Walks
1 Jun 2026
Climbing Cashel Hill at first light
Try an early morning climb to the 300-metre summit for panoramic views across the bay and surrounding landscape.
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The House The House
A Georgian home beautifully restored
Five generous bedrooms and four elegant reception rooms, tastefully appointed for relaxed comfort. A Lacanche range kitchen for the keen cook, a games room for rainy days, and cosy log fires for the evenings.
Every room looks out onto garden, woodland or sea.
Gardens, lake & two islands The Grounds
Sixty acres of gardens & shoreline
Extensive landscaped grounds with an arboretum, ancient walkways, an ornamental lake and two islands. The private foreshore opens onto Cashel Bay, with a sea pool and wood-burning sauna in the historic kelp house.
Beyond the gates, Cashel Hill rises to a 300-metre summit, offering panoramic Connemara views.
The Games and Reading Room Games and Reading Room
The house that inspired Ted Hughes
A separate Games and Reading Room holds tables for pool, chess and table tennis, as well as some four thousand books to choose from.
Whilst living at Doonreagan in the 1960s, Ted Hughes, former Poet Laureate, found inspiration for some of his finest work.