| Abbeydorney Mainistir Ó dTorna |
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| Irish grid reference Q853233 |
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| Province: | Munster | |
| County: | County Kerry | |
| Elevation: | 72 m | |
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Population (2002) |
218 905 |
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Abbeydorney (Irish: Mainistir Ó dTorna, meaning "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.
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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 Passenger services were withdrawn on February 4, 1963, although the route through Abbeydorney continued to be used by freight trains for a while before the line to Listowel was finally closed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.[1]
Sport
There is a strong GAA tradition in Abbeydorney. The local hurling team have won 4 County Championships, the last been in 1974, and in more recent times there minor teams have had great success, winning the minor county championship in 1999 and again in 2008.
The 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 won the Junior All Ireland Club title in 2004 and followed that a year later in 2005 by winning the All Ireland Intermediate Club title.
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 Roscommon (now Westmeath), met and married him in Boston November 6, 1856. ll.
See also
References
- ^ "Abbeydorney station". Railscot - Irish Railways. http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf. Retrieved 2007-09-07.
Hurling
Abbeydorney are renowned for there great traditions of hurling,although they have not won a title for several years.They will be challenging kilmoyley the defending champions for the neilus flynn trophy next year
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