   kanturk ( - 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  from cork, blarney and limerick, and lies just north off the main n72 road,  from mallow and about  from killarney. it is a small market town, which after many years with a static population has commenced to grow again. apart from its creamery which produced casein from milk, a raw material for early plastics, its former knitwear facility now produces concrete flooring products. the town's schools include colÃ¡iste treasa and scoil mhuire. ==history== a historic site close to the town is kanturk castle, a fortified house built in 1601 for macdonagh mccarthy as a defence against english settlers.www.askaboutireland.ie  it was a limestone rubble tudor mansion four storeys high, 28 metres in length and 11 metres wide, with four towers of five storeys high and a height of 29 metres. according to legend, the castle was never completed as word of its 
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