Abbeydorney

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name = Abbeydorney
gaeilge = Mainistir Ó dTorna
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west coord = 9.6833
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elevation = 72 m
province = Munster
county = County Kerry
town pop = 218
rural pop = 905
census yr = 2002
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Abbeydorney (Irish place name|Mainistir Ó dTorna|Monastery of the clan of Torna) is a village in County Kerry in Ireland. The name refers to the Cistercian Abbey of Kyrie Eleison which was established in 1154 and lies just north of the village. Located 9 km north of Tralee, the county town of County Kerry, Abbeydorney had a population in 2002 of 1,140 and forms part of the parish of Abbeydorney / Kilflynn.

Transport

Abbeydorney railway station serving the village opened on December 20 1880 on the line from Tralee to Limerick via Listowel. Passenger services were withdrawn on February 4 1963, although the route through Abbeydorney continued to be used by freight trains for a while before the line to Listowel was finally closed altogether in 1977 and then to Tralee 1978. The station closed on 6 February 1978. [cite web | title=Abbeydorney station | work=Railscot - Irish Railways | url=http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | accessdate=2007-09-07]

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There is a strong GAA tradition in Abbeydorney. The local hurling team have been successful in fielding many great hurlers in particular from Quality row, such as John Lynn, Johnny Glavin and Paddy Welsh. They have 4 county championships to their name, the last been in 1974, when man of the match and all round true legend "Jackie Condon" scored a hat trick of goals. It has been a great disapiontment to there followers that Abbeydorney have failed to build on from there impressive and Stylish minor championship winning team of 1999, which included such hurlers as David Nolan, John Sheehan, Edward Sheehan and Robert Murphy all of who Abbeydorney greatly miss. The ladies on the other hand have been very successful. Abbeydorney Ladies Football Club was the feeding ground for the great Kerry Ladies teams of the 80's & 90's. In more recent years they put back to back All Ireland's together. They impressively won the Junior All Ireland Club title in 2004 and remarkably followed that a year later in 2005 with a stunning All Ireland Intermediate Club title, playing very open and attractive football along the way.

People

The heavyweight boxer John L. Sullivan's father Mike Sullivan emigrated from Abbeydorney after the Famine. Mike's wife, (John's mother) the former Catherine Kelly from Athlone, County Westmeath, accompanied him.

ee also

*List of towns in Ireland

Demographics

* Abbeydorney originally had over 218 people since 2002

* This years: Abbeydorney now has over 1123 people

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