Qualla: Kilgarvan https://qualla.com/kilgarvan 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: Kilgarvan https://qualla.com/kilgarvan Kilgarvan: Introduction https://qualla.com/kilgarvan/ Drive into Kilgarvan along the R569 from Kenmare and the first thing you notice is the silence - or rather, what fills the silence. Eleven kilometres to the east of Kenmare town, the road follows the Roughty River as it tumbles down from the mountains toward Kenmare Bay. The village holds 264 people according to the 2022 census. It also holds one of Ireland's best-known political dynasties, a motor museum stuffed with vintage cars, and on the ridgelines above, the largest onshore wind turbine project in Ireland. The contrast is the place. A rural Kerry village whose name regularly appears in the national newspapers, usually attached to a Healy-Rae.

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/1/r/kilgarvan-wp/gc1r-kilgarvan-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Kilgarvan: Beside the Roughty https://qualla.com/kilgarvan/ The Roughty River drains out of the western flank of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks and runs east to west through Kilgarvan parish before emptying into Kenmare Bay. The village sits on its banks. To the north, the road climbs steeply over the Derrynasaggart and Boggeragh ridges; to th...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/1/r/kilgarvan-wp/gc1r-kilgarvan-beside-the-roughty.mp3 0:06 2 full Kilgarvan: The Healy-Raes https://qualla.com/kilgarvan/ Kilgarvan is the base of the Healy-Rae family - the patriarch Jackie Healy-Rae served as a Teachta Dála in the Dáil, and after his death two of his sons, Danny and Michael, were elected to follow him. They own pubs, plant hire businesses, and shops in the village. They are indepe...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/1/r/kilgarvan-wp/gc1r-kilgarvan-the-healy-raes.mp3 0:06 3 full Kilgarvan: Michael J. Quill's Long Walk https://qualla.com/kilgarvan/ In 1905, Michael J. Quill was born in Kilgarvan. He would emigrate to New York and become one of the most influential American labour leaders of the twentieth century - founder of the Transport Workers Union of America, organiser of the 1966 New York City transit strike that para...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/1/r/kilgarvan-wp/gc1r-kilgarvan-michael-j-quills-long-walk.mp3 0:06 4 full Kilgarvan: Motors, Forests, and Turbines https://qualla.com/kilgarvan/ The Kilgarvan Motor Museum holds a collection of vintage and classic cars assembled by a local enthusiast. The Coillte Millennium Forest at Rossacroo-na-loo is one of the People's Millennium Forests, planted to mark the year 2000 with native broadleaves. On the high ground at Inc...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/1/r/kilgarvan-wp/gc1r-kilgarvan-motors-forests-and-turbines.mp3 0:06 5 full Kilgarvan: What the Show Brings https://qualla.com/kilgarvan/ The Annual Kilgarvan Show is held on the Sunday of the August Bank Holiday Weekend - cattle judging, baking competitions, vintage tractor displays, dog shows, and the steady backbeat of music from the marquee. Since 2007 it has been held in the Fussa Townland after outgrowing the...

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