Kildorrery
Kildorrery
Cill Dairbhre | |
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Village | |
Kildorrery lies on theN73 roadin North Cork | |
Coordinates:52°14′46″N08°25′37″W/ 52.24611°N 8.42694°W | |
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 roadfromMallowtoMitchelstownand theR512fromKilmallocktoFermoy.Kildorrery is part of theCork EastDáil constituency.
The village, which sits on a hilltop plateau, overlooks the surrounding area.[3]To the east are theGaltee MountainsandKnockmealdown Mountains,withSlievenamonin the distance. To the north the Ballyhouras – theLimerickroad is flanked by two mountains, Castlegale andCarrigeenamronety Hill(Carraigín na mBróinte). To the south, across theBlackwater Valley,are the Nagle mountains.[citation needed]
History
[edit]Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number ofringfortsites in thetownlandsof 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]
Economy and culture
[edit]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]
Education
[edit]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]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Local population data published following Census 2016".avondhupress.ie.18 May 2017.Retrieved17 April2020.
- ^"Cill Dairbhre / Kildorrery".logainm.ie.Placenames Database of Ireland.Retrieved10 June2023.
- ^abcVolume Three - North Cork(PDF).Cork County Development Plan 2022(Report). Cork County Council. 2022. p. 79.Retrieved10 June2023.
- ^"CO018".Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork.Dublin: Government Stationery Office. 2000.
- ^"The History of Kildorrery".kildorrerycommunity.ie.Kildorrery Community Development Limited.Retrieved10 June2023.
- ^"Saint Bartholomew's Church, Main Street, Scart, Kildorrery, Cork".buildingsofireland.ie.National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.Retrieved10 June2023.
- ^"Hillfest is set to return this July to Kildorrery".The Corkman.24 March 2018.Retrieved16 October2023.
- ^"Scart, Cork".buildingsofireland.ie.National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.Retrieved10 June2023.
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