Qualla: Kilcullen https://qualla.com/kilcullen en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:12 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/7/n/kilcullen-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Kilcullen https://qualla.com/kilcullen Kilcullen: Introduction https://qualla.com/kilcullen/ Photo credit William Murphy, CC BY-SA 2.0. On 2 July 1903, motor cars raced through Kilcullen at speeds Ireland had never seen before. The Gordon Bennett Cup was the first international motor race held anywhere in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, run in Kildare because racing on British public roads was illegal at the time. The British team, paying a compliment to their Irish hosts, chose to race in shamrock green - which thereafter became known as British racing green. The Belgian Camille Jenatzy won, driving a Mercedes over 328 miles of looping country roads. Kilcullen, a small town on the Liffey halfway between Dublin and Carlow, was on the route. Modern signs still mark it.

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/7/n/kilcullen-wp/gc7n-kilcullen-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Kilcullen: The Bridge That Made the Town https://qualla.com/kilcullen/ Photo credit Sheila1988, CC BY-SA 4.0. Kilcullen is formally called Kilcullen Bridge, and the name is not arbitrary. The town was founded after 1319, when a canon of Kildare Cathedral named Maurice Jakis built a great bridge across the River Liffey at this point. The original settlement, now called Old Kilcullen, sat ...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/7/n/kilcullen-wp/gc7n-kilcullen-the-bridge-that-made-the-town.mp3 0:06 2 full Kilcullen: Dun Ailinne and the Old Kings https://qualla.com/kilcullen/ Photo credit locardi, CC BY-SA 3.0. On a low hill near Kilcullen sits Dun Ailinne, a ceremonial earthwork associated with the kings of Leinster. The site precedes the monastic settlement at Old Kilcullen and may have served as a royal inauguration place. In 2009 it was announced that Dun Ailinne might join other 'r...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/7/n/kilcullen-wp/gc7n-kilcullen-dun-ailinne-and-the-old-kings.mp3 0:06 3 full Kilcullen: Battle, Race, and Trout https://qualla.com/kilcullen/ Photo credit David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0. The Battle of Kilcullen was an early skirmish in the 1798 Rebellion, and Castlemartin became the headquarters of British forces in Kildare under Ralph Dundas. A century later, the Gordon Bennett Cup brought motor racing through the town for the first time. Today, the M9 motorway ...

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