The Great Outdoors: Killarney National Park

09 / 06 / 18

The Great Outdoors: Killarney National Park

Meeting of the Waters: A tranquil spot only accessible on foot or bicycle, where Killarney National Park’s three lakes converge. The Upper lake, Middle Lake (also known as Muckross Lake) and Lower Lake (Lough Leane) all come together here.

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Where the Waters Meet in Killarney National Park2

Meeting of the Waters: A tranquil spot only accessible on foot or bicycle, where Killarney National Park’s three lakes converge. The Upper lake, Middle Lake (also known as Muckross Lake) and Lower Lake (Lough Leane) all come together here.

Hiking in Killarney National Park

Limestone formation: Much of the park is based on limestone.

The Muckross House: In 1932, it was presented by William Bowers Bourn and Arthur Rose Vincent to the Irish nation. It thus became the first National Park in the Irish Free State (now Republic of Ireland) and formed the basis of the present day Killarney National Park.

Ross Castle from the water — Ross Castle is a 15th Century tower house and keep on the edge of Lough Leane, in Killarney National Park, County Kerry, Ireland. It is the ancestral home of the O’Donoghue clan, later associated with the Brownes of Killarney.

Waterfall at Killarney National Park, Ireland’s first national park. It is more than 25,000 acres of mountains, streams, lakes, forests and a wide diversity of species.

Stream in Killarney National Park — Killarney National Park has numerous streams, waterfalls and three lakes.

Ross Castle2 — Ross Castle was among the last to surrender to Oliver Cromwell’s Roundheads during the Irish Confederate Wars, and was only taken when artillery was brought by boat via the River Laune. Lord Muskerry (MacCarty) held the castle against Edmund Ludlow who marched to Ross with 4,000 foot soldiers and 200 horses. However, it was by water that he attacked the stronghold. The Irish had a prophecy that Ross could never be taken until a warship could swim on the lake, an unbelievable prospect that proved true.

The Great Outdoors: Killarney National Park

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