The body of a guest was discovered in the grounds of the Great Southern Hotel in Killarney yesterday, after he apparently fell off an upper balcony.
Gardaí in Killarney are investigating the death, but say they are satisfied it was accidental.
Sgt Tom Tobin said the body had not been formally identified and gardaí were seeking to contact relatives of the dead man.
It is understood the man, believed to be in his 40s, and Irish, was on his own in the hotel room on Saturday night.
The body was discovered by a member of staff near a fire escape in the garden of the hotel at around 11.40am yesterday.
After an examination of the scene by gardaí and a coroner, the body was removed to Kerry General Hospital. A postmortem is expected to be carried out by Assistant State Pathologist, Dr Margot Bolster.