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Dundrum village lies in the townland of the same name, one of eight in the civil parish of Ballintemple. It is in the Electoral Division of Kilpatrick, in theTransport
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Between the main street and station is an industrial and retail area which includes a former sawmill, a steelworks and other enterprises. Dundrum has a filling station, hardware store, two grocery shops (incl a deli), a butchers, post office, creche, doctors surgery, pharmacy, pub, garden centre and a number of veterinary businesses. Dundrum has a Church of Ireland church, St Mary's Church, located on the corner of the Green Road and Cashel Road. The nearest Roman Catholic church and primary school is in the neighbouring village of Knockavilla (in the parish of Knockavilla and Donaskeigh). Today there is no primary school within the village itself, the former national school on the Tipperary Road having closed in the 1960s. The school house in Dundrum village was linked to the Church of Ireland church, and the building also housed the village court house. The Church of Ireland church, is a legacy of the former landlord, ( Cornwallis Maude, Viscount Hawarden) efforts to build a planned village in the 1800s together with the aforementioned railway station and the now restored as dwellings former, Royal Irish Constabulary (later Garda) station. The planned village saw the move of the Parish of Ballintemple and the building of a new church at the current location on the corner of the Cashel road and Green road on the edge of the village. The former rectory on the Cashel Road into Dundrum was sold in the late 1970s, when the Parish of Ballintemple became part of a group of parishes with Tipperary Parish. This group of parishes later became a Union with Cashel. The rectory building then became a hotel, which was later closed. Just outside the village on the Dundrum to Tipperary town Road there is the "Marl Bog", known locally as the Duck Pond. This mixed wooded area has a number of walking trails.Sports
The local GAA club is Knockavilla–Donaskeigh Kickhams GAA, whose grounds are in the village. There is a running track, which is used by the villages athletic club, Dundrum Athletics. A scout hall is located beside the running track, the village is also home to Dundrum International Scouts Campsite located near the village in bishop's wood. Dundrum Athletic Club is the local athletics club. The club was formed in 1960 and celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2010. The club uses the local forestry, roads and the scout centre in the village for training. The club invested in a 250-meter floodlight gritted athletics track, long jump, high jump and shot put area. The club held the title of County and Munster Novice and Intermediate Club Cross Country Champions in 2010.Famous horse
A Connemara gelding called 'Dundrum' ridden by Tommy Wade was a notable champion showjumper. Local farmer Jack Ryan of Gurtussa owned the horse when its talent was recognised. He passed through several owners until coming to the stables of Tommy Wade of Goold's Cross and from there it went on to jump in places like the RDS. Though small in stature in keeping with its Connemara pedigree, Dundrum excelled in the puissance wall event in Ireland and Britain. In the early 1960s, Dundrum won several events, including at Wembley. Dundrum was mentioned in a discourse inDundrum meteorite
On 12 August 1865 a meteorite (later called "Dundrum") was observed falling in Clonoulty, about north of Dundrum Village. The meteorite was an ordinary chondrite H5 and it is currently stored at the Natural History Museum in London. It was the last meteorite rock recovered in Ireland until 1999, when parts of the Leighlinbridge meteorite were located in Leighlinbridge,People
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