Ladies View is a

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on the Ring of Kerry tourist route about from Killarney along the N71 road to Kenmare, in the

Killarney National Park Killarney National Park ( ga, Páirc Náisiúnta Chill Airne), near the town of Killarney, County Kerry, was the first national park in Ireland, created when the Muckross Estate was donated to the Irish Free State in 1932. The park has since ...

in Ireland. The ''

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'' ranked Ladies View as one of the most photographed places in Ireland, while the ''

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'' ranked the views amongst Ireland's finest on Instagram. The name Ladies View (sometimes spelt Ladies' View), stems from the admiration of the view given by Queen Victoria's

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during Victoria's 1861 visit to Ireland. In October 2017, a tourist couple almost drove their rental car over the edge of the cliff and into the valley below. The main viewpoint has a small car park, and a

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File:Killarney National Park - Ladies View.jpg, Ladies View in May File:Ladies View, Ring of Kerry (12282951274).jpg, Ladies View in Autumn File:Ladies' view 9.5.14 - panoramio.jpg, Road around the area

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