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Killarney is translated as The Church of The Sloes. We can turnaround the INEC from 2500 theatre style to 2500 banquet style in 2 hours. Muckross House was built for Henry Arthur Herbert and his wife and building commenced in 1843. The Brehon was winner of Best Business Hotel 2009 at The Hospitality Ireland Awards Queen Victoria visited Killarney in 1861. The INEC full auditorium spans over 3000 sq meters on three floors and pened in the year 2000. The Gleneagle Hotel opened in 1957 Killarney has 500 5 star, 1250 4 star and 1200 3 star bedrooms in close proximity to the INEC. Fitzgerald Stadium was officially opened by Dr Harty, Archbishop of Cashel on 31 May 1936 and today has a capacity of 30,000 people. The flexible format of the INEC can accommodate between 100 and 4000 people. Killarney National Park was the first national park established in Ireland, created when Muckross Estate was donated to the Irish state in 1932 and is over 25,000 acres. The INEC Convention Centre is easily accessible by many National and International airports, (Kerry 20 min, Cork 75 min, Shannon 120 min). The Brehon was winner of Best 4* Hotel at The Hotel & Catering Gold Medal Awards 2008 Maurice O' Donoghue, Patrick O' Donoghue's father provided the first water-bus on the Lakes of Killarney in 1986. The INEC has excellent back stage facilities offering a separate truck loading dock on stage level Ross Castle is a fifteenth century tower house on the shore of Lough Leane. It was once the residence of the chieftain O'Donoghue Mór. Kerry Airport has the lowest landing fees in Europe The Lakes of Killarney are Lough Leane (the lower lake), Muckross Lake (the middle lake), and the Upper Lake. We can boast a Gala Banquet Capacity of 3000 people. The Brehon was awarded highest rated 4* Hotel in Ireland, with a 97% grading from Fáilte Ireland National Tourism Development Authority in 2008-2009 Inisfallen Abbey is the ruins of a monastic settlement on Inisfallen Island in Lough Leane, founded in the seventh century. We offer 4500sq meters of Conference Space and 500 bedrooms on site. If you are chartering a flight, Kerry Airport will come to your hotel and check in your group at the hotel. Designed to a 4 star standard The River Apartments boast 57 spacious self-catering apartments which can sleep 4-5 people comfortably. Maurice O' Donoghue introduced squash to Kerry when he built two squash courts at The Gleneagle Hotel. The INEC is one of the only convention venues in Ireland to be Next Generation Network Enabled. St Mary's Cathedral was designed by Augustus Welby Pugin and was completed in 1912. Killarney National Park is home to Ireland's only remaining wild herd of native Red Deer.