Wild Nephin National Park

Wild Nephin National Park[1]
Páirc Náisiúnta Néifinne Fiáine
IUCN category II (national park)
View of the park from the southwest
Map of Wild Nephin National Park (green) within County Mayo
Location	County Mayo, Ireland
Area	150 km2 (58 sq mi)
Established	1998[2]
Governing body	National Parks and Wildlife Service

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National Parks in the Republic of Ireland

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Wild Nephin (Irish: Néifinn Fhiáin, NEFF-in) is a national park in northwest County Mayo, Ireland. It includes much of the Nephin Beg Mountains and one of the largest expanses of peatland in Europe, consisting of 150 square kilometres of Atlantic blanket bog. It is a unique habitat with a diverse flora and fauna. It was established as Ballycroy National Park in 1998,^[2] then expanded and re-named in 2018, with plans to re-wild the additional lands acquired at Nephin Forest to the east of the Nephin Beg Mountains.^[3] Wild Nephin includes the most remote point of land on the Irish mainland.^[4] The park is a candidate Special Area of Conservation (cSAC) as part of a site known as the Owenduff/Nephin Complex. It is also a Special Protection Area and part of the Natura 2000 network.^{[5] [6] [7]}