Lake Park Hotel Killarney

... rode it through a beautiful, wooded trail. Our horse was named Paddy, and our driver was very friendly. We rode through the 'Killarney National Park', and our driver let us stop at the abandoned Rosse Castle (our hotel is named after it). It was built in ...

... table and was looking even more pale by the minute.  After breakfast we set out for a three hour lake walk through the nearby Killarney National Park.  This walk through the lush, green forest was extremely peaceful and very scenic.  On ...

... mini fridges) and this great wholemeal Irish bread that we bought the night before. We hung out at the hotel until check out and then drove to Killarney. It was another beautiful drive that was much calmer and easier than the night before. After we got ...

... castle. On Thursday I was able to fulfill a dream, horseback riding in Ireland!  I had a 2 hour morning ride through Killarney National Park, just myself and my guide Jeanene.  She is French, had been in Ireland for only a few weeks, talk about ...

So, since Wednesday, I have been going back to Killarney National Park everyday!  On Thursday we had an optional hike around Muckross Penninsula, which was slower paced but very pretty.  Our guide showed us lots of native plants around the ...

... impressive, albeit relatively new (built at the end of the 1800s) walls, then walked across the street to stroll through Killarney National Park.  First we watched a baby Pomeranian try to nurse from its dad (…), the little puff ball running to ...

... , the other with print film, both ASA-100). Bus leaves 2:45 pm We continued on toward Killarney National Park, stopping along road overlooking the Lake of Killarney, for photographers’ benefit.  Took several shots, both slides and prints, about ...

... income for the inhabitants. That said they do deliver the full package in terms of scenery sitting at the edge of the Killarney National Park with its mountains and lakes and historic ruins and a stately home thrown in. We started our day with a Jaunting ...

... a 'jaunting car' ride - actually horse and carriage. Apparently that's the traditional way to go through Killarney National Park. More anon; this hotel actually has a free internet-access computer, although I'm limited to a half an hour. The Bunratty ...

... the train finally rode up! I got a picture of Chase and Erin when they got off the train.  We took them to the Killarney Royal hotel to unpack their things and we headed to the pubs. I took them to the Laurels and we sat and waited until 6:00 so we ...

... At the night-club we ended up at, there was a good covers band playing and we ended up being introduced to Tommy, Killarney's champion pint sculler - downing a pint of Guinness in about 2 seconds despite only being 'pint-sized' himself. The rest of the ...

... ... the stuff that makes it worth putting up with sub-zero temperatures to see. I then went to Killarney National Park, and took a wander around the lake, which was equally beautiful, though a little more domestic in style. Tomorrow I hope to get the ...

... Dingle after about 3.5 to 4 hours.  Most of the roads were decent most of the way until we got outside of Killarney and then it was a two way rural road, which makes both of us uncomfortable.   We arrived about 4:30 pm at the ...

... Johan to surface from a long, well deserved, sleep. We started our day yesterday with a visit to Irelands first National Park, the Killarney National Park. What an experience. The park consist mainly of 3 tree types, Oak, Yew and …, and peat bog. ...

... . Yesterday we had an awesome day in Killarney. We rented bicycles and went on a 14-mile loop bike trail through Killarney National Park. (Katie from Ten Mercer, thank you so much for that suggestion- best bike trip ever!!) We saw the Irish countryside, ...

... pastures with cattle and sheep grazing. The farming area through which we drove is serviced by the little rural towns of Killarney, Rosebrook, Yambuk, Coddington and Narrowong. While still in Victoria, the road took us down to the pretty coastal town of ...

... that they will be punished by the fairies for cutting it down).  The Dublin Castle itself was a bit like Muckross house in Killarney. James Connolly was also held prisoner there.  The house had a throne in the same room as a courting house, ...

... , toast, meat puddings, bacon…mmmm  With full stomachs we head out of Dublin across the country towards Killarney National Park.  Halfway there we stop near Limerick at a small town.  Adare has all these monasteries and little ...

... grazing on the hillsides. Hardy creatures they must be to flourish on those craggy peaks. We parked in the middle of Killarney with a view to seeking accommodation but decided that it was a large and unattractive city we should leave behind us as soon as ...

... scenery along the way. I know we passed through several mountainous regions, but we never really saw them. We drove through Killarney (twice) and a really neat medieval town named Macroom. We didn't stop because there was no parking that we could find ...