Kildorrery Cill Dairbhre | |
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Village | |
 Kildorrery lies on theN73 road in North Cork | |
  Kildorrery Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates:52°14′46″N08°25′37″W / 52.24611°N 8.42694°W /52.24611; -8.42694 | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Cork |
| Population | 357 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Kildorrery (Irish:Cill Dairbhre, meaning 'church of the oak-forest')[2] is a village in northCounty Cork,Ireland. It lies at the crossroads of theN73 road fromMallow toMitchelstown and theR512 fromKilmallock toFermoy. The village is in atownland andcivil parish of the same name.[2] Kildorrery is part of theCork East Dáil constituency.
The village, which sits on a hilltop plateau, overlooks the surrounding area.[3] To the east are theGaltee Mountains andKnockmealdown Mountains, withSlievenamon in the distance. To the north the Ballyhouras – theLimerick road is flanked by two mountains, Castlegale andCarrigeenamronety Hill (Carraigín na mBróinte). To the south, across theBlackwater Valley, are the Nagle mountains.[citation needed]
Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number ofringfort sites in thetownlands of Ballynoe and Scart.[4] A ruined medieval church, within the village, dates to at least the 14th century.[5]
Bowen's Court, a former 18th century country house and home to writerElizabeth Bowen, was built in nearby Farahy.[3]
The current Roman Catholic church, builtc. 1840, is dedicated toSaint Bartholomew.[6]
Agriculture, includingdairy farming, provides much of the local employment.[3] 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.[citation needed]
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.[7]
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.[8] 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.[citation needed] Kildorrery also has a pre-school which operates from the community hall in the church grounds.[citation needed]
former national school, dated 1847 [..] two-bay gable-fronted projection added c. 1870 [..] plaque on projection reads 'Scart National School 1847' [..] the school served the Kildorrery community until it was replaced in the 1970s by a new school in the village of Kildorrery