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1. The light, waterproof, outer layers of the
bark of the stems and roots of almost all
trees and shrubs. The cork oak Quercus suber,
a native of Southern Europe and North Africa,
is cultivated in Spain and Portugal; the
outer layers of its bark provide the cork
that is used commercially.
2. Largest county of the Republic of Ireland,
in the province of Munster; county town Cork;
area 7,460 sq km/2,880 sq mi; population
(1986) 413,000. It is
agricultural, but there is also some copper
and manganese mining, marble quarrying, and
river and sea fishing. Natural gas and oil
fields are found off the south coast at
Kinsale. It includes Bantry Bay and the
village of Blarney. There is a series of
ridges and vales running NE-SW across the
county. The Nagles and Boggeraph mountains
run across the centre, separating the two
main rivers, the Blackwater and the Lee.
Towns are Cobh, Bantry, Youghal, Fermoy, and
Mallow.
3. City and seaport of county Cork, on the
river Lee, at the head of the long inlet of
Cork Harbour; population (1996) 175,000.
Cork is the second port of the Republic of
Ireland. The lower section of the harbour can
berth liners, and the town has distilleries,
shipyards, and iron foundries. St Finbarr's
7th-century monastery was the original
foundation of Cork. It was eventually settled
by Danes who were dispossessed by the English
1172.