Though all facilities of transportations are available with well-connected roads to Kannur (Canannore), Thalassery (Tellichery), Thalipparamba or with the inter-state highway which connects Thalassery and Kodagu (Coorg) at Iritty the panoramic beauty is still untainted. Even the roads have a set. They have got lot of stories to
tell.  The present  Highway originally  was called TC Road (Thalassery - Coorg )
by the British. This is further keeps Coorg, Mysore and Bangalore closer with Iritty.

It is believed that the first batch of Aryan immigrants settled in Kerala and Malabar region, because there is no evidence of the Paleolithic man having lived in this region. Even so, rock - cut caves and Megalithic burial sites of the Neolithic age have come to light in certain parts of Malabar.

Iritty and Malabar was part of the Chera kingdom, which ruled most of Kerala during the first several centuries. (from 9th century to 11th century). Later Kannur was the capital of the Kolattiri Rajas. (up to15th century). The Kolathiris were a power to reckon with at the time of the arrival of Portuguese towards the end of the 15th century. They built St. Angelo's Fort north of Kannur in 1505.

The Kolathiri Rajas and Samoothiris of Kozhikkode fought a common war against the Portuguese and they besieged the fort of St. Angelo at Kannur, in 1564. In the year 1663 the Dutch captured the fort. The disintegration of the Kolathiri's dominion started in the latter half of the 17th and the beginning of the 18th century following dissensions in the royal family by the extensive surrender of territory to consorts of the ruling members.

The British (The English East India Company) got its first foothold in the district towards the end of the 17th century, when it acquired a site at Thalassery for the erection of a fort and a factory. In 1708, the British built Thalassery Fort by the sea to protect and control the spice trade from the town, through which a variety of spices such as pepper and cardamom were exported. Haidar Ali of Mysore conquered Malabar in 1773. In January 1788, Tippu Sultan descended on Kerala with a large army and founded a new capital at Feroke - Calicut for his Malabar province. In 1792, at the conclusion of the Third Anglo - Mysore War, the British took over Kannur and the surrounding region, which became the new Malabar District of the British India's Madras Presidency.

Pazhassi Raja , popularly known as the Lion of Kerala, was the king of the Kottayam Royal family, from Mattanur of Malabar during the last decades of the 18th century. The fight against Tipu Sultan, Pazhassi Raja had helped the British, but following the Mysore withdrawal, their relationship fell apart. On June 28th of 1795, Pazhassi Raja challenged the British by stopping all tax collection and giving refuge to the people who were considered revolutionaries by the British. While South Canara and other parts of South India were being brought under British imperial control, following the fall of Mysore King in 1799, Pazhassi Raja raised the standard of revolt a second time. The Colonel Stevenson's efforts early in 1801 cut off the Pazhassi Raja from his adherents in South Malabar . From the forest of Waynad, Pazhassi fought a guerrilla war against the British with the help of his loyal Kurichiya tribe.

On 1st November 1805, Thomas Harvey Babar, took direct charge of the operations and on November 30, 1805 he surrounded and shot the Raja dead in an operation on the banks of a Nullah. The Raja's body was cremated with "customary honors". With the death of Pazhassi Raja, the resistance movement in north Kerala came to an end. The British had razed the original palace to the ground and built the road (Tellichey - Mysore road) over it. Later part is Indian Independence and Kerala State formation...

Tipu Sultan (1749 - 4 May 1799), known as the Tiger of Mysore. He was the son of Hyder Ali, and his second wife, Fatima. His full name was Bahadur Khan Tipu Sultan. Tipu took over rule of the kingdom upon his father's death. In the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War (1799) by the combined forces of the British East India Company, the Nizam of Hyderabad defeated Tipu and he was killed on 4 May 1799, defending the fort of Srirangapattana.




Iritty has a humid climate with an oppressive hot season from March to the end of May.  This is followed  by the  South - West Monsoon season that continues till the beginning of October. From October to December is the Northeast Monsoon season and the two months January and February are winter season. The climate is pleasant from September to February. The rainfall during July is very heavy and receives 68% of the annual rainfall during this season.

The winds over the Iritty regions are seasonal and predominantly from the east in the period from December to February and from west in the rest of the year. During the months of December and January the temperature is low and the minimum temperature is about 18-20 degree C. ( On certain days the night temperature may go down to 12-14 degree C, although this is extremely rare ). During the months of April and May, the mean daily maximum temperature is about 35 o C.