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The Muckross Park is the only
hotel located in majestic Killarney National Park with 25,000
acres of magnificent mountains, lakes and streams on our doorstep.
Elegant, luxurious guestrooms
and suites, award winning bars & restaurants, superb business
facilities and our world class Cloisters Spa all make for a truly
memorable hotel experience in a very unique location.
The Muckross Park Hotel is
one of oldest hotels in Killarney. It opened its doors as The
Herbert Arms in 1795 and was part of the original Muckross House
Estate.
In August 1861 Queen Victoria
visited Killarney and stayed at Muckross House just across the
road from the hotel and she took lunch in the hotel on Wednesday
28th August.
Other past guests include George
Bernard Shaw who spent the summer of 1923 in the hotel writing
Pygmalion (My Fair Lady).
Daniel O' Connell used the
hotel to rest and have a glass of ‘toddie’ during his
many journeys from his home in Caherdaniel over the mountains
to Kenmare and it was recently discovered that Michael Collins
visited the hotel shortly before his fatal shooting at Beal na
Blath in 1921.
The current owners Bill Cullen
and Jackie Lavin took over the hotel in 1990 and over the years
added facilities like the multi award winning Molly Darcy’s
Irish Pub and the Atrium and Abbey Suites which are particularly
popular for ‘Weddings’ in the Park.
Bill and Jackie’s ‘vision’
for a truly world class hotel where ‘only the very best
will do’ has recently been realised with the opening of
the newly refurbished and rebuilt Muckross Park Hotel with 70
fabulous new ‘5 star’ guestrooms, a new ‘state
of the art’ conference and event centre and Irelands most
exclusive ‘health and well being’ centre - the gothic
inspired Cloisters Spa.
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