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Kildorrery

Village in County Cork, Ireland

Summary

Village in County Cork, Ireland

Field	Value
name	Kildorrery
native_name	Cill Dairbhre
native_name_lang	ga
settlement_type	Village
image_skyline	Kildorrery2.JPG
image_caption	Kildorrery lies on the N73 road in County Cork
pushpin_map	Ireland
pushpin_label_position	top
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Ireland
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Ireland
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Munster
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	County Cork
unit_pref	Metric
population_total	357
population_as_of	2016
population_footnotes
timezone1	WET
utc_offset1	+0
timezone1_DST	IST (WEST)
utc_offset1_DST	-1
coordinates

Kildorrery () is a village in north County Cork, Ireland. It lies at the crossroads of the N73 road from Mallow to Mitchelstown and the R512 from Kilmallock to Fermoy. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name. Kildorrery is part of the Cork East Dáil constituency.

The village, which sits on a hilltop plateau, overlooks the surrounding area. To the east are the Galtee Mountains and Knockmealdown Mountains, with Slievenamon in the distance. To the north the Ballyhouras – the Limerick road is flanked by two mountains, Castlegale and Carrigeenamronety Hill (Carraigín na mBróinte). To the south, across the Blackwater Valley, are the Nagle mountains.

History

Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of ringfort sites in the townlands of Ballynoe and Scart. A ruined medieval church, within the village, dates to at least the 14th century.

Bowen's Court, a former 18th century country house and home to writer Elizabeth Bowen, was built in nearby Farahy.

The current Roman Catholic church, built , is dedicated to Saint Bartholomew.

Economy and culture

Agriculture, including dairy farming, provides much of the local employment. The village itself has several businesses, including a petrol station, grocery shop, fast food outlet, a bus/coach transportation service, restaurant/cafe, two pubs which present live music, several hair salons and beauticians, a bakery, sign makers/printers, a veterinarian, horticultural businesses, a haulage firm, a funeral parlour and a nursing home.

An annual festival, known as "Hillfest", takes place during the summer and is jointly run by the local community development group and by Kildorrery GAA club.

Education

Kildorrery National School on Fermoy Road was constructed in the 1970s replacing the two-roomed "Old School", formerly known as Scart National School, which was originally built in 1847. Kildorrery National School was opened in 1977, an amalgamation of Ballinguyroe and Scart National Schools. Kildorrery National School is a co-educational, Catholic primary school. There are ten full time teachers, one part time teacher and four special needs assistants in the school. As of the 2022/2023 school year, there were 195 pupils enrolled. Kildorrery also has a pre-school which operates from the community hall in the church grounds.

References

(18 May 2017). "Local population data published following Census 2016".
"Cill Dairbhre / Kildorrery". Placenames Database of Ireland.
(2022). "Volume Three - North Cork". Cork County Council.
(2000). "Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork". Government Stationery Office.
"The History of Kildorrery". Kildorrery Community Development Limited.
"Saint Bartholomew's Church, Main Street, Scart, Kildorrery, Cork". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
(24 March 2018). "Hillfest is set to return this July to Kildorrery". The Corkman.
"Scart, Cork". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.

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