Clonalis House & Self-Catering Cottages Guidebook
Activities
– www.loughkey.ie
Has ziplining, play kingdom, walking and cycling trails, bike trail, woodland Segway, orienteering, & boat tour.
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Lough Key Forest & Activity Park
– www.loughkey.ie
Has ziplining, play kingdom, walking and cycling trails, bike trail, woodland Segway, orienteering, & boat tour.
Baysports Hodson Bay – Irelands largest watersports park www.baysports.ie
Baysports just outside Athlone, is a great spot for families with its inflatable water park, kayak tours and pedalos. It also holds the Guinness World Record for the largest floating slide in the country.
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Baysports.ie
Baysports Hodson Bay – Irelands largest watersports park www.baysports.ie
Baysports just outside Athlone, is a great spot for families with its inflatable water park, kayak tours and pedalos. It also holds the Guinness World Record for the largest floating slide in the country.
Roscommon Equestrian Centre
KilrooskeyHorse Riding -www.roscommonequestrian.ie
www.glendeerpetfarm.ie
Glendeer has something for every age including cuddly, cheeky animals, playgrounds, fairy trail, traditional farm cottage and lots more! There are plenty of facilities under cover so it is an enjoyable day out rain or shine
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Glendeer Pet Farm
www.glendeerpetfarm.ie
Glendeer has something for every age including cuddly, cheeky animals, playgrounds, fairy trail, traditional farm cottage and lots more! There are plenty of facilities under cover so it is an enjoyable day out rain or shine
www.shannonriveradventure.com
Experience adventure on the banks of the River Shannon. Located beside scenic Lough Bofin, close to the villages of Rooskey and Dromod, Shannon River Adventure offers many fun-filled water and land based activities which include Kayaking, Canoeing, Archery, Mudslide, Orienteering, Pier-jumping, Climbing Wall, Island Trips, Summer Camps, Team-building - there's something to challenge and reward all ages and abilities. Prior Booking Essential
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Shannon River Adventure
www.shannonriveradventure.com
Experience adventure on the banks of the River Shannon. Located beside scenic Lough Bofin, close to the villages of Rooskey and Dromod, Shannon River Adventure offers many fun-filled water and land based activities which include Kayaking, Canoeing, Archery, Mudslide, Orienteering, Pier-jumping, Climbing Wall, Island Trips, Summer Camps, Team-building - there's something to challenge and reward all ages and abilities. Prior Booking Essential
Cycling for all the family on the traffic free Shannon Blueway in Leitrim Village and woodland trail in Lough Key Forest and Activity Park, Boyle, Co. Roscommon. Bikes available for all fitness levels.
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Electric Bike Trails Ltd
4 Main StCycling for all the family on the traffic free Shannon Blueway in Leitrim Village and woodland trail in Lough Key Forest and Activity Park, Boyle, Co. Roscommon. Bikes available for all fitness levels.
If you fancy practicing your swing or playing a round, then there are plenty of excellent golf courses nearby including a 9 hole golf course on our doorstep! Just ask and we would be happy to recommend.
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Castlerea Golf Club
If you fancy practicing your swing or playing a round, then there are plenty of excellent golf courses nearby including a 9 hole golf course on our doorstep! Just ask and we would be happy to recommend.
Roscommon is regionally renowned for the quality of its angling & offers the best Trout and Pike fishing lakes & rivers in the region. Our angling guides are here with first-hand knowledge on everything
you need to know about fishing in Roscommon.
Lough O'Flynn, Co. Roscommon, Ireland
Roscommon is regionally renowned for the quality of its angling & offers the best Trout and Pike fishing lakes & rivers in the region. Our angling guides are here with first-hand knowledge on everything
you need to know about fishing in Roscommon.
Explore the countryside with a walk through our woodland that allows you to discover our nearby town along with several walks in the area.
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Lough Key Forest Park
Explore the countryside with a walk through our woodland that allows you to discover our nearby town along with several walks in the area.
Places to Visit
www.rathcroghan.ie
Rathcroghan Visitor Centre interprets the rich archaeology and mythology of a prehistoric royal site, which was home to fearsome Iron Age Warrior Queen Medb (Maeve), and starting place for the Tain Bo Cuailnge (Cattle Raid of Cooley), the oldest vernacular epic in European Literature.
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Rathcroghan Visitor Centre
www.rathcroghan.ie
Rathcroghan Visitor Centre interprets the rich archaeology and mythology of a prehistoric royal site, which was home to fearsome Iron Age Warrior Queen Medb (Maeve), and starting place for the Tain Bo Cuailnge (Cattle Raid of Cooley), the oldest vernacular epic in European Literature.
