Kenmare is a rural locality of the Shire of Woodanilling in the Great Southern region of Western Australia.

The Beaufort River forms much of the western border of the locality, which reaches as far west as Albany Highway in two places.

[2][3] The Shire of Woodanilling, including Kenmare, is predominantly located on the traditional land of the Wiilman people with just the south-west of the shire being on the land of the Kaniyang people, both of the Noongar nation.

[7] Kenmare Homestead dates back to 1900, when Harold Douglas settled in the area and named it after the family farm in Victoria.

The school officially opened on 10 October 1921 but the number of pupils declined, forcing its closure by the end of 1926, reopening a decade later.