A slideshow of photos I took during my visit to Kilgarvan in County Kerry on Tuesday 21st August 2012.
Kilgarvan (Irish: Cill Garbháin, meaning "church of St. Garbhan" is a village in County Kerry. It is situated on the banks of the Roughty River which flows into Kenmare Bay. By car, the village is a ten minute trip from Kenmare, and thirty minutes from Killarney. The village of Kilgarvan had 172 people in the 2016 Census.
History
Kilgarvan is a village in SouthEast County Kerry near the Cork Border, Kilgarvan was the site of the Battle of Callan in 1261 which reduced Norman power in Ireland for almost 300 years. The battle site is located in the townland of Callan (pronounced Collon).
Nearby the village are the ruins of "Ardtully House". This house, built in castle style by the wealthy landowner Sir Richard John Theodore Orpen (1788-1876), Knight of Ardtully, in 1847. It replaced a number of earlier structures, dating as far back as 1215. It was associated with a number of families including Carew, McCarthy, Dillon, Babbington and Conway. Only ruins remain as it was burned down in 1921 during the Irish War of Independence. Directions on how to find the Castle are painted on the wall of a house on Kilgaravan Main Street.
Housing development
Kilgarvan has seen property development during recent years, probably to meet housing demand from those seeking an alternative to higher prices in nearby towns. Four new housing estates were built around the village in recent times.
• Healy-Rae Park, located adjacent to the Mace supermarket, which is owned by Michael Healy-Rae TD.
• Amelio Mews, located to the east of the village
• Lime Woods, located to the rear of the Mace supermarket & Post office
• Suiomh Alainn, located on Railway Road to the north of the village adjacent to the National School.
The population of Kilgarvan decreased from 175 in 1996 to 156 in 2002. 2006 saw an increase to 164 and it increased to 181 in the 2011 census.
Kilgarvan has no local industry.
Amenities.
St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church, located on the road to Kenmare was built between 1905 and 1907. Kilgarvan is a Parish in the Diocese of Kerry.
Kilgarvan is home to a Coillte Millennium Forest at Rossacroo-na-loo.
Kilgarvan is home to a Motor Museum with a collection of vintage and classic cars. It is located south of the village on the road to Coomhola.
Kilgarvan is centrally located between Kenmare and Killarney. The roadway through the village forms part of the R569 regional road from Kenmare to Poulgorm Bridge.
Sport
Gaelic games, including Hurling and Gaelic football, are played in Kilgarvan; with Kilgarvan GAA fielding several teams in a season. Kilgarvan retained its intermediate title in 2007 and made history by becoming the first Kerry hurling team to win a Munster Club hurling game at any level in over forty years. Kilgarvan continued in the Munster Junior Club Hurling Championship in 2008 and reached the Munster final becoming the first Kerry hurling team ever to do so. Kilgarvan has its own GAA pitch and facilities including an all weather training track and dressing rooms, extensive drainage work was carried out on the pitch in 2008.
Events
The Annual Kilgarvan Show is held on the Sunday of the August Bank Holiday Weekend. The show has been held in the Fussa Townland since 2007, having previously been held in the local GAA grounds. Recent wet summers in Ireland have seen many shows cancelled and Kilgarvan Show had to be rescheduled in 2007 as a result of the wet weather.
Energy
A considerable number of wind turbines have been built in the Parish of Kilgarvan, all concentrated in the Incheese/top of Coom area close to the County bounds with Cork. Some claim that the turbines have caused disruption to television reception in Kilgarvan. When these turbines are fully completed, Kilgarvan will be home to the largest onshore wind turbine project in Ireland.
People.
Kilgarvan is home to the Healy-Rae family, which included the late Independent TD Jackie Healy Rae, who was a TD for South Kerry from 1997 to 2011, he was a member of Fianna Fail when a Kerry County Councillor before running for Dail Eireann as an Independent. Jackie Healy Rae’s son Michael Healy Rae was elected in 2011 as an Independent TD for Kerry South when Jackie Healy Rae retired from politics. Jackie Healy Rae passed away in 2014. Both Jackie's sons Michael and Danny have been Independent TD's for Kerry since 2016. Johnny Healy Rae, Maura Healy Rae and Jackie Healy Rae Junior are members of Kerry County Council.
The Healy Rae family own a pub, filling station, supermarket, post office and plant and tool hire business in the village.
Негізгі бет A visit to Kilgarvan, Co. Kerry in 2012
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