2. VISIT OF QUEEN
VICTORIA TO MUCKROSS
 

Queen Victoria, with some members of her family, arrived by train in Killarney on the evening of Monday 26 August 1861. The royal party spent that first evening as guests of the Browne family of Killarney House. The Herbert family hosted the following two nights at Muckross House. During the course of her visit the Queen visited many of Killarney’s beauty spots, including Derrycunnihy and Torc Waterfall. She also participated in a traditional Killarney Stag Hunt upon the Lakes.