Dunderrow

Dunderrow (Irish: Dún Darú, meaning 'oak fort')^[2] is a small village in County Cork, Ireland. It is 5 km north-west of Kinsale, on the R605 road between Kinsale and Innishannon. Dún Darú, anglicised as Dunderrow, means the fort of the oak-plain, with the site of the fort (dún) for which it is named located to the south of the village.^[3] The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name.^[2]

Dunderrow Dún Darú
Village
Dunderrow cemetery
Dunderrow Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 51°43′40″N 08°35′37″W
Country	Ireland
Province	Munster
County	County Cork
Population  (2022)[1]	213
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid Reference	W590529

Dunderrow National School, in the centre of the village, was built in 2000 to replace an earlier 19th century building.^[4] To the east of the village is Dunderrow cemetery, formerly the site of a 19th-century Church of Ireland church (no longer standing).^[5][6]

An Eli Lilly facility is situated near Dunderrow on approximately 50 hectares (120 acres) of land.^[7] It commenced operations in 1981.^[8]

See also

• List of towns and villages in Ireland