Quilty (Irish: Coillte, meaning 'woods'), historically Killty,[2] is a small fishing village between Milltown Malbay and Doonbeg in County Clare, Ireland.

A signal tower built in the early 19th century was designed to give warning of invasion during the Napoleonic period but was also used by the coastguard to prevent smuggling.

It witnessed a number of battles in the 16th century, the most notable when Teigh Caech McMahon with the help of the Earl of Desmond stormed the castle on 17 February 1599.

[citation needed] On 2 October 1907 a French three-masted full-rigged ship, the Leon XIII, was driven up on rocky reefs in Quilty Bay.

The local fishermen, however, went out to sea in their currachs – risking the equinoctial gales and Atlantic breakers in small open boats.