Islands, ocean, mountains and wildlife: Ireland’s newest national park is its most diverse

Sceilg Mhichíl, or Skellig Michael, is one of the offshore islands included as part of Kerry Marine National Park, which spans 70,000 acres of widely varying landscape

Caroline O'Doherty

The country’s newest national park will be a patchwork of places on land, coast and sea, physically separate from each other but linked by a common designation.

A clearer picture of Páirc Náisiúnta na Mara, Ciarraí – Kerry National Marine Park – is now available after further details of its make-up were released.