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Killarney

Disambiguation: Killarney is also a town in Ontario, Canada.
Killarney (Cill Airne, "The church of the sloes") is a city in Co. Kerry, west Ireland. The city is in a deep valley in the MacGillicuddy Reeks, Ireland's largest mountain range, at the side of one of a chain of three large lakes, part of a National Park. The city is also famous for its history, as well as the cathedral it is also home to Ross Castle, Muckross Abbey and Innisfallen Island, the location of a ruined monastery.

Because of its natural and historical interest, and its close proximity to the Dingle peninsula, Skelligs and Ring of Kerry it is a popular tourist town.

See also: Killarney Lakes (National Park).

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