Dromahane () is a village located south west of the town of

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on the R619 regional road. Centred on a main crossroads, the village overlooks the

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. As of the 2016 census, Dromahane had a population of 959 people. Dromahane is within of the

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of Kilshannig. There are several

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s in the area and Dromineen Castle is nearby. st Peters Church was finished in 1904 and was renovated in 1956

Transport

By road, the Dromahane junction is south of Mallow on the N20. Alternate routes from Mallow include taking the "Navigation Road" or the "Old Cork Road". Although the main rail line between Mallow and Kerry passes just to the north of the village, the nearest railway station is

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about 6 km away.

Economy

The village has two

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, ''Hickey's Beer Garden'' and ''The Russell Inn'', which is more commonly referred to as ''Corkery's Pub''. Hickey's also operates an

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. The village has just the one shop. South of Dromahane is the Dromore " Point to Point" race track, which draws crowds from all over Munster to the village for the horse racing event. Other businesses located in the village include a nursing home, a joinery, printers, electricians, hauliers, plumbers, plant hire, ironmonger and agri-contractor.

Amenities

The village has a large school primary (national) school. The nearest

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s are in Mallow town. The village also has St Peter's

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church. The local underage GAA club is called ''Thomas Russell's'' and they have their grounds in the village of

Glantane Glantane () is a village located south west of the town of Mallow, County Cork, Ireland on the L1212 local road. Glantane is within the Cork North-West (Dáil constituency). Transportation Road Glantane is situated approximately 10 km fr ...

, located west of Dromahane. There is also a tennis club in the area.

People

Thomas Russell, sometimes referred to as "the man from God knows where", was born in the village on 21 November 1767.James Grove White, Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, 1905. Historical and topographical notes, etc. on Buttevant. Page 291. He was a founding member of the

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and was hanged in 1803 in

Downpatrick Downpatrick () is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is on the Lecale peninsula, about south of Belfast. In the Middle Ages, it was the capital of the Dál Fiatach, the main ruling dynasty of Ulaid. Its cathedral is said to be the bu ...

gaol for his involvement in uprisings against the British. An old graveyard (Kilshannig) is located north of the village and this is where

Daniel O'Connell Daniel O'Connell (I) ( ga, Dónall Ó Conaill; 6 August 1775 – 15 May 1847), hailed in his time as The Liberator, was the acknowledged political leader of Ireland's Roman Catholic majority in the first half of the 19th century. His mobilizat ...

's maternal ancestors are buried. Also, the parents of

Thomas Croke Thomas William Croke D.D. (28 May 1824 – 22 July 1902) was the second Catholic Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand (1870–74) and later Archbishop of Cashel and Emly in Ireland. He was important in the Irish nationalist movement especially as a C ...

, after whom

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is named, are buried here. In his book ''Mo Sgéal Féin'', Canon Peter O'Leary (

Peadar Ua Laoghaire Father Peadar Ua Laoghaire or Peadar Ó Laoghaire (, first name locally ; 30 April 1839 – 21 March 1920), also anglicized as Peter O'Leary, was an Irish writer and Catholic priest, who is regarded today as one of the founders of modern literatu ...

) talks about Dromahane in a discussion of his ancestry. He says his mother's father, Conor O'Leary, married Nell Hickey of Dromathane (an alternate spelling). From the translation by Cyril Ó Céirnín published in 1987: :''"They had a son, Conor was his name, a very wise, very prudent man. He married one of the Hickeys, a daughter of Tadhg 'ach Aindriais, who was living over at Dromathane, on the banks of the Blackwater; the daughter was called Neill ni Taidhg. They had the full of the house of children. Siobhán was the name of one of the daughters."''

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