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A town in Co. Cork, home to 372 people. Between 2016 and 2022, its population grew by 9%.
The car is not the only way to work here: 8% of commuters walk, cycle or use public transport. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage records 15 buildings here.
Kildorrery is too small to grade: Irish towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.
The 3 things Kildorrery does most differently from other towns.
15 buildings on the National Inventory inside Kildorrery.
The record adds 2 archaeological sites.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Kildorrery.
No part of Kildorrery is mapped as high landslide susceptibility. Only a handful of its homes, if any, sit low beside water.
| Share of homes | Kildorrery | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| On high landslide susceptibility | 0% | 0.4% | 0% |
| Low-lying near a river | 0% | 2.3% | 0.5% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
The year’s mean temperature is 10.2°C, below Co. Cork’s towns (10.8°C) and close to Irish towns (10.3°C). Kildorrery gets 1,128 mm of rain a year. In July, daytime highs in Kildorrery average 19.7°C.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Kildorrery | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 2.6°C | 3.5°C | 2.9°C |
| Average temperature over the year | 10.2°C | 10.8°C | 10.3°C |
| July high | 19.7°C | 20.0°C | 19.9°C |
| Rain a year | 1,128 mm | 1,114 mm | 937 mm |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
6.5% of residents give unpaid care to a relative or friend, above Co. Cork’s towns (5.9%) and Irish towns (5.4%) alike. Ages taken into account, Kildorrery counts 120 people with a disability for every 100 predicted. Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects 1.1% of the town.
| Census 2022 | Kildorrery | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bad or very bad health | 1.1% | 2% | 2% |
| With a disability | 26% | 24% | 22% |
| Unpaid carers | 6.5% | 5.9% | 5.4% |
| Good or very good health | 90% | 88% | 88% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
63% of households own their home, above Co. Cork’s towns (60%) and close to Irish towns (61%). Social housing holds 13% of households.
| Housing | Kildorrery | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median sale price | €231K | €350K | €350K |
| Households owning their home | 63% | 60% | 61% |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure · The price is for the postcode area P67, not the town alone: too few sales inside the town carry a full address.
Within 5 km, 1.3% of the land is protected nature, below Co. Cork’s towns (1.5%) and Irish towns (1.8%) alike. Kildorrery has 4.2 ha of green space for every 1,000 residents, about level with both Co. Cork’s towns (4.3 ha) and Irish towns (4.1 ha). 3 waymarked trails and greenways begin within 5 km.
| Outdoors | Kildorrery | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland within 1 km | 0% | 4.1% | 2.7% |
| Paths per km² of town | 0.0 km per km² | 1.8 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
| Near a park | 100% | 90% | 92% |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
There may be a drop or two today, little to measure, with wind freshening to 21 km/h and a low of 5°C. Over the coming week, Tuesday looks wettest, with about 4 mm of rain. Long-term averages for Kildorrery put November days at 11°C and November nights at 5°C.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 9°C | 3°C | 336 mm |
| Spring | 13°C | 5°C | 235 mm |
| Summer | 19°C | 11°C | 237 mm |
| Autumn | 14°C | 7°C | 319 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
76% of 15 to 64s were in work, higher than both Co. Cork’s towns (69%) and Irish towns (68%). Driving is how nearly four in five commuters got to work at the census. A trip to work takes 30 min on average.
| Census 2022 | Kildorrery | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In work, 15 to 64 | 76% | 69% | 68% |
| Average trip | 30 min | 24.8 min | 27.6 min |
| Median household income | €60,120 | €53,156 | €57,760 |
| Unemployment rate | 8.5% | 8% | 9.2% |
CSO, Census 2022 travel to work, work and education · CSO Geographical Profiles of Income 2022 · Live Register · Census day was 3 April 2022, with working from home still common; shares are of those who travelled.
Children under 15 make up 23%, above Co. Cork’s towns (19%) and Irish towns (20%) alike. 16% of residents have reached 65. Degrees are held by 36% of adults.
Women make up 53.0% of Kildorrery
197 women and 175 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Kildorrery | Co. Cork | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 19% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 5.6% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 30% | 29% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 24% |
| 65+ | 16% | 15% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 9.6% | 8.1% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 38% | 34% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 6% | 6% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 36% | 38% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Cork and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
Cork County Council has no ruling majority: Fianna Fáil hold 19 of its 55 seats, short of the 28 needed. Kildorrery answers to one council, Cork County Council; Ireland has no town tier. It sits in the Fermoy local electoral area, which elects 6 councillors.
| Turnout | Kildorrery | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 53% | 45% | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 58% | 58% | 59% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
Homes from before 1919 make up 17.8% of the total, above Co. Cork’s towns (7.7%) and Irish towns (3.4%) alike. 2 recorded monuments and archaeological sites lie in and around the town. Surveyors for the national inventory recorded 15 buildings in Kildorrery, each of regional importance.
| Heritage | Kildorrery | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 403 | 103 | 48 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 17.8% | 7.7% | 3.4% |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 2 | 11 | 11 |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
Within 3 km of Kildorrery there is one school. 177 pupils attend the one school within 3 km of the town.
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Cill DairbhreLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 177 | Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Kildorrery | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In the DEIS scheme | 0% | 37% | 35% |
| Pupils since 2019/20 | −10% | +1% | +4% |
| Teach through Irish | 0% | 9% | 8% |
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · No letters, no results: Irish schools aren’t ranked one by one.
Nothing to visit is mapped within 5 km of Kildorrery; these are the best known within 40 km.
CastleBlarney Castle and Gardens37 km south
Castle · Office of Public WorksCahir Castle37 km east
CathedralSt. Fin Barre's Cathedral39 km south
CastleBlackwater Castle8.9 km south
CastleCastle Oliver9.6 km northwest
CathedralCathedral of St. Mary & St. Anne38 km southPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Surveyors for the national inventory recorded 15 buildings in Kildorrery, each of regional importance. Archaeologists have recorded 2 sites here.
4 notable people were born in Kildorrery.
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CSO Urban Areas 2022 and Electoral Divisions.
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kildorrery | 372 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mitchelstown | 3,744 | 11 | A− | A | C+ | B+ |
| Kilworth | 1,179 | 15 | — | B | A+ | B+ |
| Fermoy | 6,720 | 16 | B | A− | C+ | B |
| Buttevant | 1,080 | 17 | — | A− | B+ | C− |
| Mallow | 13,456 | 19 | C+ | A− | C | B |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
Kildorrery had 372 people at the 2022 census, up from 343 in 2016: 8.5% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
The median age in Kildorrery is 41, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
Urban area in Co. Cork
372 people live in Kildorrery, in the area of Cork County Council. TownRatings uses the CSO’s 2022 Urban Areas as Ireland’s towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a county or a council area, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from Tailte Éireann’s boundaries and the CSO’s Census 2022 (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: CSO, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · Tailte Éireann, Urban Areas and Electoral Divisions 2022 (CC BY 4.0). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).