Mallow

Mallow, a market-town and watering-place of Ireland, is beautifully situated on the left bank of the Blackwater, 20 miles by rail N. by W. of Cork. On the opposite side of the river, which is here crossed by a bridge, is the suburb of Ballydaheen. The town is resorted to in summer on account of its tepid mineral waters, and contains a neat spa-house. Close by is the ivy-covered ruin of the castle of the Desmonds, destroyed in 1641, and the later Mallow Castle, built by Sir Denham Norreys towards the end of the 18th century. Tanning and some small manufactures are carried on. Pop. (1851) 5436; (1881) 4439; (1891) 4366. Till 1885 Mallow returned one member to the House of Commons.