Luxurious Cottage close to Letterfrack

The cottage has been built to exceed modern building standards while still retaining it’s original character. The cottage has been re-designed with family rental in mind. There are two master bedrooms with king size beds and generous en-suites and two twin rooms. This may suite two couples with children, thus halving the rental cost.

The history of the cottage has linkage to Mitchell Henry. In the late 1800’s Mitchell Henry came to the west of Ireland and started work on the world renowned Kylemore Abbey. This brought much needed employment to the area just after the famine. Mitchell Henry was quite an innovator. In Ballinakill bay just outside Letterfrack, he set up oyster beds. Local folklore has it that a boathouse was built on lambs island, (a very small green patch in the middle of the bay) with stone quarried from ‘Tom Toby’s Hill’ across the bay in Dawros. By the early 1900’s the oyster beds were dormant and in 1922 the boat house was dismantled, stone by stone, and brought ashore by Curragh (small hand built native boat). From the shore the stone was transported by ass and cart and Mitchells Cottage was built directly onto the clay.

The house has four bedrooms. Two master bedrooms with king size beds and generous en-suites. There are two twin bedrooms with two single beds in each. Sleeps 8 in total.

Very attractive fitted kitchen with solid granite worktops and integrated appliances. All modern appliances that you would expect from a residence of this calibre including washing machine and tumble dryer.

Open plan sitting and living area with TV, DVD with surround sound and leather furniture. There is a solid fuel stove surrounded by a hand built stone fire place.