Killumney () is a village in

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County Cork County Cork ( ga, Contae Chorcaí) is the largest and the southernmost county of Ireland, named after the city of Cork, the state's second-largest city. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. Its largest market towns a ...

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

. The village is part of the Ovens/Farran Parish. Killumney is part of the Dáil constituency of Cork North-West. There is a newsagent's shop, a pub, a co-op store and a hair salon in the village.

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, a multi-national computer storage company, is based near Kilumney. Kilumney was served by

Kilumney railway station Kilumney railway station was on the Cork and Macroom Direct Railway in County Cork, Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britai ...

on the Cork-Macroom Railway from 1866 to 1953. The N22

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(Ballincollig bypass) links Kilumney to

Cork City Cork ( , from , meaning 'marsh') is the second largest city in Ireland and third largest city by population on the island of Ireland. It is located in the south-west of Ireland, in the province of Munster. Following an extension to the city's ...

. The

River Bride The River Bride () is a river in counties Cork and Waterford in Ireland. It is a tributary of the Munster Blackwater. Rising in the Nagle Mountains, it flows eastward, passing through the towns of Rathcormac, Castlelyons, Conna and Tallow, be ...

flows through the area. The nearest school is Ovens National School, which had over 330 pupils as of 2013. The local soccer club is Killumney United FC.

People

Bride Park Cottage in Killumney is the birthplace of Confederate Major General

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, the highest-ranking Irishman to serve in the

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Towns and villages in County Cork {{Cork-geo-stub

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