Irish Crossword: Ireland’s National Parks
By Linda Fulton Burke
ACROSS
3 ________ Abbey Estate was once part of it CNP
9 Special Protection Area for the ______ eagle GNP
10 Lough _____ KNP
11 _____Veagh GNP
13 ____ Kearney’s Cottage KNP
15 pine marten, _______, foxes and stoats BNP
17 Ireland’s ______ national park WNBNP
18 ____ Castle KNP
22 _________National Park in County Galway
25 ___ of Dunloe KNP
27 herdmof Connemara ______ CNP
28 ________ and Muckanaght CNP
30 the ______ largest of the national parks of
Ireland. GNP
31 Iron Age stone _____ of Cahercommaun BNP
33 The _____ WMNP
34 ____ and calcareous grasslands BNP
35 Foxes, badgers, owls, pine _______ and
peregrine falcon are residents GNP
36 _______ and Bencullagh CNP
38 The ___________ Estate WMNP
41 ______ and seals inhabit the coastal shores of
the park BNP
42 A mix of upland blanket bog and _____
wooded valleys, lowlands, streams and forests
WMNP
47 ____National Park in County Clare BNP
48 ______ Island is visible WNBNP
50 Protected species of animals include rare
otters and ten ___species WMNP
51 _________National Park in County Kerry
52 Atlantic bog and mountainous terrain form
much of the __________ WNBNP
53 largest herd of ___ deer in Ireland GNP
55 St. Kevin’s____ WMNP
56 Astellen _____ GNP
57 The house featured in the TV series “______
Ted” BNP
58 Glenveagh National Park in County _______
59 Only national park in Ireland located in the
____ of the country. WMNP
61 Glenveagh ______GNP
DOWN
1 Aillwee _____ BNP
2 Wicklow _________ National Park
3 _________ House and Gardens KNP
4 _______ Hill CNP
5 ________ Cart rides KNP
6 Owenduff Bog one of the last intact active
_______bogs in Western Europe WNBNP
7 one of the most ______ parks in Ireland GNP
8 lakes and ______, BNP
12 Ireland’s _______ national park WMNP
14 St. Kevin’s ___ WMNP
16 The Muckross _____ KNP
19 the ______ National Park KNP
20 ____ Waterfall KNP
21 Muckross Traditional _____ KNP
23 Derryveagh _________ dominated by lakes,
mountains, waterfalls, and native oak
woodlands GNP
24 . Threatened birds species found include
_________ falcon and the whooper swan.
WMNP
26 ash/hazel woodlands and __________ springs
BNP
29 4,000-year-old megalithic tombs and old
farmer ______. CNP
32 Entrance in Letterfrack, a 19th-century
______-founded village CNP
35 ________ House KNP
37 A hiding place for opponents of _______ Rule
in the 17th and 18th centuries MNP
39 _______ swans and peregrine falcons
WNBNP
40 hazel scrub and _________ BNP
43 ______ Beg range of mountains WNBNP
44 Mount ______GNP
45 ________ Road The oldest established
walking route in Ireland WMNP
46 The oldest established _______ route in
Ireland WMNP
47 Wild Nephin _________ National Park in
County Mayo
49 _______ Church WMNP
52 Ladies ____ KNP
54 The Poulnabrone ______ BNP
60 ___ National Parks in Ireland
