KILLARNEY NATIONAL PARK
10,236 HECTARES
BEAUTIFUL SCENERY MOUNTAINS, WOODLANDS, LAKES, ISLANDS, RIVERS, WATERFALLS, PASTURE LAND. ROADWAYS, PATHWAYS, HISTORIC BUILDINGS, GRAVEYARD. RED DEER KERRY SLUG, KERRY VIOLET, KERRY CATTLE JAUNTING CARS, PONY TREKKING, BOATING, FISHING, WALKING, CYCLING.
Rangers
- LAKE MONITORING
- FLORA AND FAUNA MONITORING
- DEER CULL
- RHODODENDRON MAPPING AND CONTRACT PREPARATION AND SUPERVISION
- LICENSING AND MONITORING OF COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS
- TRAFFIC CONTROL
- WORK EXPERIENCE
TRUSTEES OF MUCKROSS HOUSE
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MANAGEMENT OF MUCKROSS HOUSE
- GARDENS RESTAURANT
- CRAFTS AND CRAFT SHOP
- TRADITIONAL FARMS
- REFERENCE LIBRARY
CATERING FOR VISITORS
TEA ROOMS AT :
- DINIS COTTAGE
- DEENAGH LODGE
- GEARHAMEEN
- ROSS CASTLE
THE KERRY CATTLE HERDtheTHE KERRY CATTLE
Muckross Gardens
KNOCKREER & KILLARNEY HOUSE GARDENS
LOOKING GOOD
24 ACRES OF LAWNS MOWN ON A WEEKLY BASIS THROUGHOUT THE GROWING SEASON
BUILT HERITAGE
ROADWAY AND PATHWAYS
- 40 KILOMETRES OF INTERNAL ROADWAYS
- 70 KILOMETRES OF PATHS AND TRAILS
APPROX 1.5 MILLION VISITORS ANNUALLY
EDUCATION
- EDUCATION CENTRE AT KNOCKREER HOUSE IN ASSOCIATION WITH CAPPANALEA OUTDOOR PURUSITS CENTRE
- ARTHUR VINCENT HOSTEL
- ILLUSTRATED TALKS
- GUIDED WALKS
RHODODENDRON
- MAJOR CLEARANCE OF THE INVASIVE RHODENDRON PONTICUM
- ONGOING RESEARCH INTO BEST AND MOST ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY PRACTICE
WOODLAND MANAGEMENT
OAKWOODS AT ULLAUNS AND DERRYCUNNIHY – FENCED TO ALLOW FOR REGENERATION AFTER RHODODENDRON CLEARANCE
AS PART OF THE NATIVE WOODLANDS SCHEME
FLORA & FAUNA
ANNEX HABITATS & SPECIES
- OAKWOODS
- YEW WOOD
- BLANKET BOG
- DRY HEATH
- WET HEATH
- ALLUVIAL WOODLAND
- SEA, RIVER AND BROOK LAMPREYS
- PEARL MUSSEL
- LESSER HORSESHOE BAT
- SHAD SALMON
RED AND SIKA DEER
REINTRODUCTION OF THE WHITE TAILED EAGLE
15 EAGLETS CAME IN FROM NORWAY IN JUNE 2007 AND FLEW OFF OVER KILLARNEY'S LAKES ON THE 16th AUGUST
COMMERCIAL ASPECT
- WATERBUSES
- COMMERCIAL OPEN BOATS
- SELF DRIVE BOATS
- JARVEYS
- PONY TREKKING
WORKING WITH THE LOCAL COMMUNITY EVENTS
- ORIENTEERING
- SPONSORED WALKS
- TEDDY BEARS PICNIC
- POWER CHALLENGE
- REGATTAS
- AUTUMN TALK SERIES
- CROSS COUNTRY
PROVIDING FOR COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS
REPAIRS TO WATERBUS PONTOON AT ROSS MAY 2007
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