Kilkee (Irish: Cill Chaoi)[7] is a coastal town in County Clare, Ireland.

Around the 1820s, a paddle steamer service from Limerick to Kilrush made Kilkee more accessible as a tourist destination, particularly for the Anglo-Irish aristocracy.

In the 1890s, Kilkee experienced a population boom when the West Clare Railway opened, which facilitated the transportation of goods and people.

[12] The entertainer Percy French was a regular performer in the town and an incident on the West Clare Railway on the way to Kilkee prompted him to write the song "Are Ye Right There Michael".

On 30 January 1836, the Intrinsic, a ship from Liverpool bound for New Orleans, was blown into a bay near Bishops Island in Kilkee.

The ship was a cargo vessel transporting coal from Troon in Scotland to Limerick, but never reached its destination.

At the time of the disappearance, the ship was transporting a consignment of coal from Glasgow to Limerick but never reached its intended destination.

The Pollock Holes, also known as Duggerna Reef, are three natural rock-enclosed pools with water that change with every tide.

The main trophy, the Tivoli cup, was first competed for in Kilkee in 1935; racquetball in its current form was not codified internationally until 1950.

Richard Harris, who would go on to become an internationally known actor, won the cup four years in a row, from 1948 to 1951, a record surpassed by no one to this day.

[23] Before the West Clare Railway opened in 1887, the only way to get to the town was by paddle steamer from Limerick to Kilrush and then by horse and cart from there.