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Minister Josepha Madigan, will today welcome Their Royal Highnesses  the Prince of Wales, and his wife, the Duchess of Cornwall, to Killarney National Park , County Kerry.  The visit forms part of a two day visit by Their Royal Highnesses to Ireland.  Their Royal Highnesses will visit Muckross and Killarney Houses while in the National Park.

Speaking ahead of the visit, Minister Madigan said:

It gives me great pleasure that the final point on Their Royal Highnesses’ tour will be Killarney National Park, encompassing visits to both Killarney House and Muckross House. Over one hundred and fifty years ago Queen Victoria, her husband Prince Albert and her children arrived in Killarney by train. On her first night, she stayed in Kenmare House, which once stood on these grounds. The Killarney House we see today was formerly the stables of Kenmare House. The Queen and her family would then go on to stay in Muckross House.

 

I am delighted that Their Royal Highnesses have followed in Queen Victoria’s footsteps. Killarney is truly one of the most beautiful places in the world and, as Minister with responsibility for this National Park, I am especially proud to open these “Golden Gates” to our masterpiece of nature for such illustrious visitors.