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Our
Cottage Comfort and Charm
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The
cottages are tucked away down a quiet road, just a stroll
from the village square.
They are clustered on a four-acre, rocky, landscaped knoll,
with a view of mountains on one
side, and the Atlantic on the other. A stroll further down
this road will bring you to a stony beach with a view of the
river and Carramore Strand, a Blue Flag beach. Carramore is
just 800 metres away, walking or driving through the village. |
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cottages have the charm of traditional materials - weathered
slate and whitewashed walls. Each has a front porch and a
half-door to lean on. The interiors blend authentic tradition
with today's comfort and convenience. |
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the living room, with its rugged stone flooring , and pine
dresser, a peat fire flickers on the hearth beneath the old
iron pothooks. |
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there is also central heating throughout, and an all-electric
kitchen and cosy bedrooms.
Fully tiled bathrooms have showers over the bath. Cottages
with 3 bedrooms sleep seven persons, and those with 2 bedrooms
sleep four persons, with the option of sleeping a fifth
person on the double couch-bed in the living-room of the small
cottage. The cottages are open
all year round, and the office and reception area is beside
cottage no.7. |
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is a payphone on side for guests. The cottages are owned and
operated by Louisburgh Holidays Plc. - a company set up by
the local people in 1976. They are grant aided and
approved by the Irish Tourist Board. In their second year
of operation the cottages were the national winners of the
prestigious U.D.T. Tourism Endeavour Award in the accommodation
category. |
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Uncluttered
Roads
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short drive from Westport runs along the island-studded Clew
Bay, under the shadows of Croagh Patrick, Ireland's holy mountain
of pilgrimage. To the north lies Achill, and near Louisburgh,
Clare Island uprises in the Atlantic, its cliffs majestic,
Capri-like in the setting sun. |
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the South lies Connemara, less than an hours drive away. Connemara
National Park & Kylemore Abbey may be reached via Leenane
along the scenic Doolough & Killary fjord drive. |
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