What is "lombardstown"

Lombardstown is a village seven miles from the town of Mallow in County Cork, Ireland. It takes its name from the Lombard family who came to Ireland from Lombardy in Northern Italy in the Middle Ages and became rich and prominent, with branches of the family in Waterford and Cork.

It has a Co-op and a post office. Its main employer is the mill. For generations many locals used to gather at this mill while waiting for their supply of flour to be dispatched. This gave these locals the opportunity to discuss the features and benefits of the flours as they waited for their flour to be processed and bagged. To this day the locals still use the popular saying ...' I baked that from the mill '... when discussing the fruits of their baking. The iced cherry bun is a favourite locally and beyond.