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DOWNMAHON, or DUNMAHON, a parish, in the barony of FERMOY, county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER, 3 miles (N. N. W.) from Fermoy; containing 927 inhabitants. It comprises 2263 statute acres, as applotted for the county cess, and valued at £2285. 8.4. per annum; the land is chiefly in tillage and produces good crops. On the east bank of the Funcheon, near Glanworth bridge, is a large flour-mill, the produce of which is in high repute.
The parish, which is said to have formerly belonged to the abbey of Fermoy, is an impropriate rectory, in the diocese of Cloyne: the tithes amount to £300, and are entirely payable to John Nason, Esq. In the R. C. divisions it forms part of the union or district of Glanworth. Here are the remains of a castle, consisting of a square tower.
from Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837.
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The entry for Dunmahon from Griffiths Valuation 1847/64
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