€7m Killarney House set for addition to tourist trail

A €7m tourist attraction in Killarney, Co Kerry, will be opened next year, Arts and Heritage Minister Heather Humphreys has confirmed.

Killarney House, once the home of the Earls of Kenmare and the McShain family, will act as an interpretive centre for Killarney National Park and will also be a venue for exhibitions and cultural events.

Ms Humphreys told senator Paul Coghlan the restoration project will be substantially complete by the end of this year, with a view to the site being fully operational and open to the public in 2015.