Abbeydorney

Abbeydorney (Mainistir Ó dTorna in Irish) is a village in County Kerry in the Republic of Ireland. The name, meaning Monastery of the clan of Torna, refers to the Cistercian Abbey of Kyrie Eleison which was established in 1154 and lies just north of the village.

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Irish - County Kerry - Republic of Ireland - Cistercian - 1154

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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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Tralee - County Kerry - 2002

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A railway station serving the village opened in 1880 on the line from Tralee to Limerick via Listowel. Passenger services were withdrawn in 1963, although the route through Abbeydorney continued to be used by freight trains for a while before the line to Listowel was finally closed altogether in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 that to Tralee in 1978.

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Railway station - 1880 - Tralee - Limerick - Listowel - 1963 - 1977 - 1978

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The heavyweight boxer John L. Sullivans father Mike Sullivan immigrated from Abbeydorney after the Famine.

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2 sets of wind turbines operate in a wind farm at Leith, Abbeydorney one producing 15MW and the other 6.8MW of electric power.

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Wind turbines - Wind farm - MW

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