Killumney () is a village in
Ovens in
County Cork,
Ireland. The village is part of the Ovens/Farran Parish. Killumney is part of the
Dáil constituency of
Cork North-West
Cork or CORK may refer to:
Materials
* Cork (material), an impermeable buoyant plant product
** Cork (plug), a cylindrical or conical object used to seal a container
***Wine cork
Places Ireland
* Cork (city)
** Metropolitan Cork, also known as G ...
.
There is a
newsagent's shop
A newsagent's shop or simply newsagent's or paper shop (British English), newsagency (Australian English) or newsstand (American and Canadian English
Canadian English (CanE, CE, en-CA) encompasses the varieties of English native to Can ...
, a pub, a co-op store and a hair salon 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. The local soccer club is Killumney United FC.
People
Bride Park Cottage in Killumney is the birthplace of Confederate Major General
Patrick Cleburne
Major-General Patrick Ronayne Cleburne ( ; March 16, 1828November 30, 1864) was a senior officer of the Confederate States Army who commanded infantry in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.
Born in Ireland, Cleburne served in the ...
, the highest-ranking Irishman to serve in the
American Civil War.
See also
*
List of towns and villages in Ireland
References
Towns and villages in County Cork
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