![]() ![]() Lon.) and comprises, according to the Ordnance survey, 1,725,100 statute acres, of which 1,024,340 are cultivated, and 700,760 are occupied by mountains, bogs, &c. George's Channel: it extends from 51° 12' to 52° 13' (N. "CORK, a county, of the province of MUNSTER, and the largest in Ireland, bounded on the east by the counties of Tipperary and Waterford, on the north by that of Limerick, on the west by that of Kerry, and on the south-west, south, and south-east by St. The population in 1851 amounted to 649,308, but in 1861 had decreased to 544,818, showing a diminution of 104,490 persons. is 70 miles, with an average breadth of 34 miles, comprising an area of 2,885 square miles, or 1,846,333 acres, of which 1,308,882 are arable, 465,889 uncultivated, 52,180 in plantations, 6,515 in towns, and 12,867 under water. Its length from Dursey Island, its most westerly point, to Youghal, E.N.E., is about 110 miles, and its greatest breadth from N. by the Atlantic Ocean It is the largest county in Ireland, both in extent of surface and of arable land, extending from 9° 45' to 10° 3' W. by the counties of Tipperary and Waterford, on the N. "COUNTY CORK, a maritime county in the province of Munster, in the S.W. It is very fertile, and has two considerable rivers, the Blackwater and the Lee." It sends 8 members to parliament, is divided into 232 parishes, and has about 702,000 inhabitants. long and 50 broad bounded on the W by the Kerry and the Atlantic, N by Limerick, E by Waterford, and S by St George's channel. ![]() " Cork, a county of Ireland, in the province of Munster, 80 m. ![]()
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