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Bed and Breakfasts in Killorglin, County Kerry
Town and Country Homes Association represent over 1000 quality approved Bed and Breakfast accommodations in every county in Ireland including County Kerry and many of our quality bed and breakfast's are located in Killorglin. Our B&B's in Killorglin, County Kerry offer comfort and value for money and you can be guaranteed of a warm welcome and kind hospitality when staying in Town and Country Homes accommodation in Kerry. Whether you wish to stay in town or in the country, we have a bed and breakfast in Killorglin, County Kerry to suit you.
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Killorglin, County Kerry Bed and Breakfast Accommodation
Killorglin (Cill Orglan in Irish) is a town on the Ring of Kerry, in County Kerry, Ireland. It is located on the river Laune, which boasts a rowing club and a new boathouse. Killorglin is home to a selection of excellent Bed and Breakfasts. The population of Killorglin is 1359 (CSO 2002) although this expands considerably during Puck Fair due to visitors and returning emigrants. If you are planning to attend the Puck Fair, it is a good idea to book your B&B accommodation in Killorglin well in advance.
Killorglin is a major activity centre for Kerry and has a number of tourist hostels on Dromin Hill and also has one of the last inn chains started by Charles Bianconi. It is right in the centre of the town, called the Bianconi and features his famous transportation painted on the sign and on the inn. The town hall is held to have been built with the help of Andrew Carnegie. Among the businesses in Killorglin is FEXCO, which includes the operations center for the Prize Bond Company.
Puck Fair
Every year, starting on 10th of August, Killorglin holds the three-day Puck Fair, one of the oldest fairs in Ireland. There is a goat at the top of the stand in the town square. Every year a group of people go up into the mountains and catch a wild goat. This goat is brought back to the town and the Queen of Puck Fair (a girl from 6th class in Scoil Mhuire (the queen changes every year) crowns the goat "King Puck". The goat is then put into a small cage on a high stand in the middle of the town. From this moment on the fair has started there is singing and dancing. Pubs stay open until 3 am and enjoyment is had by all. Book a Bed and Breakfast, so you can be sure of comfortable accommodation in Killorglin after a day at the Puck Fair. On the opening day there is a horse fair and on the second day there is a cattle fair. There is a funfair in the fair field. The fair ends with a firework display. We have a selection of B&B's to book online for Puck Fair or for a visit to Killorglin any time of year.
"Nobody really knows how it came about or when, said Jean Kearney, a spokeswoman for the festival, which is expected this year to attract more than 100,000 visitors for a marathon of music, drinking and dancing. It has been traced back to the 1600s, but some say it dates back to a festival held in pagan times. One of the most popular theory is that the event pays tribute to a wild goat that alerted the town to the advancing armies of military leader Oliver Cromwell in the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland of 1649-53 (although Cromwell himself, who left Ireland in May 1650, never reached as far west as Killorglin). Another is that it stems from the pagan Celtic festival of Lughnasa, when feasting and sacrifices marked the start of the harvest season, and that the goat is a pagan fertility symbol."
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