Kilgarvan
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| Kilgarvan Cill Garbháin |
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| Irish Grid Reference W007733 |
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| Province: | Munster | |
| County: | County Kerry | |
| Population (2006) | 997 | |
| Website: www.kilgarvan.info | ||
Kilgarvan (Irish: Cill Garbháin, meaning "church of St. Garbhan") is a small village in County Kerry, Ireland. 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.
A famous former resident was New York Labour leader Michael J. Quill, founder of the Transport Workers Union of America. Kilgarvan is also the home of Jackie Healy-Rae, TD.
Kilgarvan featured in The Wind That Shakes the Barley which was shot primarily in Cork but featured a part filmed in Muing Mhór (Meeng Voor) near the top of Borlin in Kilgarvan. It featured breathtaking scenery of the Rusheen valley in the background and a booley house where the renegade guerrillas took rest, food and shelter from its occupants before executing two of their captives and continuing on their journey.
A considerable amount 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. The turbines have caused havoc with the Television reception in Kilgarvan [1] and even effects residents of Kenmare. When these Turbines are fully completed Kilgarvan will be home to the largest Onshore Wind turbines in Ireland. [2]
