Places To Stay by Tourist Area Connemara

Having run The Dolphin Restaurant here since 2000 there was delight all round when brother and sister, Pat and Cathy Coyne, developed as a small hotel in 2006. Set in landscaped grounds, it has proved a wonderful addition to this beautiful unspoilt is ...
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Sheila Griffin’s attractive house in Clifden was built in 1825, using local quarried stone. Major renovations undertaken over the last few years have retained its character while adding modern comforts, allowing her to offer stylish and comfortab ...
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A short jump from Inis Mor, this interesting island is the most traditional of the group - very few cars, wonderful walks, and some people still wearing traditional clothes; by contrast the Inis Meain Knitting Co. factory and showroom offers great barg ...
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Renowned as a fishing hotel, this wonderful place was the Guide's Hotel of the Year in 2012. A crenellated Victorian mansion, it enjoys a most romantic position in 450 acres of ancient woodland and gardens on the banks of the Ballynahinch River. Its ...
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Arriving on Inis Meain in the Aran Islands by boat, you will see Tigh Congaile on the hill above the original harbour. It is a lovely pale primrose painted, green-silled house with a perfectly manicured lawn surrounding it, and it’s just a 3-minu ...
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Situated about 15 minutes drive north of Galway city in the heart of hunting and fishing country, Lisdonagh House enjoys beautiful views overlooking Lake Hackett. Although the exterior maintenance and garden are sometimes less than pristine, it is a l ...
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Just outside Oughterard village, a narrow country road brings you to Carmel Geoghegan’s haven of warmth and relaxed charm, named after the railway which once ran from Galway to Clifden. Although not old (it was only built in the mid ‘90s, ...
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Kay and the late Dermot McEvilly were among the pioneers of the Irish country house movement when they opened Cashel House as a hotel in 1968. The following year General and Madame de Gaulle chose to stay for two weeks, an historic visit of which the ...
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Built in 1862 as a small fishing lodge, Nicholas Tinne’s magically located house is situated halfway between Roundstone and the 18-hole links golf course at Ballyconneely, in a Special Area of Conservation. It has been in the Tinne family for ov ...
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In one of the country’s most appealingly remote and beautiful areas, this famous Lutyens-esque house has a romantic and fascinating history, having been home to people as diverse as a Gaelic chieftain and Oliver St John Gogarty - and it became on ...
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