Conor Pass farmers fear visitor surge will destroy way of life

Ireland’s eighth and largest National Park will bring more than 70,000 acres of lands and seas into public ownership.
Conor Pass farmers fear visitor surge will destroy way of life

Ireland’s eighth and largest National Park will bring more than 70,000 acres of lands and seas into public ownership.

Farmers have worked hard over the generations to eke out a living from the rugged but beautiful uplands of the Conor Pass in the Dingle Peninsula.

But the Government’s recent decision to acquire the lands and develop it into the country’s newest National Park caused concern that these farming practices might be discontinued.

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