Lough Inagh Lodge
- Star Rating 4
- Location Connemara in Co. Galway
- Open All Year Round
Lough Inagh Lodge, just 42 miles from Galway, is set on the shores of Lough Inagh, one of Connemara’s most beautiful lakes. Amidst the most spectacular scenery in Ireland, visitors can fish, shoot, play, golf, hillwalk, pony-trek or just relax.
Lough Inagh Lodge is the perfect haven for total relaxation offering you all the comforts and pleasures of an elegant, modern hotel in an old-world atmosphere.
Seafood and wild game dishes are specialties of the house and are complemented by an excellent wine list. Open log fires in the library and the oak-panelled bar symbolise the warmth of Inagh hospitality. The relaxing restaurant echoes the hotel's fishing lodge origins with a superb menu based on Connemara fish, seafood, lamb and other local produce. Seafood and wild game dishes are specialities of the house and are complemented by an excellent wine list.
The ideal base for your tour of Connemara, Lough Inagh Lodge is surrounded by famous "beauty spots", including the Twelve Bens mountain range and the Connemara National Park. Kylmore Abbey is also located nearby.
In common with most of Connemara, the area surrounding Lough Inagh was owned by the Martins of Ballynahinch Castle from the mid-seventeenth century to the Great Famine of 1845-48. Later it was purchased by Richard Berridge, a London brewer, who built the hotel as a fishing lodge in the 1880s. Down through the years, Lough Inagh Lodge was to pass to the Tenant family, and then to Carroll Industries. The present owners took possession of Lough Inagh Lodge in 1989.
By the way, if you fish or shoot you'll find the old Lough Inagh Lodge record books fascinating reading! You can read and relax too in the sitting room where you can enjoy morning coffee & afternoon tea. And when your long day is over, you'll retire to your comfortable, spacious bedroom which has spectacular views over Lough Inagh and The Twelve Bens mountains. All 12 rooms (4 deluxe and 8 superior) are ensuite, elegantly furnished and all rooms have a television set and a comfortable seating area. Each bedroom is en-suite and includes a separate dressing room.
Pets are welcome - there are some lovely walks in the area that even the owners might enjoy.
