Muckross Park Hotel

... striking against "poor veterinary procedures" to animals in the park.   We wanted to have lunch at this restaurant called the Muckross House and even after the 30 old men picketers asked us if we reallly wanted to cross a picket line, we figured ...

... .  We stopped in the ticket sales shop and asked what sights were best to see and they said the park over the the sights that require an entrance fee: Muckross House and the Farms.  I was ok with this information.  So we decided to go on a ...

... LOVE the national park here! Yesterday and today we walked the 5km from town. Yesterday we visited the amazing Muckross House (the estate which is now the park) and saw the living farms which were very interesting. The pig here are much larger than any ...

... for next time.  On the way back, instead of letting us out right in town he dropped us off at one of the gates to Muckross Park so we could have a nice walk through.  After we got back to the hotel we freshened up a bit before heading out for ...

... the estate where you can see traditional weaving and pottery and buy products made at the estate. After spending several hours at Muckross I then visited Ross Castle, which is a reconstructed tower-house.  These tower-house's are all over Ireland, I ...

... and streets show what life would have been like at the that time. Many of the farmhouses were very similar to that of Muckross Traditional Farms so we didn’t spend loads of time looking through them. After returning to the hotel I enjoyed going for ...

... trip to Paris, after we go to Rome!  Then a bunch of us walked to Westport House.  The house is similar to Muckross house in Killarney.  It was built on the remains of Grace O’Malley’s castle, and then a house was built by the ...

... untouched for fear 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 ...

We were relieved and happy to have our car keys and so we set off for Killarney National Park and Muckross House, near Killarney.  We arrived there sans cash but with our credit card.  As we were walking in to the grand house for a tour, an ...

... swirling around us. That's the Ring of Kerry in the Winter. The night was finished off with dinner at a working farm called Muckross Farm!  Everything eaten was made or grown from scratch - the butter, the bread, the meat & vegies in the ...

... was very pretty too, and most of the time we had the walking trails to ourselves. That changed pretty quickly as soon as Muckross House came into view, although the direction we approached it from gave us a far better angle of it than the gaggles of ...

... coffee dust. Awesome. Anyway, whatever, we’re not here for the breakfast. We headed to Killarney National Park to see the Ross Castle, Muckross House and Gardens and of course the views! Absolutely beautiful place and boy did we walk a few ...

... maneuver its way around a bus! Very frustrating indeed! When we finally got back to Killarney (about 5pm), we visited Muckross Traditional Farms. The three working farms (small, medium and large), each complete with animals, poultry and horse drawn farm ...

... . The next morning we woke up and went to O'Sullivans so Chase and Erin could rent bikes. We took our bikes on a LONG tour around Muckross Lake to see the Muckross Abby, Muchross House and finally Torc Waterfall. The bike ride was so fun, but took us all ...

... and mist behind the stone castle, as so much of this part of Ireland). After we got back to our hotel, our bus picked us up for the drive to Muckross House and Gardens. (Here I bought a souvenir book - the gardens were so incredible.) The highlight was ...

... roommates and Delta Chi family, and Gram!  I got a celtic knot ring and sweatshirt for myself too!  Since we were near Muckross House, a Victorian mansion, we got a tour as well.  The house was one of the estates on the park ...

... in the park, but we did not see any of it. We spend most of our time walking the gardens and going on a tour of Muckross House. The house is an old Victorian house furnished with about 70 of the original furniture from when the house was build. The tour ...

... Took several shots, both slides and prints, about 3:30 pm. At 3:50  p.m., bus stopped at Killarney National Park. More photography: shots of Muckross Abbey ruins (hundreds of years old).  Also of scenic bridge near park entrance, and of jaunting ...