Qué hay en Killarney, Irlanda, a lo largo del año

Concurrido — Christmas break en Irlanda, vacaciones escolares en 7 de los mercados que lo llenan

En enero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Ross Castle closed for winter (4 Nov – 6 Mar (normalmente))

Tranquilo — los viajeros lo describen como tranquilo, February mid-term break en Irlanda

En febrero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Ross Castle closed for winter (4 Nov – 6 Mar (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — St. Patrick's Festival, St Patrick's Day

• Festival

  St. Patrick's Festival

  12–19 Mar · normalmenteGran festivalMucha genteReserva pronto

  A five-day town festival around 17 March, with buildings lit green for a couple of weeks and a parade on the day itself from Mission Road through the town centre. Book beds early: it is the first busy week of the year. Fuente ↗

• Festivo

  St Patrick's Day

  16–18 MarFiesta nacionalMucha gente

  17 March is a public holiday with a parade in almost every town, followed by music sessions in packed pubs from midday. Hotels fill and rates rise, above all when it makes a long weekend, and visitors arrive from abroad for it. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Ross Castle closed for winter (4 Nov – 6 Mar (normalmente))

Concurrido — Easter break en Irlanda, vacaciones escolares en 6 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Rally of the Lakes

  1–3 MayFin de semana de motorMucha genteCierresReserva pronto

  Closed-road stages through the mountains on the May bank holiday weekend, running since 1979. The town is booked out and several of the scenic roads are shut for the days of it. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — los viajeros lo describen como muy concurrido, Rally of the Lakes

• Naturaleza

  Rhododendrons at Muckross

  10 May – 20 Jun · normalmenteFlores silvestres

  The Muckross House gardens are at their most colourful in May and June for their rhododendrons and azaleas, and the wild purple rhododendron flowers across the national park woods, pretty but an invasive species the park is clearing. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Rally of the Lakes (1–3 May)

Concurrido — Summer holidays en Irlanda, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

En junio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Rhododendrons at Muckross (10 May – 20 Jun (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — los viajeros lo describen como muy concurrido, Peak season on the Ring of Kerry

• Festivo

  Peak season on the Ring of Kerry

  1 Jul – 31 AgoVacaciones escolaresMucha genteReserva pronto

  Coaches run the Ring of Kerry anticlockwise, so the day trip has to be timed around them, and Muckross and the Gap of Dunloe take the overflow. Book anything with a jaunting car ahead. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Killarney July race festival

  10–25 Jul · normalmenteEvento deportivoMucha genteReserva pronto

  The racecourse sits under the mountains at the edge of town and runs its biggest festival in July. Rooms go for it, and evening meetings mean the town stays busy after racing. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — Peak season on the Ring of Kerry, Summer holidays en Irlanda

En agosto no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Peak season on the Ring of Kerry (1 Jul – 31 Ago)

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

• Naturaleza

  Red deer rut

  25 Sep – 25 Oct · normalmenteÉpoca de berrea

  The native herd in the national park is the last wild one in Ireland, and through October the stags roar across Knockreer and the Muckross oakwoods. Keep well back; they are not tame.

Concurrido — October mid-term break en Irlanda, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Naturaleza

  Oakwoods turning

  5 Oct – 5 Nov · normalmenteColores de otoño

  The old oak and the imported beech around Muckross and Torc go through October, and the park's paths are at their emptiest between the summer coaches and the Christmas weekends.

Sigue en marcha: Red deer rut (25 Sep – 25 Oct (normalmente))

Concurrido — Christmas in Killarney, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Cierre

  Ross Castle closed for winter

  4 Nov – 6 Mar · normalmente

  The tower house is shut to visitors from early November to early March; the grounds and lakeshore stay open, but the interior is by guided tour only and those resume in spring. Muckross House stays open year-round. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Christmas in Killarney

  20 Nov – 31 Dic · normalmenteNavidad y Año NuevoMucha gente

  The town runs a six-week festival with a lit trail, a market and a parade, and it draws Kerry and Cork rather than tourists. Weekends in December are as busy as August. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Oakwoods turning (5 Oct – 5 Nov (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Christmas in Killarney, Christmas break en Irlanda

En diciembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Ross Castle closed for winter (4 Nov – 6 Mar (normalmente)), Christmas in Killarney (20 Nov – 31 Dic (normalmente))