Killarney National Park

Killarney National Park Welcome to the official page of Killarney National Park. The Park covers over 25,000 acres of lakes, mountains, ancient woodland and antiquities.

Killarney House & Gardens is the new Visitor Centre for the national park.

🌉⚠️PLEASE BE ADVISED 🌉⚠️Killarney National Park 🔩🪚⚒️Essential repair work is currently being carried out at the Canal B...
14/05/2026

🌉⚠️PLEASE BE ADVISED 🌉⚠️
Killarney National Park

🔩🪚⚒️Essential repair work is currently being carried out at the Canal Bridge at Ross Castle.🔩🪚⚒️

⚠️ • If you are parking at Ross Castle, walking or cycling from town or Knockreer Demesne
⚠️ •Please use the main road entrance to Ross Castle.
⚠️ •Please note both carparks are in use.

🫶Thank you for your understanding


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14/05/2026

🫵Killarney National Park Education Centre Needs you!

🙏We need to win the European Natura 2000 BioBlitz friendly competition!

📱⬇️Download the Obsidentify app https://observation.org/apps/obsidentify/

🙏Anytime between Friday 15th - Sunday 24th May 2026

📱 simply record what you see - all your scans in that period will count for the EU-wide Natura 2000 Day BioBlitz!

Killarney National Parkame 8th out of 86, with 647 species being recorded in last years competition.




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🌳🌸🦅National Biodiversity Week 2026!🌳🌸🦅Killarney National Park Education Centre have amazing FREE events Scheduled 🌳Frida...
14/05/2026

🌳🌸🦅National Biodiversity Week 2026!🌳🌸🦅

Killarney National Park Education Centre have amazing FREE events Scheduled

🌳Friday 15th - Sunday 24th May

🦅Killarney National Park for more details

🐦MONDAY 18th May 10.30 - 12.00 Noon
'Birds of the River Deenagh'

LINK TO EVENTBRITE:
https://www.eventbrite.ie/o/killarney-national-park-education-centre-107253639581
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🙌We love the unique Irish folklore surrounding our flora and fauna. Its intrigue and mystery have kept the story alive f...
14/05/2026

🙌We love the unique Irish folklore surrounding our flora and fauna. Its intrigue and mystery have kept the story alive for hundreds of years.

🧚‍♀️The Whitethorn or May tree is deeply associated with the ‘Otherworld’ - fairies and misfortune. It is said that "for anyone who disturbs or cuts the Whitethorn bush, the fairies will be angered and bring about untold misfortune."

🧚‍♂️However! in the In the tree spirit world, the Whitethorn brings "a message of hope and healing both physically and emotionally"


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12/05/2026

🌅🧘‍♀️💜Sometimes we must give ourselves the time to reflect and renew our appreciation of Killarney National Park. 🌅🧘‍♀️💜
💜 🩵 💜

💜 The journey to Innisfallen Island from Ross Castle is sublime and once on the idyllic monastic Island, there is a calm, a quietening down, a serenity.

🩵 In the golden age of monasticism in Ireland, the location of monasteries were carefully chosen. An Augustinian monastery was founded on Lough Leane (lake of learning) in 631, dedicated to St. Finian. It remained occupied for 950 years.

💜 The monastic island flourished as both a university and monastery. It was during Ireland’s medieval renaissance, the monks wrote the Annals of Innisfallen, which chronicle the early history of Ireland, over seven centuries, (now held in the Bodleian Library in Oxford) .

🩵 The video shows members of the Cistercian Order who gathered for their annual formation course at Glencairn Abbey County Waterford, spending a day on Innisfallen Island.

💜 It was led by Sr Sarah Branigan, formation Secretary. Tracy Collins, Senior Archeologist with National Monuments Service - Archaeology who specialises in medieval monasticism, was on hand to share her vast knowledge with the Cistercian community. Boatman was Diarmaid Griffin Ross Castle Boat Tours


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🩵💜Pilgrim progress🩵💜Members of the Monastic Cistercian Order on a retreat to Innisfallen Island, Lough Lein, Killarney n...
11/05/2026

🩵💜Pilgrim progress🩵💜
Members of the Monastic Cistercian Order on a retreat to Innisfallen Island, Lough Lein, Killarney national Park, lead by Sr Sarah Branigan, St Mary’s Abbey, Glencairn, Co Waterford.

🩵The idyllic Island is home to the ruins of Innisfallen monastery and a seat of learning, founded in 631, dedicated to St Finian. The Annals of Innisfallen were written here over seven centuries.

💜 Tracy Collins Senior Archeologist with National Monuments Service, who specialises in medieval monasticism, was on hand to share her vast knowledge with the Cistercian community.

🩵Diarmuid Griffin Ross Castle Boat Tours gave wonderful lore and history of Lough Lein.


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photos: Valerie O'Sullivan

11/05/2026

🦆🩷Sometimes nature needs our help!🩷🦆

🚦David Fitzgerald and P.J. Murphy - Staff at National Parks and Wildlife Service to the rescue 🚦
🦆🐥🩷Guiding this precious brood across the road to Abbey Wood, very close to the old Muckross Post Office!

David Fitzgerald Traffic Control🚨🚦
PJ Murphy Cameraman 🎥
Well done guys! Killarney National Park



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🦢🪶Just about cleared for take-off🦢🪶in recognition of the very special man 🦢who brought the planet into our homes 🎂Happy ...
08/05/2026

🦢🪶Just about cleared for take-off🦢
🪶in recognition of the very special man
🦢who brought the planet into our homes
🎂Happy 100th Birthday 🎬🎥📺

🪽🪶🪺A Heron takes off over a Cob, having being threatened by the male who is protecting his territory as the female partner concentrates on minding her nest. (just out of view here)🪽🪶🪺

Photo: 📸 Valerie O'Sullivan

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🐾🐾GREAT NEWS🐾🐾Roxy the gorgeous black lab has been reunited with her family🥰 🫶Big Thank you to Harold and Derek Ross Cas...
07/05/2026

🐾🐾GREAT NEWS🐾🐾
Roxy the gorgeous black lab
has been reunited with her family🥰
🫶Big Thank you to Harold and Derek Ross Castle Garden Cafe for minding the lovely pooch until the owners collected her.


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🐾🐾RECOGNISE THIS HANDSOME POOCH🐾🐾 🙏PLEASE SHARE 🙏PLEASE SHARE 🙏PLEASE SHARE🖤This beautiful and friendly dog is Ross Cast...
06/05/2026

🐾🐾RECOGNISE THIS HANDSOME POOCH🐾🐾

🙏PLEASE SHARE 🙏PLEASE SHARE 🙏PLEASE SHARE

🖤This beautiful and friendly dog is Ross Castle Garden Cafe looking for her owner.
🙏Please share so we can reunite her with her family.

📱Phone Harold on 087 4102329 for information.

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💻🔬🧫Final year Students of (MTU) Wildlife Biology BSc(Hons) degree programme, displayed their research projects in Killar...
05/05/2026

💻🔬🧫Final year Students of (MTU) Wildlife Biology BSc(Hons) degree programme, displayed their research projects in Killarney House on Tuesday.

📚🔬The research was undertaken in the last 12 months in Killarney National Park and Páirc Náisiúnta na Mara Ciarraí.

🔬🌸🐾🦋Topics included native plants and animals, invasive species, the latest bioacoustics and camera monitoring technology.

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Killarney House & Gardens, Killarney National Park Visitor Centre, Muckross Road
Killarney
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