Orrery, Co. Cork

Mathematical Gazetteer of the British Isles

The planetary model called an orrery was named for Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery, c1713. Orrery is the name of a barony in the north of County Cork, also known as the Barony of Orrery and Killmore. There is no town or village of either name - they may be the names of castles or some geographic features - it is the area north of Mallow to the Limerick border and includes the towns of Rath Luirc (= Charleville) and Buttevant. Indeed Charleville was founded by Roger Boyle, the first Earl of Orrery, in c1659 and he built a mansion there, but it was burnt down by the Duke of Berwick in 1690. (My thanks to Roy Foster and Maria Woods for the ___location of Orrery.) The 1st Earl was the grandfather of the 4th Earl and was a notable figure in Irish affairs.

The Mathematical Gazetteer of the British Isles was created by David Singmaster.
The original site is at THIS LINK.