Qualla: Killarney https://qualla.com/killarney 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: Killarney https://qualla.com/killarney Killarney: Introduction https://qualla.com/killarney/ Lord Kenmare had a problem in 1747: too much wet country, too few people, not enough money flowing through his estate. His solution was to invent tourism. Two and a half centuries later, 1.1 million visitors a year pour through Killarney, a town of 14,412 souls wedged between Ireland's tallest mountains and a chain of lakes that genuinely do turn the color Van Morrison sang about. The fourth Viscount Kenmare's gambit worked beyond any reasonable expectation. Killarney now generates around 410 million euros annually from people who came to look at the same things he was showing off in the 18th century - Lough Leane, Ross Castle, the green-and-gold light off MacGillycuddy's Reeks at dusk.

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/3/0/killarney-wp/gc30-killarney-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Killarney: An Island, a Saint, a High King https://qualla.com/killarney/ The story starts on a small island in Lough Leane, the lake whose northeastern shore Killarney perches on. In 640 AD, St. Finian the Leper founded a monastery on Innisfallen - Faithlinn's island, in Irish - and the monks held it for roughly 850 years. According to tradition, the ...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/3/0/killarney-wp/gc30-killarney-the-tourist-who-started-it-all.mp3 0:06 3 full Killarney: The Burning Years https://qualla.com/killarney/ Between 1919 and 1923, Killarney's lakes and forests hid more than tourists. The Irish War of Independence and the Civil War that followed reached even this scenic corner. The Headford Ambush, in which the IRA attacked a railway train a few kilometres from town, was one notable e...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/3/0/killarney-wp/gc30-killarney-the-burning-years.mp3 0:06 4 full Killarney: Lakes, Reeks, and the Gap https://qualla.com/killarney/ What people actually come to see is the landscape. Three lakes - Lough Leane, Muckross, and the Upper Lake - chain together south of town, ringed by mountains. MacGillycuddy's Reeks rise to the west, Ireland's highest range, with Carrauntoohil topping out at 1,038 metres. The Gap...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/3/0/killarney-wp/gc30-killarney-lakes-reeks-and-the-gap.mp3 0:06 5 full Killarney: Living Town https://qualla.com/killarney/ Killarney isn't a museum. Liebherr Cranes has built container cranes here since 1958, and a street is named for the founder, Hans Liebherr. Kerry's All-Ireland-winning footballers play at Fitzgerald Stadium, which holds 43,180 spectators when Kerry meets Dublin. The Killarney Reg...

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