Abbeydorney (Mainistir Ó dTorna in Irish) is a village in County Kerry in the Republic of Ireland. The name, meaning Monastery of the clan of Torna, refers to the Cistercian Abbey of Kyrie Eleison which was established in 1154 and lies just north of the village.
Located 9 km north of Tralee, the county town of County Kerry, Abbeydorney had a population in 2002 of 1,140 and forms part of the parish of Abbeydorney / Kilflynn.
A railway station serving the village opened in 1880 on the line from Tralee to Limerick via Listowel. Passenger services were withdrawn in 1963, although the route through Abbeydorney continued to be used by freight trains for a while before the line to Listowel was finally closed altogether in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 that to Tralee in 1978.
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