Tir na nÓg
Otherworld Ocean Paradise
Book this homeCounty Galway
Holiday getaways don’t come much more stunning than this large West of Ireland cottage.
Just yards from the Atlantic shoreline and with its own powdered gold beach, Tir na nOg is a quintessentially Irish thatch roof cottage, commanding panoramic views of Omey Island and the capricious Connemara coastline.
Fully equipped, and in an exclusive location just 10 km from Clifden, this unique holiday home is the consummate base to explore the year round activities of the region. Once bitten…smitten!
A much loved thatched home…
Tir na nÓg is a typical Irish cottage, white-washed both inside and out and with neatly coiffeur thatching – but its appearance belies its turn of the century construction.
Inside, the cottage simply oozes charisma and charm – an idiosyncratic mixture of style and the personal.
AT A GLANCE
- Sleeps
Up to 9 guests
From €4,750 per week - Bedrooms
Three Double Bedrooms
One includes a single
&
One Twin Bedroom
EnsuiteFour Bathrooms
- Other Rooms
Entrance Hallway
With WC & Utility Room
Open Plan Kitchen Dining Area
Study with Sauna - Contempo
Private Access to Beach
Logs & Turf
Piano
Wi Fi Internet
Sauna
The main reception area looks out across the bay through a triptych of windows to the South. An oversized weathered timber beam serves as a mantle above the traditional open hearth.
This is a comfortable room with generous pillowed sofas, antique furnishings and piano with a view to sing for!
A similar large adjacent room with a second mirror image open hearth, is home to the kitchen and dining area.
Floors in here are flagged with liscannor stone, and antiqued pine dresser and presses complete the rustic theme.
The space is informally divided by a breakfast bar with classic high stools. Banquette seating maximises numbers around a robust dining table.
Smokey antique beams and lintels punctuate the rough plastered whitewashed walls. Occasional Persian rugs are spread on polished ivory-white floorboards in reception areas. Rustic black hinges and latches on solid plank doors feature throughout the home, often painted in a subtle shade of khaki.
Through the entrance hallway at the other side of the living room, a passageway leads past the bathroom to two double bedrooms and a twin room, each furnished eclectically and with matching bathrooms.
White painted jalousie louvered shutters supplant curtains in all these rooms.
White painted stairs lead from the entrance hall directly up to the loft study with lime-washed pine ceiling.
The study houses a serious library of books, games and movies.
A stand-alone sauna occupies one end of the room while doors at opposite ends lead off to another sumptuous double bedroom and a twin bedroom respectively – both ensuite.The double bedroom includes a single, to sleep three.
Facilities
The house is equipped with everything you would expect in a luxury home – from WiFi to barbeque; clothes dryer to Sauna.
There is a library of books, games and movies.
If you have a particular requirement, be sure to tell us…
Outside
The cottage sits on around three acres of raised sandy pasture-land that runs down to the cove and magical barefoot beach. A wooden boardwalk skirts the building and forms a sunny Barbeque terrace to the seaward side.
This terrain is almost tree-less, but the views across to Omey Island and panoramic sunsets are unforgettable.
Provisional Booking Form
Important – A Week’s booking runs from Saturday to Saturday
There is a breakages deposit €400 – refundable within 7 days – applicable to this property.
| Weekly | 2 nights | 3 nights | |
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| October to April | €4,750 | €1,950 | €2,950 |
| May to September | €5,750 | N/A | N/A |
| Special Christmas and New Year Rates | 5 nights mimimum €4,125 |
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Your travel arrangements are important, so all provisional bookings are double checked with the owners to ensure that your plans do not conflict with theirs, this can take up to 24 hours, but we haven’t forgotten about you.!
Provisional bookings will be followed up by email, at which point we can answer specific queries you may have, verify your booking and request a deposit to confirm.
Please note that all unconfirmed provisional bookings will expire after 3 days.
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Restrictions
Smoking – No, sorry!
Parties – The owners regret Stag, Hen, Wedding or 21st parties are not admissible.
Pets – No, Sorry!
