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Ballydesmond
Baile Deasumhan | |
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  Ballydesmond Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°11′N 9°14′W / 52.183°N 9.233°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Cork |
| Population | 216 |
Ballydesmond (Irish: Baile Deasumhan), formerly Kingwilliamstown,[2] is a rural village in County Cork, Ireland. It lies on the Blackwater River (near its source in Menganine) on the Cork–Kerry border. The Ballydesmond quarry is an area of geological interest, containing the best example of tundra forest polygons found in Ireland.[3] It is located at the junction of the R577 and R578 regional roads.
- ^ "Census Interactive Map – Towns: Ballydesmond". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
- ^ "Baile Deasumhan/Ballydesmond". Placenames Database of Ireland. Government of Ireland - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Dublin City University. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
- ^ Chapter 3 Archived 10 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine. (PDF) . corkcoco.ie. Retrieved on 23 April 2012.