Mitchelstown

Mitchelstown, a market-town of County Cork, Ireland, 11 miles N. of Fermoy, became for a time a familiar name in the political war-ery 'Remember Mitchelstown.' On 9th September 1887, at a Nationalist meeting, the people refused to allow the government shorthand-writer to approach the speakers. The police endeavoured to make a way for him, but were resisted by the crowd. A riot ensued, on which the police fired, and two men were shot dead. In the immediate vicinity of the town is Mitchelstown Castle, the mansion of the Earls of Kingston, and 7½ miles to the north-east there are extensive stalactite caves, discovered in 1853. Pop. 2367.