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Reviews
We thoroughly enjoyed our stay there. And the weather was fine too…
Just to say that we had the most fantastic week at Tir Na Nog and that it was utterly memorable. We visited Noreen at Oliver’s twice, Mitchells in Clifden similarly, walked to Omey Island, got ferried out to Inishbofin with Seamus, the son of the ferry owner, where we saw seals and the abandoned island of Inishark, ate well in Roundstone, visited the fantastic Ballynahinch again (we stayed there three times in the late 80s, early 90s), and just loved the beaches almost as much as Poppy, our labradoodle.
Tracey was fantastic, welcoming and efficient in tidying the house every day and the cook, Tina, was just great. The only cloud was that one of our party was too unwell to come. But we loved the house, its interior, garden and its unrivalled position.”
Nigel – 2015
Breathtaking panoramic views
.. from the kitchen window seat – all the best of Connemara well within reach! The white sandy beach just below, the glistening waters & ever changing skies patterning the landscape all around – combined with warm fires, comfy beds, beautiful relaxing interiors – & you have Tir na nOg, a veritable stress free zone.
Susie, Wicklow – 2014
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Out & About
For generations Connemara has been the choice of holiday location for families seeking unspoiled tranquillity. There are truly amazing blue flag beaches for swimming and snorkelling, incredible river fishing and brilliant restaurants, so here are a few of our favourites…
- Try your hand at Fly fishing
- Buy a T-shirt from Conn
- A fish supper at Mitchells
- Play a round at the Golf Links
- Catch something serious in the Ocean
- Cycle the easy way around a loop
- Day trip to Inishbofin
- Go pony trekking on the strand
- Learn to shoot with Shane
- Dive on a wreck
- Watch Graham smoke salmon
- Get warm in some wool
The Locality
Connemara is the most westerly part of Europe and exposed to the wild vagaries of weather. In places stunted trees grow, fighting against the winds; plants struggle to survive in this wilderness.
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Claddaghduff is a 15 minute walk away, and is the nearest village for essential items, petrol and a pint. On the way you will not miss Omey Island. It can be reached by crossing the broad strand between tides.
The island once had a population of over 400 souls. There are great walks here – mind the rabbit holes – and time it right, or you may become a castaway until the next ebb.
An annual horse race is held on Omey Strand in late July. The event is carefully planned around the tides, and typically attracts vast crowds for the day out.
Clifden known as the capital of Connemara is just 10km away. Packed with great shops and restaurants, and catering for all shopping and craft needs, it is the central crossroads for daytrips. Watch out for the Arts festival and Clifden Pony Show.
image thanks to Connemara Seafoods
To the East the skyline is dominated by the majestic Twelve Bens (or Pins), a series of craggy mountains in Connemara National Park that are a magnet to the serious hill walker.
But it is the fast flowing rivers that have made Connemara the Mecca of Trout and Salmon fly-fishing.
The Aughrus Penninsula is renowned for some of the most unspoiled beaches to be found anywhere in the Europe, with waters that are crystal clear.
A drive or cycle around the deeply indented coastline reveals many beaches of staggering beauty, and some of golden coral. You will also discover quirky little fishing harbors; sanctuary from the huge Atlantic swells.
Inishbofin (White Cow) Island lies 11km off the coast, and can be reached two or three times a day by ferry from Cleggan, less than 5km away from the house. As well as birdwatchers and scuba divers, Bofin is an important centre for traditional Irish music and song.
Ireland’s largest Gaeltacht region is here in Connemara where the Irish language (Gaeilge) is the everyday spoken language. It is estimated that Inishbofin was inhabited as far back as 8000 – 4000 B.C. Passing the signal light into the harbour you will notice Cromwell’s 16th Century Barracks. It was used as a prison for catholic priests from all over the country after the English Statute of 1585 declared them guilty of high treason.
How to get there – Car advised…
By Air: Flights to Dublin or Shannon airports.
Shannon Airport – approx 2 and half hours from house.
Dublin Airport – approx 3 and half hours from house
By Sea: Ferry crossings
Dublin City Port/Holyhead has a fast crossing and is approx 4 hours from house
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