Built some 300 years ago by Lord Kenmare as a shooting lodge, and home to the Franco-Irish Graves family for five generations, this fine house enjoys a romantic setting overlooking Bantry Bay, with moors and hills behind.
Many will remember it when it was run as a country house by the present owner’s parents, George and Christiane Graves, and known as Ballylickey Manor; since George and Christiane’s retirement their son Paco now operates it along simpler lines, offering bed and breakfast in both the main house and a number of cottages and chalets in the wonderful gardens which were laid out many years ago by Paco’s grandmother, Kitty.
Guests with a literary turn of mind will be interested to know that the poet Robert Graves was a great-great uncle of Paco’s, and visited the house on many occasions.
Small conferences (16). Rooms 6 (1 suite, 1 junior suites, 4 executive, 6 ground floor, all no smoking). B&B €80 pps (€40 low season), ss €50; unsuitable for children under 4 years (cot available); pets allowed in some areas by arrangement. Private parking. Garden, walking, fishing. Closed end Sept-Mar. MasterCard, Visa.
