireland, in the province of Munster,
bounded N. by the county Limerick, E. by Waterford and
Tipperary, S. by St. George's channel, and W. by Kerry; area,
2,873 sq. m.; pop. in 1871, 516,046 (in 1841, 773,398). The W.
part is hilly, the N. and E. remarkably fertile. The county is
larger and has more arable land than any other in Ireland. It is
watered by the Lee, Blackwater, Bandon, and smaller streams,
none of which are here navigable to any great distance. The
coast is broken by fine bays and inlets, affording excellent
anchorage, and there are several islands belonging to this
county. Iron, copper, and coal mines, manganese, fullers' earth,
brick clay, and limestone exist. The iron mines are no longer
worked, but those of copper at Allahies, in the extreme west,
are the richest in Ireland. The climat