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Killarney National Park:

Protected Status

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  • Original legal framework is Bourn Vincent Memorial Park Act 1932.

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  • KNP forms the core area of the Kerry Biosphere Reserve.  A United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation designation.

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  • KNP is  part of an EU designated Special Area of Conservation (SAC) which included 75,000.ha of the McGillycuddy Reeks SAC site.

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  • KNP is an EU designated Special Protected Area (SPA).

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  • Derrycunnihy Oak Wood (136 ha) is a statutory Nature Reserve.

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