Julia Mary Lucey’s 40 years of service to National Park

A Gneeveguilla woman was given a unprecedented honour when four white-tailed eagle chicks were released into Killarney National Park.

Last week, 24 White-tailed eagle chicks were released in locations around Lough Derg, the Shannon Estuary and the west of Ireland, as part of a long term reintroduction programme managed by the National Parks and Wildlife Services.

Four of them were released in Killarney National Park and one of those four has been named Julia after one of the park’s longest serving staff members.

Julia Mary Lucey, of Bounard, Gneeveguilla, has served 40 years of unwa-