Staff at the country's six national parks and 80 nature reserves say a feast for the senses awaits the public once travel restrictions are lifted and people are free to visit again.
This week's National Biodiversity Week events had to be cancelled, but today is still being marked as UN Day of Biology Diversity.
At Killarney National Park, which attracts an estimated one million people per year, 35 staff have been working throughout the lockdown.
The park has remained open for the past two months, but visitor numbers are well down, due to travel restrictions. One of those who continues to enjoy a walk in the park is 66-year old Peter O'Toole, who recently retired from the National Parks and Wildlife Service, and who lives nearby in Muckross