School, finally closing on 4 July 1965. It was at 11 Mountain View Road, Killarney (). A Methodist church opened in 1902. In 1919, the church building was relocated to Brighton (near Sandgate). Melrose State School opened on 1910 and closed on circa 1931. Wynola State School was established in 1935 at River Bank from the town of Killarney, following the discovery that several families in that district were illiterate. It is presumed the school was in the vicinity of the Wynola pastoral station () to the north-east of the town on the Condamine River Road. The school building from the closed Melrose State School was relocated to establish the new school. The school was officially opened on 19 October 1935 by John Healy, the Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Warwick. The school closed circa 1941. The town was hit by a destructive tornado on Friday 22 November 1968, which destroyed many of the original buildings. The main street buildings that survived the storm: the Butter Factory, the Co-op Building, Mackenzie’s Emporium (now a St Vincent de Paul boutique), former Commercial Bank (opposite the Post Office), the Post Office and the Killarney Hotel, hint at the town's former glory. The former National bank building did survive the storm but was relocated to a suburb of Brisbane in 1977. The old Bank Vault foundation stones remain on the vacant block in the buildings original location adjacent to the St Vincent de Paul boutique. November 2008 marks the 40th anniversary of this storm. In the , the town of Killarney had a population of 773 people, while the locality as a whole had a population of 984 people. In the , the locality of Killarney had a population of 954 people. Economy The local economy is underpinned by agriculture, abattoirs (which was closed in February 2011), transport and more recently tourism. Water supply Water to the town is supplied from a small weir on Spring Creek. In April 2007, the Courier Mail newspaper reported that the town might have to be evacuated due to water shortages caused by years of extreme drought. In January 2008 the Condamine River broke its banks after a week of steady rain and buildings in the main street were flooded. Since that time Killarney has returned to the verdant green hills that local long term residents find more familiar. Education Killarney P-10 State School is