Guided Killarney National Park Walking Tour
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Guided Killarney National Park Walking Tour

2 h
With guide
By walk
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About this activity
Meet your guide at 11am outside O'Sheas Funeral Home opposite St. Marys Cathedral for a two hour walk of Killarney National Park. This can be extended to a longer walk if desired.

The cathedral was designed by Augustus Welby Pugin who came over to Killarney from London, and building commenced in 1842. During the great famine the unfinished building was used as a shelter for starving people who came in from the countryside. The lovely thatched cottage Deenagh Lodge which once served as a gate lodge is now a popular tea rooms during the summer months.

Queen Victoria was a visitor to this area back in 1861 arriving in Killarney by train, a new age travel as the railway first opened in Killarney in 1853. Sika deer were introduced to the area from Wicklow in 1865, and there is now a good number of them. The native red deer are a bigger attraction they came close to extinction but thankfully there now is a good size herd in the National Park.

The year 1969 was an exciting one as Charles De Gaulle spent nearly two weeks in a cottage nearby with a big security presence. The film Ryans Daughter was filmed in Dingle, but the love scene was done in the National Park. Not surprising as the scenery speaks for itself.

All the local guides have a great love of their home place, so you can be guaranteed an informative tour.
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Included
  • Special footwear not required, but if you have walking boots you are advised to wear them
Not included
  • Food and drinks
Additional
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Features
Tourism
90%
Cultural
65%
Sport
30%
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Audrey R
4 | 2017-07-11

Good pace, friendly dog, informative, loved his Irish accent!!

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