Ireland has 6 national parks in the National Parks and Wildlife Service's boundary data: Wicklow Mountains, Wild Nephin, Killarney, Glenveagh, Connemara and Burren. The Service's own website gives the same number. The names below are exactly as the data writes them.12
Which national parks does the National Parks and Wildlife Service list?
The Service's National Park Boundaries layer has 6 features, all designated NP.1 Its website says there are six national parks in Ireland.2
| National park (as the data names it) |
|---|
| Wicklow Mountains National Park |
| Wild Nephin National Park |
| Killarney National Park |
| Glenveagh National Park |
| Connemara National Park |
| Burren National Park |
Can this list be reused?
The service's copyright text says the data was created by the National Parks and Wildlife Service and is licensed for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence; the park records on data.gov.ie carry the same licence.1
What this page cannot tell you
- No regions or dates here. The layer has no region or date field, so we add none.
- Boundaries are not shown. The records say their boundary maps are for illustrative purposes only; we use the names, not the maps.
Related: National parks around the world · National parks of Japan · Officially recognised places.
Key takeaways
- The National Parks and Wildlife Service lists 6 national parks.
- The data.gov.ie record for Wild Nephin calls it Ireland's sixth national park.1
- The names are exactly as the data writes them.
- What we would skip: reading the list as a ranking or a travel guide. It records an official designation; it says nothing about opening, access or conditions, so check each park's own information before you go.
Sources
The list comes from the National Parks and Wildlife Service's boundary data and the matching data.gov.ie records; the count also from its website. All read on 1 October 2026. See how we research.
- National Parks and Wildlife Service, Government of Ireland, National Parks of Ireland, National Park Boundaries layer; and the six park records on data.gov.ie. Read the service record. Accessed 1 October 2026.
- National Parks and Wildlife Service, National Parks. Read it on npws.ie. Accessed 1 October 2026.
Credit and licence. Copyright Government of Ireland. Data created by National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0). CC BY 4.0. Changes made. List of names extracted from the boundary layer and put in a table. We use no logos or images from these sources. Gallivanting Gadabout is not connected with, or endorsed by, the National Parks and Wildlife Service or the Government of Ireland.