Kilbarry () is a

townland A townland ( ga, baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a small geographical division of land, historically and currently used in Ireland and in the Western Isles in Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of Gaelic origi ...

in the

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of Saint Anne's on the northside of Cork City in Ireland. Located close to the suburb of

Blackpool Blackpool is a seaside resort in Lancashire, England. Located on the North West England, northwest coast of England, it is the main settlement within the Borough of Blackpool, borough also called Blackpool. The town is by the Irish Sea, betw ...

, Kilbarry itself had just 56 residents in 2011. It is primarily zoned for commercial use, and an

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business park occupies 190 of the townland's 300 acres.

Delaney Rovers GAA Delaneys Rovers GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Cork, Ireland. It draws its players from the Dublin Hill area on the northside of the city. Teams are fielded in Gaelic football, hurling and camogie. The club participates in Cork GAA ...

also have a pitch at Kilbarry.

Railway halt

Formerly the site of a small rail yard and siding on the

Dublin–Cork railway line The Dublin–Cork Main Line is the main InterCity railway route in Ireland between Dublin Heuston and Cork Kent. In 2018, 3.46 million passengers travelled on the line, a 10% increase from 2017 figures. About The line is one of the longest in ...

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applied for planning permission to construct a station at Kilbarry in 2008. As of 2013, funding and planning for a number of proposed stations (including Kilbarry) had been scrapped, and by 2017 it was confirmed that the station's construction had been "permanently" "shelved". The Cork Metropolitan Area Draft Transport Strategy 2040, a public consultation document published by the National Transport Authority in May 2019, included "Blackpool/Kilbarry" as one of several possible train station locations in the area.

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{{Coord, 51.925, -8.476, display=title, region:IE_type:landmark Townlands of County Cork