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Killorglin
Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Douglas National School

Douglas National School. FR. Densie Sullivan, Michael Clifford, Con Teahan, _ Galvin, John Grady, ?, Dan Riordan, Denis Diggin, 2nd R. John Scannell, ?,...

Macks Corner

Macks Corner Ref: Kt067

Townlands of Killorglin.

The townland is the smallest and most ancient of Irish land divisions and is the goal of all family researchers in identifying the origin...

Faces and Places RTE Television 1987

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CSw_apuQVI] Kathleen Watkins talking to Patrick Houlihan in his Basement Museum Killorglin, County Kerry. Edited by Mike Foley for Killorglin Archive Society.  

Jack Doyle ‘Dirty Jack’ Famous Professional Baseball Player.

John Joseph "Jack" Doyle (October 25, 1869 – December 31, 1958) was an Irish-American first baseman in Major League Baseball whose career...

Crowds watch as King Puck is paraded through Upper Bridge Street,...

Crowds watch as King Puck is paraded through Upper Bridge Street, circa 1960's. Source: The Patrick Houlihan Collection. Ref No: P099

King Puck on the Puck Fair Stand, crowd and stalls. Looking...

King Puck on the Puck Fair Stand, crowd and stalls. Looking towards Cnocán na gCeap, 1952. Source: The Patrick Houlihan Collection. Ref No:...

A William Lawrence photograph of the Puck Stand in 1900

A William Lawrence photograph of the Puck Stand in 1900. Source: The Lawrence Collection. Ref No: P097

Bridget and Ella Coffey dancing on the street watched by friends...

Bridget and Ella Coffey dancing on the street watched by friends and fans at Puck Fair, circa 1950's. Source: The Patrick Houlihan Collection. ...

Three young male musicians with an older man on right and...

Three young male musicians with an older man on right and a man inside shop window looking out, Puck Fair, 1954. Source: The Patrick...

Members of the Travelling Community, O’Briens and Harringtons, outside ‘The White...

Members of the Travelling Community, the O'Briens and Harringtons, outside 'The White Horse' pub, Main Street at Puck Fair, circa 1950's. Source: The Patrick...

A group of members of the Travelling Community sitting on the...

A group of members of the Travelling Community sitting on the street singing with bottles and baskets in Market Street during Puck Fair 1951. ...

A young boy pictured standing outside a shop window, Puck Fair,...

A young boy eating something, and dressed in dark suit with knitted jumper, shirt and tie- standing outside a shop window which has ornaments...

Group of Travellers pose for a photograph, Killarney Road, Killorglin, during...

Group of Travellers pose for their photograph with dog centre picture, and two female photographers on the left and barrel-top caravans behind, camping on...

Members of the Travelling Community at their camp site during Puck...

Members of the Travelling Community at their camp site during Puck Fair, circa 1950's. Photographed by Liam Jordan of Main Street, Ballinasloe, Co.Galway. Source:...

A view from the Bridge in Killorglin of the Travelling Community’s...

A view from the Bridge in Killorglin of the Travelling Community's camp site on the Killarney Road with barrel-top and car-towed caravans during Puck...

Where the new meets the old, modern and the traditional barrel-top...

Where the new meets the old, modern and the traditional barrel-top caravans show the winds of change that were blowing across Puck Fair in...

A line of barrel-top caravans parked along the Killarney Road from...

A line of barrel-top caravans parked along the Killarney Road from the Bridge for Puck Fair with children walking camera on the road, circa...

Ted Furey and his wife,parents of the Fureys Brothers Folk group,...

Ted Furey and his wife, parents of the Fureys Brothers Folk group, circa mid 1940's. Pictured here with their children. They met at Puck...

Outside Joinery Shop of Michael Houlihan, Lower Bridge Street, Killorglin. They...

Outside Joinery Shop of Michael Houlihan, Lower Bridge Street, Killorglin. They are photographed with King Puck. Left to Right: Bertie Houlihan (Boy with cap),...