Glenveagh
{{Short description|National park in Ireland}}
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{{Use Irish English|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox Protected area
| name = Glenveagh National Park
| alt_name = Páirc Náisiúnta Ghleann Bheatha
| photo = Glenveagh National Park (2579034038).jpg
| photo_caption = Lough Veagh at Glenveagh
| iucn_category = II
| location = County Donegal, Ulster, Ireland
| nearest_town = Letterkenny
| coordinates = {{coord|55|01|N|8|00|W|type:landmark_region:IE_dim:20000|display=inline,title}}
| area_km2 = 169.58
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| governing_body = NPWS National Parks and Wildlife Service
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Glenveagh ({{IPAc-en|g|l|ɛ|n|ˈ|v|eɪ}} {{Respell|glen|VAY}}; {{Irish place name|Gleann Bheatha|glen of the birches}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20071018073337/http://www.geocities.com/glenveaghnationalpark/ Glenveagh National Park: In-depth history of Glenveagh]) is the second-largest national park in all of Ireland.{{Cite web |url=http://www.frommers.com/destinations/ireland/0226023282.html |title=Ireland : Active Pursuits : National Parks {{!}} Frommers.com |access-date=24 October 2007 |archive-date=27 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527144151/http://www.frommers.com/destinations/ireland/0226023282.html |url-status=live }} Located in County Donegal, it includes: Glenveagh Castle and its grounds; Lough Veagh; and much of the Derryveagh Mountains. National parks in Ireland conform to IUCN standards.{{cite web | url = https://www.npws.ie/national-parks | title = National Parks in Ireland | publisher = National Parks and Wildlife Service (Ireland) | accessdate = 3 June 2018 | archive-date = 13 June 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180613012946/https://www.npws.ie/national-parks | url-status = live }} As of 2024, Glenveagh is the only national park anywhere in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland.
Geography
The park covers 170 square kilometres and includes much of the Derryveagh Mountains, Lough Veagh and Glenveagh Castle on its shores. The castle gardens display a multitude of exotic and delicate plants.
History
Captain John George Adair (1823–1885), an Anglo-Irish businessman, built Glenveagh Castle and founded the Glenveagh estate. Adair came into dispute with his Irish Catholic tenants over hunting and fishing rights and trespassing sheep. During the 1861 famine, Adair evicted 44 families (224 people total) from their blackhouses on his land, earning him the nickname "Black Jack Adair".{{Cite web|title=Derryveagh Evictions|url=https://irelandxo.com/ireland-xo/history-and-genealogy/timeline/derryveagh-evictions|access-date=2020-12-27|website=irelandxo.com|archive-date=25 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025195442/https://irelandxo.com/ireland-xo/history-and-genealogy/timeline/derryveagh-evictions|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Derryveagh Evictions – ‘Black Jack Adair|url=https://ireland-calling.com/derryveagh-evictions-cruelty-of-black-jack-adair/|access-date=2020-12-27|website=Ireland Calling|language=en-gb|archive-date=11 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411161117/http://ireland-calling.com/derryveagh-evictions-cruelty-of-black-jack-adair/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=2017-04-03|title=Black Jack Adair, Donegal’s Most Hated Man|url=https://www.headstuff.org/culture/history/terrible-people-from-history/black-jack-adair-donegals-hated-man/|access-date=2020-12-27|website=HeadStuff|language=en-GB|archive-date=27 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227151125/https://headstuff.org/culture/history/terrible-people-from-history/black-jack-adair-donegals-hated-man/|url-status=live}}
The estate passed to his wife Cornelia Adair. It was then bought by Arthur Kingsley Porter in 1929, before being bought by Henry Plumer McIlhenny in 1937. McIlhenny bequeathed Glenveagh to the Irish state in the 1970s, but continued to use the castle as a part-time residence until 1982.{{fact|date=April 2021}}
The park is home to the largest herd of red deer in Ireland and the formerly extirpated golden eagle were reintroduced into the park in 2000.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}} In winter 2018 and spring 2019, many native and non-native trees and plants were cleared from the park, and the water and pipe system was updated.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}
See also
References
External links
{{Wikivoyage|Glenveagh National Park}}
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- [https://www.nationalparks.ie/glenveagh National Parks Website]
- [https://www.glenveaghnationalpark.ie Glenveagh National Park Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819195031/https://www.glenveaghnationalpark.ie/ |date=19 August 2021 }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160325174349/http://gardens-guide.com/gardenpages/_0229.htm Glenveagh Gardens guide (archived)]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071018073337/http://www.geocities.com/glenveaghnationalpark/ In Depth History of Glenveagh]
- [http://www.independent.ie/travel/inside-ireland/walk-of-the-week-glenveagh-national-park-co-donegal-1891358.html Walk of the Week: Glenveagh National Park Donegal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090928170054/http://www.independent.ie/travel/inside-ireland/walk-of-the-week-glenveagh-national-park-co-donegal-1891358.html |date=28 September 2009 }}
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