What is "fermoy"

Fermoy is a town on the River Blackwater in east County Cork, Ireland. Its population is about 5,800, environs included (2006 census). It is located in the barony of Fermoy.

The town's name comes from the Irish and refers to a Cistercian abbey founded in the 13th century.

Fermoy is a town in County Cork, Ireland. Fermoy may also refer to:

• Fermoy (barony), County Cork; near the Irish town
• Fermoy, Minnesota, United States
• Fermoy, Ontario, Canada

• Baron Fermoy, title in the Peerage of Ireland created in 1856 for Edmond Roche
• Fermoy GAA, club based in the Irish town
• HMS Fermoy (J40), a Hunt class minesweeper of the Royal Navy that served during both World War I and World War II.

Fermoy (; formerly also Armoy) is a barony in County Cork in Ireland. It is bordered by the baronies of Orrery and Kilmore to the north-west; Duhallow to the west; Barretts to the south-west; Barrymore to the south; Condons and Clangibbon to the east; and Coshlea, County Limerick to the north. It is bounded to the south by the Nagle Mountains and the valley of the Munster Blackwater. The Ballyhoura Mountains mark the northern boundary. A tributary of the Blacckwater, the Awbeg has two branches in its upper stretches; one branch forms the northern boundary while the other near Buttevant, forms the western limit. To the east, lies another Blackwater tributary, the Funcheon. Anomalously, the namesake town of Fermoy is actually in the barony of Condons and Clangibbon. The town with the greatest population in the barony is Mallow (8578 people per Census of 2006).