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{{Short description|National park in Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{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
| established = 1986<ref>{{Cite book | title = Outdoor Recreation Management | pages = 262 | author = John Jenkins and John Pigram | publisher = Routledge | year = 2005 | isbn = 9781134721597 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=34bfXrgWKnsC&q=Glenveagh+National+Park+established&pg=PA262 | access-date = 2016-11-06 | archive-date = 14 January 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230114230531/https://books.google.com/books?id=34bfXrgWKnsC&q=Glenveagh+National+Park+established&pg=PA262 | url-status = live }}</ref>
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| governing_body = [[National Parks and Wildlife Service (Ireland)|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}}<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071018073337/http://www.geocities.com/glenveaghnationalpark/ Glenveagh National Park: In-depth history of Glenveagh]</ref>) is the second-largest [[national park]] in all of [[Ireland]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.frommers.com/destinations/ireland/0226023282.html |title=Ireland : Active Pursuits : National Parks {{!}} Frommers.com<!-- Bot generated title --> |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 }}</ref> Located in [[County Donegal]], it includes: [[Glenveagh Castle]] and its grounds; [[Lough Veagh]]; and much of the [[Derryveagh Mountains]]. National parks in [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] conform to [[IUCN protected area categories#Category II – national park|IUCN standards]].<ref name=NPWS>{{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 }}</ref> As of 2024, Glenveagh is the only national park anywhere in Ulster, the northern [[Provinces of Ireland|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.
[[File:Glenveagh.jpg|thumb|Castle and gardens]]

==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 [[Irish Famine (1861)|1861 famine]], Adair evicted 44 families (224 people total) from their [[blackhouse]]s on his land, earning him the nickname "Black Jack Adair".<ref name=irelandxo>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

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 [[Local extinction|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==
*[[List of loughs in Ireland]]
* [[List of tourist attractions in Ireland]]

==References==
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==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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[[Category:Important Bird Areas of the Republic of Ireland]]
[[Category:National parks of the Republic of Ireland]]
[[Category:North Atlantic moist mixed forests]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1986]]
[[Category:Parks in County Donegal|Glenveagh National Park]]
[[Category:1986 establishments in Ireland]]