Kanturk
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![Kanturk Unity ParkThe Unity StoneThe heart beat is the riverSky is imagination's faceWe bridge all foreverStars in universal spaceInscription on the lower plaque: This Park was open by President Mary McAleese on 7 July 1998](/Images/godic/202501/22/Unity_Stone,_Kanturk_Park,_Co._Cork1433.jpg")
![Thady Kelleher, International Champion Ploughman from Duhallow](/Images/godic/202501/22/Bronze_ploughman,_Kanturk,_Co_Cork,_Ireland1433.JPG")
Kanturk (Irish:Ceann Toirc, meaning "Boar's Head" - also the town's emblem) is a town in the north west of County Cork, Ireland. Kanturk is situated at the confluence of the rivers Allow and Dallow (also Dalua), streaming further on as tributaries into the Blackwater. It is about 50 kilometres (31 miles) from Cork, Blarney and Limerick, and lies just north off the main N72 road, 15 km (9 miles) from Mallow and about 40 km (25 miles) from Killarney.