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| (19T) (Open 9am-6pm summer; 9am-4.30pm winter) - a 5-acre nature gem, an oasis of peace and quiet, in the centre of town. Ten acre lawn extension being developed. Long view of Lough Leane and mountains. Great trees (beech, lime, Spanish chestnut, walnut etc.). Lawns, herbaceous and shrub borders, range of rhododendrons, also roses, azaleas, camellias, pittisporum, Spring and Summer flower beds. Walk down the arched cherry drive - spectacular in May, cool and magical at any time - close your eyes and imagine what it must have been like in 1861 when Queen Victoria stayed. The present Killarney House was the outhouses of the 18th century classical French style chateau, the gardens were ten times their present size extending to the right and left. |
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| long considered one of the finest features of the town. Repaving many lanes in recent times has given them a new vitality. The Bridewell Lane/Green Lane/Pond Lane/Back Lane complex off New Street (17T), a hundred yards on the Cathedral side of the Post Office, is now the most fully lived-in traditional lane complex in Killarney - very well maintained and colourful. Some of the lanes off High Street are still cobbled and Barry's Lane has an archway framing the Cathedral. Timmy Buckley (the tailor made famous in the 'Tailor and Ansty') learned his craft in Brewery Lane. Bower Lane formerly had the Methodist Manse where William Bourn Higgins grew up. He later became Lord Chief Justice of Australia. |
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Bishop's House |
| and Saint Brendan's College (13T) - north-east of the Cathedral, same architectural style. |
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| (14T) - finest example in Ireland of neo-Gothic revival. Started in 1842. Used as a famine hospital and shelter during the 1840's Great |
| Famine. A great redwood tree near the western doorway marks a mass children's famine grave. The stained glass windows tell stories from the Bible and the lives of Irish saints. Rose windows over north and south transcepts. Designed by Pugin. |
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Church of the Ressurection |
| (25T) - built 1990's. Circular stone building, inspired by pre-historic stone forts - the original Irish town. Stations of the Cross (painted by Patrick Pye), put traditional story in a modern setting. Roof-top cross particularly impressive under illumination. |
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Franciscan Friary |
| (6T) - built 1860's. Three altars in ornate Flemish style. Fine stained glass window over organ gallery. |
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Presentation Convent |
| (15T) - dates from 1793. Lace industry was based here for many years. |
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Lime Tree Lined New Road |
| (12T) - educational centre of Killarney with Saint Brendan's College, the Killarney Community College, Presentation Monastery and Holy Cross Mercy Convent Schools. |
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Mercy Convent |
| (11T) - dates from 1843 - sisters ran an orphanage here for many years, also staff St Columbanus's Home, District Hospital & a school. |
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| (1T) - may be the site of the church after which Killarney is named (Cill Áirne: Church of Airne). Reconstructed in the 1870s in the neo-Gothic style. Stained glass windows, very classical, rich late Victorian decor. In the porch a list of incumbents includes Arthur Hyde, 1808, a great-grandfather of Douglas Hyde, the first President of Ireland - a mural of Rev. Hyde on left-hand side of main aisle. |
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Spéir Bhean |
| (5T) representing the spirit of Ireland. Work of well-known Cork sculptor, Seamus Murphy, commemorates Kerry's four leading poets in the Irish language: Piaras Feirtéar (1616-1653); Geoffrey O'Donoghue (1620-1690); Aogán O'Rahilly (1670-1726) and Eoghan Rua O'Sullivan (1748-1784). Piaras Feirtéar was hanged on the hill across the way where the Friary now stands - known as Martyr's Hill (17th Century public hanging place). |
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Statue of Christ the King |
| (18T) - erected in 1936. |