Killorglin

Killorglin
Irish: Cill Orglan
Town
Killorglin Town
Killorglin Town
Killorglin is located in Ireland
Killorglin
Killorglin
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°06′23″N 9°47′06″W / 52.106505°N 9.785042°W / 52.106505; -9.785042
CountryIreland
ProvinceMunster
CountyCounty Kerry
Population
 (2022)[1]
2,163
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid ReferenceV774965

Killorglin (Irish: Cill Orglan, meaning 'Orgla's Church')[2] is a town in County Kerry, Ireland. As of the 2022 census, the town's population was 2,163.[1] Killorglin is on the Ring of Kerry tourist route, and annual events include the August Puck Fair festival, which starts with the crowning and parading of a "king" wild goat.[3] The town is 26 km south of Tralee along the N70 road, and 22 km west of Killarney along the N72 road. Killorglin is in a civil parish of the same name.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Census Mapping – Killorglin". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Cill Orglan / Killorglin". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  3. ^ "The unknown fate of lonesome goat from the south... lost in the north!". The News Letter. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2021.