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About Kanturk The name Kanturk is derived from the Irish Céann Tuirc which means a Boar's Head. The last Irish wild boar was reputed to have been killed in Kanturk and a plaque marks the spot at junction of Strand Street and Catherine's Lane. The wild boar is commemorated in a festival every summer. Kanturk is a market town and is situated in the Blackwater Valley. It is at the junction of two of the Blackwater's tributaries, the Allow and the Dallow, and three town-parks have developed along its banks. The present layout of the town began in the 18th century when the Earls of Egmont was given the town after the 1641 rebellion. Kanturk Castle, locally known as The Old Court, lies just outside the town and a history of this is available at the McCarthy Clann website. For further information about Kantruk and district, see http://www.duhallow.com and The Towns of Cork |