Not to be missed is the National Famine Museum & Strokestown Park, which draws on original documents and images relating to the Great Famine of the 1840s. Their collection includes actual letters written by the tenants on the Strokestown Estate at the time of the famine. Make sure to have walk through the historic gardens and woodland.
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Strokestown Park and The Irish National Famine Museum
Not to be missed is the National Famine Museum & Strokestown Park, which draws on original documents and images relating to the Great Famine of the 1840s. Their collection includes actual letters written by the tenants on the Strokestown Estate at the time of the famine. Make sure to have walk through the historic gardens and woodland.
The visitor centre is located in a beautiful scenic location overlooking Lough Allen. The centre is a community inspired initiative that preserves the 400 year coal mining heritage of this area and allows visitors an insight into coal mining life as it was in the Arigna Valley for centuries.
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Ukubonisana kwamandla ka-Arigna
The visitor centre is located in a beautiful scenic location overlooking Lough Allen. The centre is a community inspired initiative that preserves the 400 year coal mining heritage of this area and allows visitors an insight into coal mining life as it was in the Arigna Valley for centuries.
The 13th century Athlone castle is a heritage attraction on the banks of the River Shannon. The castle's keep is a national monument, and the visitor centre brings to life the stories of the town and its people from ancient through to modern times.
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Athlone Castle & Visitor Centre
The 13th century Athlone castle is a heritage attraction on the banks of the River Shannon. The castle's keep is a national monument, and the visitor centre brings to life the stories of the town and its people from ancient through to modern times.
www.thesheddistillery.com
This fully immersive experience which includes tastings invites guests on a very special journey behind the first whiskey distilled in Connacht in over 105 years, and into the Inner Sanctum of The Shed Distillery to witness where every drop of Grand Cru’ Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey and Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin is slow distilled by hand. There is a café and shop on site also.
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The Shed Distillery
Bypass Roadwww.thesheddistillery.com
This fully immersive experience which includes tastings invites guests on a very special journey behind the first whiskey distilled in Connacht in over 105 years, and into the Inner Sanctum of The Shed Distillery to witness where every drop of Grand Cru’ Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey and Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin is slow distilled by hand. There is a café and shop on site also.
St Ciarán founded his monastery on the banks of the River Shannon in the 6th Century. The monastery flourished and became a great seat of learning, a University of its time with students from all over Europe.
The ruins include a Cathedral, two round Towers, three high crosses, nine Churches and over 700 Early Christian graveslabs.
The original high crosses, including the magnificent 10th century Cross of the Scriptures area on display in a purpose built visitor centre adjacent the monastic enclosure.
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Clonmacnoise
St Ciarán founded his monastery on the banks of the River Shannon in the 6th Century. The monastery flourished and became a great seat of learning, a University of its time with students from all over Europe.
The ruins include a Cathedral, two round Towers, three high crosses, nine Churches and over 700 Early Christian graveslabs.
The original high crosses, including the magnificent 10th century Cross of the Scriptures area on display in a purpose built visitor centre adjacent the monastic enclosure.
This Cistercian monastery was founded in the twelfth century by monks from Mellifont Abbey under the patronage of the local ruling family, the MacDermotts. It was one of the most powerful of the early Cistercian foundations in Ireland and among the foremost in Connacht.
Cromwellian forces wreaked devastation when they occupied the abbey in 1659. It was further mutilated during the following centuries, when it was used to accommodate a military garrison. Despite all the violence it has suffered over the centuries, Boyle Abbey is well preserved and retains its ability to impress.
A sixteenth/seventeenth-century gatehouse has been restored and turned into an interpretive centre, where you can learn more about the abbey’s gripping history.
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Boyle Abbey
12 Sycamore CresThis Cistercian monastery was founded in the twelfth century by monks from Mellifont Abbey under the patronage of the local ruling family, the MacDermotts. It was one of the most powerful of the early Cistercian foundations in Ireland and among the foremost in Connacht.
Cromwellian forces wreaked devastation when they occupied the abbey in 1659. It was further mutilated during the following centuries, when it was used to accommodate a military garrison. Despite all the violence it has suffered over the centuries, Boyle Abbey is well preserved and retains its ability to impress.
A sixteenth/seventeenth-century gatehouse has been restored and turned into an interpretive centre, where you can learn more about the abbey’s gripping history.
Roscommon Castle is a dramatic and imposing 13th Century Norman Castle. It was built in 1269 by Robert de Ufford, Justiciciar of Ireland, on lands he had seized from the Augustinian Priory.
