Páirc Náisiúnta na Mara
National park in Ireland
Páirc Náisiúnta na Mara, Ciarraí, also called the Kerry Seas National Park,[1] is a national park being created on the coast of County Kerry, Ireland. The park was announced in April 2024. Primarily a marine park, it will cover 70,000 acres (28,000 hectares) of land and sea, making it Ireland's biggest national park. It includes the following areas:[2][3]
- On and around the Dingle Peninsula:
- Blasket Islands special area of conservation
- An Abha Mhór river valley and the Conor Pass
- Mount Brandon nature reserve, on the slopes of Más an Tiompáin
- Inch dunes
- Kerry Head shoals
- Off the Iveragh Peninsula:
- Skellig Islands, including the World Heritage Site of Skellig Michael
- Puffin Island
- Derrynane Bay
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- Burren
- Connemara
- Glenveagh
- Kerry Seas
- Killarney
- Wicklow Mountains
- Wild Nephin
- Brú na Bóinne (planned)