History of Kilkee

ed Tennyson, Sir Henry Rider Haggard and in 1896, the Crown Princess of Austria visited the town. The entertainer Percy French was a regular performer in the town and an incident on the West Clare Railway on the way back from Kilkee prompted him to write the song Are Ye Right There Michael. Although it has become more developed and modern in recent years, the town retains some of its 19th-century Victorian feel.

Maritime History

Due to Kilkee being located beside the sea, a lot of the towns history involves the ocean. One contributing factor to the growth of Kilkee was the fact that the beach is one of the safest in Ireland, being protected by the force of the Atlantic Ocean by the Duggerna Reef, better known today as the Pollack Holes. In the Illustrated London News in 1849, the resort was described as 'Western Brighton'.

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