Editing Mallow, County Cork (section)

==Geography==
Mallow lies on the [[Munster Blackwater|River Blackwater]], and developed as a defensive settlement protecting an important ford on the river.
Mallow, as with other parts of North Cork, is in an area "likely to have high [[radon]] levels".<ref name="corkman2022">{{cite web|url = https://www.independent.ie/regionals/cork/news/new-interactive-epa-map-reveals-vast-swathes-of-cork-are-radon-hotspots/41706304.html| work = [[The Corkman]] | title = New interactive EPA map reveals vast swathes of Cork are radon 'hotspots' | date = 31 May 2022 |access-date=13 September 2023 | first = Bill | last = Browne }}</ref> A 2007 reading, at one building in the town, was one of the highest levels of the gas ever found in Ireland, being more than 60 times above the acceptable limit.<ref name="corkman2022"/><ref>{{cite news | title=Record radon levels found at Mallow office | publisher=RTÉ News | url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/0920/radon.html |access-date=17 July 2009 | date=20 September 2007 | archive-date=20 September 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100920151810/http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/0920/radon.html | url-status=live}}</ref>