Ireland – Forestry management services – Rhododendron Eradication Killarney National Park 2025

Killarney National Park lies immediately south of the town of Killarney, County Kerry. It covers 10289 HA, over (25,000 acres).The park consists of woodlands, mountains and lakes. A significant proportion of the park’s woodlands have been infested with invasive Rhododendron Ponticum. The Rhododendron significantly prevents woodland regeneration resulting in a poor age structure of the native woodlands within the park.