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Young children help tidy up Killarney National Park
LITTLE HELPERS: Sarah, Sean and Aiden O'Keeffe and their visitor from South Korea, Jihoon Kim, helped clean up the Killarney National Park.
By Michelle Crean
Young local children and their South Korean friend took it upon themselves to keep Killarney tidy by picking up loads of rubbish in a local park.
Siblings Sarah (9), Sean (7), who attend St Oliver's NS, and their brother Aiden O’Keeffe (3), from Park Road, along with their visitor from South Korea, Jihoon Kim (6) got stuck in and cleaned up the Killarney National Park near the tea rooms in the Knockreer area recently.
They joined the National Park Camp from August 6 to 9 in the National Park Education Centre, parent Bella O'Keeffe told the Killarney Advertiser.
“We went to each part of Killarney National Park nearly every day to enjoy the nature,” she said.
“After camp was over they had a bit of time to play around and they found loads of litter in the river and bushes around the tea room in the beautiful park.
“They felt so bad that people just dump and litter in the precious National Park and decided to clean up as much as they could. In a few minutes they filled up a plastic bag each.”
She said that it’s great that such young children know what to do to keep Killarney town tidy.
“I'd like to emphasize to help keep our town tidy and beautiful for everyone.”


