Kilcormac
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| Kilcormac Cill Chormaic |
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| Irish grid reference N181141 |
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| Province: | Leinster | |
| County: | Offaly | |
| Elevation: | 75m | |
| Population (2002) - Town: - Environs: |
879 1,296 |
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Kilcormac (Irish: Cill Chormaic) is a village in County Offaly, Ireland, located on the N52 at its junction with the R437 regional road, between the towns of Tullamore and Birr.
Kilcormac used to be called Frankford. The name Kilcormac comes from the Irish Cill Chormaic. This name is based on the local patron saint - St Cormac. It is a small town whose local population were predominantly employed by Bord na Móna to work the local peat bogs. Kilcormac is in the foothills of the Slieve Bloom Mountains. The Silver River flows through the village.
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