Kildorrery () is a village in north
County Cork,
Ireland. It lies at the crossroads of the
N73 road
The N73 road is a national secondary road in Ireland. It is made up entirely of single carriageway with few overtaking opportunities and only a small amount of hard shoulder.
Route
It runs roughly east–west from its junction with the M8 mot ...
from
Mallow to
Mitchelstown and the
R512 from
Kilmallock to
Fermoy.
This hilltop village has views to the east of 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 (''Carraigín na mBróinte''). To the south, across the
Blackwater Valley
Blackwater Valley is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Sandhurst in Berkshire and Blackwater in Hampshire.
The River Blackwater runs through the site, which also has wet valley alder wood, swamp and alluvial meadows. ...
are the Nagle mountains, and to the west towards
County Kerry
County Kerry ( gle, Contae Chiarraí) is a county in Ireland. It is located in the South-West Region and forms part of the province of Munster. It is named after the Ciarraige who lived in part of the present county. The population of the co ...
the Paps are sometimes visible.
The village hosts an annual food fair in which local families (of various nationalities) allow people to sample the cuisine of their native countries.
The town has been the subject of a number of environmental concerns in the recent past including proposals for a municipal
landfill
A landfill site, also known as a tip, dump, rubbish dump, garbage dump, or dumping ground, is a site for the disposal of waste materials. Landfill is the oldest and most common form of waste disposal, although the systematic burial of the waste ...
at
Ballyguyroe
Ballyguyroe (Irish ''Baile an Ghaill Rua'', Town of the Red Foreigner/Frenchman/Norman. Spellings also in use: ''Ballinguyroe'' and ''Ballinguiroe''. Pronounced locally as ''"Ballinguyroo"''), North and South are rural townlands of Farahy in the ...
in 2001, and applications to
An Bord Pleanála in 2004 and 2008 to place a landfill in the
Ballyhoura Mountains
The Ballyhoura Mountains ( ga, An Sliabh Riabhach) are located in south-east County Limerick and north-east County Cork in central Munster, running east and west for about 6 miles on the borders of both counties.
Features
The southern part of th ...
near the village. Kildorrery is part of the
Cork East Dáil constituency.
Economy
The local economy is based on agriculture. There is a large
horticultural business, a national haulage firm and several small family run pubs and shops.
Education
The school on Fermoy Road was constructed in 1977 replacing the two-roomed "Old School" formerly known as Scart National School built at the height of the
Great Famine in 1847.
See also
*
List of towns and villages in Ireland
*
Bowen's Court, a former nearby country house
References
Towns and villages in County Cork
Civil parishes of County Cork
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