Qualla: Castlegregory https://qualla.com/castlegregory en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:11 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Castlegregory https://qualla.com/castlegregory Castlegregory: Introduction https://qualla.com/castlegregory/ For more than forty years, Castlegregory's GAA club played football on a pitch that fell twenty-one feet from one goalmouth to the other. Twenty-one feet. The slope was so pronounced that running uphill at the second-half kickoff was a recognised tactical liability, and visiting teams sometimes refused to believe the gradient until they tried to take a free kick. The pitch was eventually replaced in May 2003, but locals still talk about it the way other places talk about their old churches - with the gentle pride of an absurdity survived. It is a fitting introduction to Castlegregory, a village whose oddities are not affectations but accumulated history, lived in too long to bother explaining.

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/2/c/castlegregory-wp/gc2c-castlegregory-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Castlegregory: Between Two Bays https://qualla.com/castlegregory/ Castlegregory sits at the foot of the Maharees - a sandy peninsula that juts north between Brandon Bay to the west and Tralee Bay to the east. Off the tip of the Maharees lie the Seven Hogs, also known as the Magharee Islands, a scattering of low limestone islets that include Ill...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/2/c/castlegregory-wp/gc2c-castlegregory-between-two-bays.mp3 0:06 2 full Castlegregory: Illauntannig https://qualla.com/castlegregory/ On the largest of the Magharee Islands stand the ruins of a seventh-century monastic site founded by Saint Senach. Two oratories, three beehive huts called clochan, and three stone altars known as leacht remain - dry-stone structures built without mortar by monks who had chosen t...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/2/c/castlegregory-wp/gc2c-castlegregory-illauntannig.mp3 0:06 3 full Castlegregory: Pattern Days and Wren Boys https://qualla.com/castlegregory/ Castlegregory Pattern Day was traditionally celebrated on the fifteenth of August - a holy day with a local twist, marked by the eating of mutton pies made to a recipe handed down through generations. In recent years the pattern has expanded into a three-day summer festival, but ...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/2/c/castlegregory-wp/gc2c-castlegregory-pattern-days-and-wren-boys.mp3 0:06 4 full Castlegregory: A Branch Line, Long Gone https://qualla.com/castlegregory/ Castlegregory was the terminus of a branch of the Tralee and Dingle Light Railway. The station opened on the first of April 1891 - the same day Lispole's station opened, fifty kilometres south on the other side of the peninsula. The branch connected to the main line at Castlegreg...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/2/c/castlegregory-wp/gc2c-castlegregory-a-branch-line-long-gone.mp3 0:06 5 full Castlegregory: Surf, Wind, and Wild Coast https://qualla.com/castlegregory/ The Maharees peninsula north of the village is one of Ireland's premier water-sports destinations. Sandy Bay is a beginner-friendly stretch on the east-facing side. Scraggane Bay, sheltered between the dunes, offers flat water for intermediates. Brandon Bay on the west side catch...

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