Burren Cottage

Seating and dining share opposite ends of an expansive room, with a wood burning stove providing the focus for one, and a serving hatch to the kitchen for the other.

Chalky hues of coffee and khaki offset by warm oak flooring and solid wood doors, together with attention to detailing bring a sophisticated 5 star style to this remote cottage.

An open string stairway leads to a snug mezzanine where a relaxing study provides a measure of privacy in the warmth of the apex.

Opposite the entrance, a shimmering alabaster contemporary kitchen, gallery in style yet tailored for every appliance, is harmoniously finished with matching marble worktops and glossy white floor tiles that follow through from the hall. This is a wheelchair friendly home, and comes with all the contemporary conveniences you would expect.

Two generous and stylish double bedrooms are at opposite ends of this long cottage, each with a singular dividend. With one you get a large walk-in wardrobe and a half paneled bathroom.

The ensuite for the second has a shower, but comes with an expanse of French doors that open onto a charming sheltered patio.

You are so close to the Atlantic here that the scent of it wafts in the wind, and soft ribbons of sunset skies wash the horizon. For practicalities, ample paved parking is provided, although the gardens are shared with a separate cottage, similarly tastefully restored.

Main Kitchen Appliances

Electric Oven
Fitted Microwave
Electric Ceramic Hob
Dishwasher
Twin Toaster
Coffee Machine

Utility Appliances

Washing machine
Tumble Dryer
Iron

Bedrooms

Two Super King-size beds
Hairdryer

Tech & Entertainment

Wi-Fi Internet – moderate speed
Flat-screen TV

• Under the Cliffs to the Aran Isles
• Reel to a tune in the Pub
• Smell like a flower
• Climb some Cliffs
• Rent a bike
• Tip toe to the edge of Ireland
• Stand under a stalactite
• Catch a wave at surf school

• Search for Gollum
• Lunch on lobster at Linnanes
• Birdie a ball at Lahinch
• Trek a pony through the Burren
• Chew some local chocolate
• What’s doing in Doolin
• Walking in the Burren

The villages of Doolin and Lisdoonvarna are less than 10 minutes away by car.

Doolin is known as the capital of traditional music in Ireland, and most of the social activity in the village’s four main pubs caters to this, with skilled musicians stopping for sessions as they pass through. County Clare is particularly home to the concertina.

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This is also the nearest point to the Aran Islands and ferries depart from Doolin harbour regularly as well as sightseeing trips below the famous cliffs. Trips to the two smaller islands of Inisheer at 11km or Inishmaan are make for terrific days out, but to appreciate the cliff fortress of Dun Aengus, a stop-over on Inishmore makes sense.

Peaking at 213 metres high, and stretching south for nearly eight km, the dramatic Cliffs of Moher are probably the most visited tourist site in Ireland.
The Cliffs are home to an immense number and a variety of nesting seabirds, including the only mainland colony of breeding Atlantic Puffins in Ireland, a species on the decline elsewhere in Europe. Built in 1835 by local entrepreneur Cornelius O’Brien, as an observation point for the hundreds of tourists who even then visited the Cliffs, the tower bearing his name is unmistakable on the headland.

Beneath the Cliffs, enormous waves born of distant Atlantic storms race towards the coast.
Big wave surfers travel by jet-ski from Doolin to catch the wave known as Aileens at the bottom of the Cliffs which can be over 35ft high.
But for most surfers, the seaside town of (6 miles) Lahinch is the place to be. Here you will find a magnificent beach where in 2006 a world record for the number of surfers riding on one wave was achieved.

For the serious sea cliff rock climbers, Ailladie on the coast just north of Doolin is popular. Click here to find out more.

Excavated in 1986, Poulnabrone Dolmen is probably the most photographed of some seventy Neolithic tombs across the Burren region. The bones of 18 adults together with 6 children were found, dating back to about 3,600 BC.

Lisdoonvarna, the nearest main town, is home to one of Europe’s largest annual matchmaking events. Attracting over 40,000 romantic hopefuls, bachelor farmers and accompanying revellers. The current matchmaker is Willie Daly, a fourth-generation matchmaker.

The Burren starts in earnest less than a kilometre away – its strange karst landscape consisting of limestone slabs divided by crevices (or grikes) is famous for its remarkable collection of animals and plants, including orchids and the European Pine Marten.

This is Ireland’s most important cave area, where only one river manages to reach the sea without being swallowed into a sink hole. More than 35 miles of cave passages have been surveyed and some can be explored for nearly seven miles.