{{short description|Village in County Cork, Ireland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Kildorrery |other_name = |native_name = {{lang|ga|Cill Dairbhre}} |native_name_lang = ga |nickname = |settlement_type = Village |image_skyline = Kildorrery2.JPG |imagesize = |image_caption = Kildorrery lies on the N73 road in County Cork |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |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 = <ref>{{cite web|url =https://avondhupress.ie/local-population-data-published-following-census-2016/ | publisher = | website = avondhupress.ie | title = Local population data published following Census 2016 | date = 18 May 2017| accessdate = 17 April 2020 }}</ref> |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = |timezone1 = WET |utc_offset1 = +0 | timezone1_DST = IST (WEST) | utc_offset1_DST = -1 |coordinates = {{coord|52|14|46|N|08|25|37|W|region:IE|display=inline,title}} }}
'''Kildorrery''' ({{Irish place name|Cill Dairbhre|church of the oak-forest}})<ref name=logainm>{{cite web| publisher = Placenames Database of Ireland | website = logainm.ie | title = Cill Dairbhre / Kildorrery | url = https://www.logainm.ie/1414046.aspx | accessdate = 10 June 2023 }}</ref> 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.<ref name=logainm/> Kildorrery is part of the Cork East Dáil constituency.
The village, which sits on a hilltop plateau, overlooks the surrounding area.<ref name="cocodevplan">{{cite report | url = https://www.corkcoco.ie/sites/default/files/2022-06/volume-3-north-cork.pdf | publisher = Cork County Council | work = Cork County Development Plan 2022| title = Volume Three - North Cork | page = 79 | date = 2022 | accessdate = 10 June 2023 }}</ref> 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|date=June 2023}}
==History== Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of ringfort sites in the townlands of Ballynoe and Scart.<ref>{{cite book | title = Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork | place = Dublin | publisher = Government Stationery Office | date = 2000 | chapter = CO018 }}</ref> A ruined medieval church, within the village, dates to at least the 14th century.<ref name="history">{{cite web|url = https://www.kildorrerycommunity.ie/about/history | publisher = Kildorrery Community Development Limited | website = kildorrerycommunity.ie | title = The History of Kildorrery | accessdate = 10 June 2023 }}</ref>
Bowen's Court, a former 18th century country house and home to writer Elizabeth Bowen, was built in nearby Farahy.<ref name="cocodevplan"/>
The current Roman Catholic church, built {{circa|1840}}, is dedicated to Saint Bartholomew.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/20811014/saint-bartholomews-church-main-street-scart-kildorrery-cork | publisher = National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | website = buildingsofireland.ie | title = Saint Bartholomew's Church, Main Street, Scart, Kildorrery, Cork | accessdate = 10 June 2023 }}</ref>
==Economy and culture== Agriculture, including dairy farming, provides much of the local employment.<ref name="cocodevplan"/> 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.{{fact|date=October 2023}}
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.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.independent.ie/regionals/cork/localnotes/hillfest-is-set-to-return-this-july-to-kildorrery/36730146.html | work = The Corkman | title = Hillfest is set to return this July to Kildorrery | date = 24 March 2018 | accessdate = 16 October 2023 }}</ref>
==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.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/20901812/scart-cork | publisher = National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | website = buildingsofireland.ie | title = Scart, Cork | accessdate = 10 June 2023 | quote = 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}}</ref> 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.{{fact|date=October 2023}} Kildorrery also has a pre-school which operates from the community hall in the church grounds.{{fact|date=October 2023}}
==See also== * List of towns and villages in Ireland
==References== {{reflist}}
Category:Towns and villages in County Cork Category:Civil parishes of County Cork Category:Townlands of County Cork