{"id":23,"date":"2020-06-25T11:23:01","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T11:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kilgarvanmotormuseum.ie\/wp\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2025-11-21T08:52:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T08:52:05","slug":"elementor-23","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kilgarvanmotormuseum.ie\/wp\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure><figure><figcaption>THE KILGARVAN MOTOR MUSEUM Collecting and restoring since the mid 1970&#8217;s as a hobby. During this period visitors from all over the world have visited us, many of them bring their own vintage or classic cars.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/kilgarvanmotormuseum.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2811422119_d76fcb5ca7_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kilgarvanmotormuseum.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2811422119_d76fcb5ca7_o.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kilgarvanmotormuseum.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2811422119_d76fcb5ca7_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kilgarvanmotormuseum.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2811422119_d76fcb5ca7_o-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>The Beetle Cabriolet began production in 1949 by Karmann in Osnabr\u00fcck, 331,84 were made.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" src=\"https:\/\/kilgarvanmotormuseum.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/001-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kilgarvanmotormuseum.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/001-2.jpg 1023w, https:\/\/kilgarvanmotormuseum.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/001-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kilgarvanmotormuseum.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/001-2-768x577.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>One of our customers cars being serviced. Austin-Healey&#8217;s were produced from 1952 to 1972.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/kilgarvanmotormuseum.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/website-pics-024.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kilgarvanmotormuseum.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/website-pics-024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kilgarvanmotormuseum.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/website-pics-024-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kilgarvanmotormuseum.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/website-pics-024-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>Just some of our facilities, we have walking tracks and a C\u00e1fe and shop<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\tAs this is a family run museum you get personal service and you can browse the exhibits at your ease, we are passionate about classic and vintage vehicles and we are dedicated to preserving a little part of Ireland&#8217;s motoring heritage. We are located in the heart of some of the best driving roads in Ireland with stunning scenery to match, Kilgarvan motor museum is close to many of the great driving routes such as the Wild Atlantic Way, the Ring of Kerry, the Ring of Beara as well as some famous rally stages such as Moll&#8217;s Gap, Healy Pass and Borlin.\n\n\n\n<iframe frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=kilgarvan%20motor%20museum&amp;t=m&amp;z=10&amp;output=embed&amp;iwloc=near\" title=\"kilgarvan motor museum\" aria-label=\"kilgarvan motor museum\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: &quot;Segoe UI Historic&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;\">kilgarvanmotormuseum@gmail.com<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: &quot;Segoe UI Historic&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;\">Slaheny, Kilgarvan, Ireland<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: &quot;Segoe UI Historic&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;\">(064) 668 5346<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h1>Books on sale<\/h1>\n\n\n\n\n<p>This is an autobiography of John Mitchell who moved from England with his parents and family in 1953 to Wicklow where he lived on a farm until 1962.<\/p><p><br><\/p><p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><em>A Life of Cars, Farms and Family<\/em> is John Mitchell&#8217;s second book, John moved from Cornwall with his parents in the 1950&#8217;s to Wicklow and then to Kerry in the 1960&#8217;s, he worked as a mechanic and started a motor museum in the 1980&#8217;s.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Mitchell Collectio<\/em>n is little book with photos and details of all the museum exhibits, a handy memento of the vehicles on display in Kilgarvan motor museum<\/p><p><br><\/p><p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Mitchell collection<\/em> is little book with photos and details of all the museum exhibits, a handy memento of the vehicles on display in Kilgarvan motor museum and&nbsp;<span style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><em>A Life of Cars, Farms and Family<\/em> is John Mitchell&#8217;s second book<\/span><\/p><p><br><\/p><p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Visitors<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: right; \"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><strong style=\"line-height: 1;\">LOREM CORPORATE CEO<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><sign>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <span style=\"line-height: 2.0;\">Benn Marshall<\/span><\/sign><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<h3 [object NamedNodeMap]><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">This is a great museum with many quality cars. Definitely a place to stop by and recollect on how automobiles were made back in the day and their unique features. Thanks for posting this and keep up the good work!\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0<em>Crystal Clear in Scottsdale Visitor<\/em><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1050\" height=\"120\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: normal;\" src=\"https:\/\/kilgarvanmotormuseum.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cropped-header-png.png\" alt=\"\"><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: normal;\">\u00a0Just met the Dutch VW mob here in Dundalk on their tour. Wonderful people. I used to live in the Netherlands for a while and it was wonderful to meet them here in their wonderfully turned out VWs. Will absolutely call to the museum when I am back down south again.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: normal;\">Cornelius O&#8217;Connor<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1050\" height=\"120\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: normal;\" src=\"https:\/\/kilgarvanmotormuseum.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cropped-header-png.png\" alt=\"\"><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: normal;\">\u00a0 Visitor I found it `bout the internet before starting from Germany . A very lovely place and very nice people there . We talked a lot `bout old cars , holiday and something else . Since I`m home again there is a Kilgarvan Motor Museum sticker on my Karmann Ghia . It is an interesting collection ; you can explore a lot !\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: normal;\">Juergen Visitor<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1050\" height=\"120\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: normal;\" src=\"https:\/\/kilgarvanmotormuseum.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cropped-header-png.png\" alt=\"\"><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: normal;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":447,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-23","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kilgarvanmotormuseum.ie\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kilgarvanmotormuseum.ie\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kilgarvanmotormuseum.ie\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kilgarvanmotormuseum.ie\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kilgarvanmotormuseum.ie\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":82,"href":"https:\/\/kilgarvanmotormuseum.ie\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":467,"href":"https:\/\/kilgarvanmotormuseum.ie\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions\/467"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kilgarvanmotormuseum.ie\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kilgarvanmotormuseum.ie\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}