"Orlikins goes to Killarney" a Killarney Travel Page by orlikins

I must admit my bias here - I don't actually like the town of Killarney all that much! It has been totally ruined by tourism.
Killarney is a lot more commercial brash, overtouristy than Tralee. Doesnt stop thousands of you flocking to Killarney every year though, eh? :) Dont get me wrong, I always enjoy myself when I get there, however Killarney conjures up lots of images of elderly American tourists bleating about their great-grandma Schwartz who came from Dingle. You won't catch many Irish people there on their holidays, as we leave it to the Yanks. :)

It is a total rip-off of a town, in some cases, it is as expensive as Dublin. Unfortunately the local traders have gotten greedy and are in danger of killing their golden goose by slapping on extortionate prices on anything you can think of.

Our last visit to Killarney was in New Year 2006 to visit our old college friend Aisling.

You will inevitably visit the sprawling National Park which surrounds Killarney. This pic is of Lough Leane, if you follow a trail from Muckross House.

As pretty as Lough Leane is, it is suffers from high levels of algae blooms and phosphate sewage from the town, so that is why you will never see anyone swimming in it. Indeed, there are signs around the lake asking you not to swim in it.

Jaunting carts are synonymous with Killarney and American tourists, you wont find them anywhere else in Ireland. They usually come part of a package tour but seriously, you will look a total idiot trotting around Killarney on one of these things :)

They could do with a pony pooper-scooper scheme along the park paths, they're covered in horse crap for miles! (you think I'm joking?!) :-)