Season to be jolly in the Christmas capital

Santa Claus will make his first appearance of the year in Killarney town at the weekend.
Pictures: Valerie O’Sullivan

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Killarney where the elves are kept busy sprinkling the magic dust to ensure the fully deserved reputation as the most spectacular festive season town in the entire country is maintained.

Organised by Killarney Chamber of Tourism and Commerce, with great support from Kerry County Council, the annual Christmas in Killarney festival will feature extra spectacular Christmas Magic street parades, magnificent street lights and decorations and a really unique Santa’s Grotto experience at a very special and magical location.

There will also be a bustling markets village with great gift ideas, sensational shopping and all the fun of the season of goodwill which will ensure Killarney is once again the country’s Christmas capital for 2024.

The incredible hour-long Christmas Magic parades, with Disney-style floats and characters and, of course, Santa Claus himself, will wind their way through the packed streets on  next Saturday, November 23rd and on November 30th and again on December 7th, 14th and 21st of December 7th, 14th and 21st, commencing at 6.00pm.

A moment of magic on Plunkett Street

The astonishing Christmas street lights will be officially switched on the night of the first parade on Saturday night.

The parades will depart from Fitzgerald Stadium and proceed through the packed streets, taking in Lewis Road, College Street, Plunkett Street, Main Street and High Street with Mickey, Minnie and other favourite Disney characters, snow queens and magical horses mingling with the crowd on the street from 5.30pm.

Each parade will be a family-friendly spectacle, featuring joyful festive entertainment for all ages right in the heart of Killarney town.

The magic begins in Killarney this Christmas

A wheelchair accessible viewing space will be available at Market Cross and an accessible, autism-friendly viewing area will be provided at Áras Phádraig on Lewis Road.

This colourful, feelgood celebration showcases Killarney in a truly magnificent light and the parades attract people from all over the country and beyond.

If you haven’t been in Killarney for a Magic Parade at Christmas, you really don’t know what you’re missing.

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