Abbeydorney (Irish: Mainistir Ó dTorna, meaning 'monastery of the clan of Torna')[2] is a village in County Kerry, Ireland.

[3] Bivallate and Multivallate ringforts in North Kerry and nearby abbeydorney show that the area has been settled since the Bronze Age.

The manager of the creamery, Tim O'Donovan received a blow to the back of the head by a constable's rifle when he refused to give up the key to his safe.

[7] On October 18, 1920 O'Donovan's house and that of his engine man, Patrick Tuomey was set alight by RIC constables in retalliation.

[8] As of December 2023, Abbeydorney is home to a School, A Community Centre, two restaurants, a gym, a GAA Complex that also contains a pub, and a play-park.

[9] Abbeydorney railway station serving the village opened on 20 December 1880 on the line from Tralee to Limerick via Listowel.

Passenger services were withdrawn on 4 February 1963, although the route through Abbeydorney continued to be used by freight trains for a while before the line to Listowel was finally closed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 then to Tralee 1978.

[16] According to Irish census of 1901 and 1911, common names in the area at the time included: Sullivan, Connor, Stack, Walsh, Shanahan, Buckley, Fitzgerald, Lawlor, Dowling, Glavin, McCarthy, Slattery, Brosnan, Hayes, Lynch, Moriarty, O'Connor, O'Leary, Lovett, Mahony, Maunsell, Murphy, Brennan, Cronin, Nolan, Sheehan, and Sheehy.