Kildorrery
Kildorrery
Cill Dairbhre | |
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Village | |
Kildorrery lies on the N73 road in County 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) | |
• Total | 357 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Kildorrery (Irish: Cill Dairbhre, meaning 'church of the oak-forest') 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. Kildorrery is part of the Cork East Dáil constituency.
The village, which sits on a hilltop plateau, overlooks the surrounding area. 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.