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Kildorrery

*Cill Dairbhre*
Kildorrery Cill Dairbhre
Village
	Kildorrery lies on the N73 road in North Cork
	Kildorrery Location in Ireland
	Coordinates: 52°14′46″N 08°25′37″W / 52.24611°N 8.42694°W
Country	Ireland
Province	Munster
County	County Cork
Population (2016)	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 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.^[2] Kildorrery is part of the Cork East Dáil constituency.

The village, which sits on a hilltop plateau, overlooks the surrounding area.^[3] 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.^{[citation needed]}

History

Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of ringfort sites in the townlands 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 writer Elizabeth Bowen, was built in nearby Farahy.^[3]

The current Roman Catholic church, built c. 1840, is dedicated to Saint Bartholomew.^[6]

Economy and culture

Agriculture, including dairy 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

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]}

References

^ "Local population data published following Census 2016". avondhupress.ie. 18 May 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Cill Dairbhre / Kildorrery". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c Volume Three - North Cork (PDF). Cork County Development Plan 2022 (Report). Cork County Council. 2022. p. 79. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
^ "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. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
^ "Saint Bartholomew's Church, Main Street, Scart, Kildorrery, Cork". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
^ "Hillfest is set to return this July to Kildorrery". The Corkman. 24 March 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
^ "Scart, Cork". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 10 June 2023. 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