Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Buttevant

Buttevant, market town and par., N. co. Cork, on river Awbeg, 27 miles N. of Cork and 138 miles SW. of Dublin by rail -- par., 11,582 ac., pop. 2695; town, pop. 1409; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-days, Tuesday and Friday. Here are fine remains of an abbey, and the modernised seat of B. Castle. B. is a garrison town.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Feature Description: "market town and parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Cork IrlC
Place: Buttevant

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