Muckross House and Gardens in top five tourist hotspots

MORE than 700,000 people visited Muckross House and Gardens in Killarney during 2007, ensuring its position among the top five tourist attractions nationally.

Mon, 10 Mar, 2008 - 00:00
Donal Hickey

The house, its research library and traditional farms all secured full accreditation in the Museum Standards Programme.

The only other institution to obtain full accreditation was the National Gallery of Ireland.

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