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Your Travel Story: Killarney National Park

Submitted by Barbara Botch

April 16, 2012 by 2 Comments

I discovered The Killarney National Park on one of my first trips to Ireland many years ago, and I’ve returned to Killarney many times since.

Just last September, on yet another stroll through this lush and peaceful garden, I had to wonder if I had ever crossed the same path twice. I snapped this photo as it was the perfect ending to another magical day in Killarney.

Killarney National Park,
Killarney, Ireland

Ireland graciously enters your life,
leaving you soaking in the poetry of your soul
and gently begins an affair with you.
It doesn’t ask permission just creeps in with its rhythm, a cadence that sets your spirits singing.

– Photo and travel story by Barbara Botch

 

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  1. Jeff says

    August 26, 2012 at 3:26 am

    Your picture and poem are beautiful! Very inspiring!

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  2. Joshua J. Mark says

    October 2, 2015 at 6:00 pm

    Lovely work – both the image and the poetry. Your line about how Ireland “doesn’t ask permission just creeps in with its rhythm” is entirely true. It’s a magical land in every sense. Excellent work. Thank you for sharing.

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