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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. The population of Killorglin is 1359 (CSO 2002) although this expands considerably during Puck Fair due to visitors and returning emigrants. Bullet for locations in Ireland, displays location and not area. ...
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Statistics Province: Munster County Town: Tralee Code: KY Area: 4,746 km² Population (2006) 139,616 Website: www. ...
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Ring of Kerry The Ring of Kerry is a tourist trail in County Kerry, south-western Ireland. ...
Statistics Province: Munster County Town: Tralee Code: KY Area: 4,746 km² Population (2006) 139,616 Website: www. ...
The River Laune, is a river in County Kerry, Ireland, which flows from Lough Leane, one of the Lakes of Killarney, towards Killorglin and onwards into Dingle Bay. ...
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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. Among the businesses in Killorglin is FEXCO, which includes the operations center for the Prize Bond Company. Charles Bianconi (born Carlo Bianconi), a native of Costa Masnaga (Italy), was born on September 24, 1786. ...
FEXCO, a privately owned company, based in Killorglin, Ireland is a focused provider of global payment services and processing. ...
A Prize Bond is a non-interest bearing security issued on behalf of the Minister for Finance of the Republic of Ireland by the Prize Bond Company Limited. ...
Puck Fair
Every year on the 10,11 and 12th of August, Killorglin holds Puck Fair, one of the oldest fairs in Ireland. A goat atop the Puck Fair stand. August 2004 Download high resolution version (568x776, 81 KB)Puck Fair Stand in Killorglin. ...
Species See Species and subspecies The goat is a mammal in the genus Capra, which consists of nine species: the Ibex, the West Caucasian Tur, the East Caucasian Tur, the Markhor, and the Wild Goat. ...
Puck goat 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 a young person crowns the goat "King Puck". The goat is then put into a small cage on a high stand in the middle of the town. A young hot chick is elected to be his queen. From this moment on the fair has started there is singing and dancing. Pubs stay open until 3 AM and there is serious drinking. 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.
"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." Oliver Cromwell (April 25, 1599–September 3, 1658) was an English military and political leader best known for making England a republic and leading the Commonwealth of England. ...
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Lughnasadh (or Lughnasa; modern Irish Lúnasa) is a Gaelic holiday celebrated on 1 August, during the time of the harvesting. ...
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Puck fair history Although there is no written evidence of when Puck Fair started, there are several legends about the fair. Which only goes to show how popular and traditional the fair is and has always been. Due to the English being in Ireland for so long, most of the traditional Irish fairs have been lost, for example Whipping the Herring in the nearby city of Cork has been lost but is gradually getting resurrected by Cork City Council. One legend says that the "Roundheads" from the Kilgobnet area were planning to attack the Killorglin folk. The Roundheads tried to catch some goats up in the hills but the goats were too fast and escaped. One male goat got separated from the herd and fled down to Killorglin where he alerted the villagers to the raid. The villagers, having a chance to prepare their defences, won the battle. King Puck is always to be celebrated on that anniversary. WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 51. ...
The Roundheads was the nickname given to supporters of the Parliamentarian cause in the English Civil War. ...
The Puck goat is a wild, specially captured, goat crowned King Puck at the Puck Fair held every year in August in the town of Killorglin, Co. ...
It is thought that the fair started in pre-Christian times as a celebration for a good harvest. The goat may also represent the pagan god, Pan. Christianity is a monotheistic[1] religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament. ...
Crops have been harvested by hand throughout most of human history. ...
Pan (Greek , genitive ) is the Greek god of shepherds and flocks, of mountain wilds, hunting and rustic music: paein means to pasture. ...
James VI of Scotland, I of England and Ireland granted legal status to the fair in 1603. There is another piece of written evidence from the 17th century which states that Jenkins Conway, the local landlord, had the right to collect a sum for every animal brought to the fair. This indicates that the fair was well under way by this time. James Stuart (19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scots as James VI, and King of England and King of Ireland as James I. He ruled in Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567, when he was only one year old. ...
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People The acclaimed book Things My Mother Never Told Me by Blake Morrison (Vintage 2003 ISBN 0-09-944072-5) tells the story of the author's mother who was from Langford Street in Killorglin. She had left Ireland for England and put her past behind her. It was only after she died that her son went through a collection of old letters from the 1940s and pieced together her life from World War II-era courtship to Yorkshire country doctor. Blake Morrison is a versatile British author who has published in a wide range of fiction and non-fiction genres. ...
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Recent Changes Some recent developments include: - An expansion by the Killorglin-based financial services firm Fexco resulting in two large sites in Killorglin.
- A sizeable mixed development of commercial, residential and public buildings where a large retail chain such as Lidl or Tesco has been rumoured to be planning a presence.
- There has been some talk about re-introducing a railway line to Killorglin but such an undertaking would be very difficult and costly.
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See also Charles Bianconi (born Carlo Bianconi), a native of Costa Masnaga (Italy), was born on September 24, 1786. ...
Ring of Kerry The Ring of Kerry is a tourist trail in County Kerry, south-western Ireland. ...
WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 52. ...
WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 52. ...
The River Laune, is a river in County Kerry, Ireland, which flows from Lough Leane, one of the Lakes of Killarney, towards Killorglin and onwards into Dingle Bay. ...
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