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County Kerry
About 27 miles away
Slea Head's cliffs, music pubs and beehive huts.
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Killarney National Park
Lakes, oak woods and mountains on the edge of town, with Ireland's only native herd of red deer.
- Open
- Always
- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- Half a day
- Address
- Killarney House, Muckross Road, KillarneyDirections
- Getting There
- The park gates are a few minutes' walk from the town center.
Why Go
Ireland's first national park, founded in 1932 around the Muckross estate, covers three lakes, ancient oak and yew woods and the slopes of the highest mountains in Ireland. Paths and quiet roads wind through it, best explored by bike.
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