Killumney
Killumney (Irish: Cill na hOmnaí)[2] is a village in Ovens in County Cork, Ireland. The village is part of the Ovens/Farran Parish.[3] Killumney is part of the Dáil constituency of Cork North-West.
Killumney
Cill na hOmnaí | |
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Village | |
.jpg.webp) Pub in Killumney | |
  Killumney Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 51°52′05.99″N 08°39′32.30″W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Cork |
| Population (2016)[1] | 1,132 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
There is a newsagent's shop, a pub and a co-op store in the village. Dell EMC, a multi-national computer storage company, is based near Kilumney.
Kilumney was served by Kilumney railway station on the Cork-Macroom Railway from 1866 to 1953.
The N22 national primary road (Ballincollig bypass) links Kilumney to Cork City. The River Bride flows through the area.
The nearest school is Ovens National School, which had over 330 pupils as of 2013.[4] The local soccer club is Killumney United FC.
People
Bride Park Cottage in Killumney is the birthplace of Major General Patrick Cleburne C.S.A., the highest ranking Irishman to serve in the American Civil War.[5]
References
- "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Killumney". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. April 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- Irish Placenames Database - Killumney
- "Location of Ovens/Farran Parish". Retrieved 14 September 2012.
- "Whole School Evaluation - Ovens National School, Ovens, Co Cork" (PDF). education.ie. Department of Education. 3 May 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- "Patrick Ronayne Cleburne's Cork". Retrieved 14 September 2012.
