DONERAILE, a market-town of Ireland, county of Cork, on the Awbeg, here crossed by a handsome stone bridge, 6 miles N.N.E. of Malone, and 23 miles N.N.W. of Cork. It is a small but neat town, with a parish church, a spacious Roman Catholic chapel, a nunnery, courthouse, and dispensary. Pop. (1851) 1856. Previous to the Union
it sent two members to the Irish parliament. About two miles N. of the town are the ruins of Kilcolman Castle, at one time the residence of the poet Spenser.