placenamesO'Dorney
Mainistir Ó dTorna
The Abbeydorney church uses concrete, brick and copper in a distinctive wedge-shaped design.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Mainistir Ó dTorna · Irish · main form
- O'Dorney · English · main form
Place & story
A church of 1966–68
Saint Bernard’s Catholic Church at Abbeydorney was built in 1966–68 to a design by Daniel Joseph Kennedy of Tralee. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage records its dedication by Bishop Denis Moynihan on 25 June 1968. It stands in Montanagay townland, within O’Dorney civil parish. [2] [3]
Concrete frames and copper roofs
The church’s wedge-shaped plan is expressed through staggered side aisles and a sequence of copper-covered roofs. Reinforced concrete frames support grey brick walls and the timber-boarded interior ceilings. Triangular windows light the upper part of the building, contrasting with the elongated rectangular openings in the aisles. These features were recorded in the inventory’s October 1998 survey. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Kerry
- Barony
- Clanmaurice
- Coordinates
- 52.34658, -9.70352
- Mapped area
- 29.39 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1120 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — O'Dorney. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Saint Bernard’s Catholic Church, Montanagay, Abbeydorney; NIAH 21302101, recorded 14 October 1998 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Montanagay, townland 24268: O’Dorney parish parent · Placenames Branch and Fiontar/DCU
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-10-29. How this page was prepared.