Killarney National Park is located near the town of Killarney in the heart of County Kerry in the southwest of Ireland. It was established in 1932 when Arthur Vincent and his parents-in-law donated the Muckross Estate, the core of the park, to the Irish Republic in memory of Arthur’s wife Maude. Sadly, she’d died of pneumonia three years before. Today, it covers 26,000 acres.
The Killarney Lakes; Lough Leane (the Lower Lake), Muckross (or Middle) Lake and the Upper Lake, make up about a quarter of the park, and are surrounded by natural oak and yew woodland, and overlooked by the high crags and moors of Purple Mountain (832m) to the west and Knockrower (552m) to the south.
Muckross House was built in 1843 by the British architect William Burn for the wealthy Herbert family and polished up – at a massive cost – in preparation for Queen Victoria’s visit in 1861.
The park was designated a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 1981.
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(Issued 05-09-2019)
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