Blue boat on Lough Leane in Killarney National Park near the town of Killarney, with oak and yew woodlands and mountain peaks.
Killarney National Park, County Kerry, Munster Province, Ireland: Blue boat on Lough Leane near the town of Killarney, with oak and yew woodlands and mountain peaks. Killarney National Park was the first national park in Ireland, created when Muckross Estate was donated to the Irish state in 1932. The park has since been substantially expanded and encompasses over km2 (25,425 acres) of diverse ecology, including the Lakes of Killarney. It has Ireland's only native herd of red deer and the most extensive covering of native forest remaining in Ireland. The park is of high ecological value because of the quality, diversity, and extensiveness of many of its habitats and the wide variety of species that they accommodate, some of which are rare. The park was designated a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in park forms part of a Special Area of Conservation.
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Location: Lough Leane, Killarney Nat. Park, Killarney, County Kerry, Munster, Republic of Ireland, Europe
Photo credit: © Mieneke Andeweg-van Rijn / Alamy / Afripics
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