. Today, the Castle’s past can be explored while enjoying the adjacent Loughnaneane Park and Playground, a 14 acre recreational area. The natural features of the park include a turlough and a wildlife conservation area which is a habitat of unique flora and fauna.
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I-Roscommon Castle
Castle LaneRoscommon Castle is a dramatic and imposing 13th Century Norman Castle. It was built in 1269 by Robert de Ufford, Justiciciar of Ireland, on lands he had seized from the Augustinian Priory.
. Today, the Castle’s past can be explored while enjoying the adjacent Loughnaneane Park and Playground, a 14 acre recreational area. The natural features of the park include a turlough and a wildlife conservation area which is a habitat of unique flora and fauna.
Is a magnificently restored Georgian mansion located in Boyle, Co. Roscommon. Built in 1730 by the King family, the house later became a military barracks for the famous Irish regiment of the British army, the Connaught Rangers. The house is open to the public as a museum bringing its history to life.
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King House Historical and Cultural Centre
Military RoadIs a magnificently restored Georgian mansion located in Boyle, Co. Roscommon. Built in 1730 by the King family, the house later became a military barracks for the famous Irish regiment of the British army, the Connaught Rangers. The house is open to the public as a museum bringing its history to life.
Whether you decide to go on a tour of the historical house or go wild with your family at the pirate adventure park there is much to do at Westport House. While you are there discover the charms of Westport town.
Westport House
Whether you decide to go on a tour of the historical house or go wild with your family at the pirate adventure park there is much to do at Westport House. While you are there discover the charms of Westport town.
Take a step back in time with a visit to the Derryglad Folk & Heritage Museum with its huge collection of 7,500 vintage objects or a walk through a full 1930s street scene including a grocer’s shop.
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Derryglad Folk and Heritage Museum
Take a step back in time with a visit to the Derryglad Folk & Heritage Museum with its huge collection of 7,500 vintage objects or a walk through a full 1930s street scene including a grocer’s shop.
Neighbourhoods
Located within the grounds of a 700-acre private estate surrounded by forests and meadows, our house and cottages are perfectly secluded, but also within walking distance to the town of Castlerea with plenty of handy amenities such as three cafes, a bakery, two supermarkets, bars, restaurants, a golf course right on the doorstep and plenty of family-friendly activities nearby.
There is an outdoor swimming pool in the town (during summer months and a fairy village in the local demense.
There are two supermarkets in the town Supervalu and Lidl. There is also 3 cafes: Bennys Deli/Bakery which is open from Tuesday-Saturday, you can also order food online and collect the next day if you wish. Bastion Kitchen Cafe which is open from Mon to Sat and The Grind Coffee Cart (takeaway coffee) open Mon to Sun.
Our self-catering cottages are ideal for rural escapes with family, friends & children and our guest house is not suitable for children under 8 years of age.
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Castlerea
Located within the grounds of a 700-acre private estate surrounded by forests and meadows, our house and cottages are perfectly secluded, but also within walking distance to the town of Castlerea with plenty of handy amenities such as three cafes, a bakery, two supermarkets, bars, restaurants, a golf course right on the doorstep and plenty of family-friendly activities nearby.
There is an outdoor swimming pool in the town (during summer months and a fairy village in the local demense.
There are two supermarkets in the town Supervalu and Lidl. There is also 3 cafes: Bennys Deli/Bakery which is open from Tuesday-Saturday, you can also order food online and collect the next day if you wish. Bastion Kitchen Cafe which is open from Mon to Sat and The Grind Coffee Cart (takeaway coffee) open Mon to Sun.
Our self-catering cottages are ideal for rural escapes with family, friends & children and our guest house is not suitable for children under 8 years of age.
Food scene
Benneys Deli is a bakery and cafe. You can pick up some lovely treats here and their croissants are very good! Their ham along with their fresh baguettes are also delicious.
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Benny's Deli
Main StreetBenneys Deli is a bakery and cafe. You can pick up some lovely treats here and their croissants are very good! Their ham along with their fresh baguettes are also delicious.
Delicious brunch and treats served on vintage china!
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Lena's Tea Room
Main StreetDelicious brunch and treats served on vintage china!
Restaurant is 10 mins from Castlerea and is open from Thursday to Sunday.
The Old Stone House Restaurant Roscommon
Church RoadRestaurant is 10 mins from Castlerea and is open from Thursday to Sunday.
Rogue & Co Cafe
Main StreetA popular cafe in Roscommon Town.
Di Vino Italian Restaurant
Bridge StreetThe Cottage Restaurant
City/town information
Discover the beautiful beaches of our neighbouring Sligo from the stunning Blue Flag Enniscrone beach to Strandhill. Strandhill is an energetic village with bustling cafes & eateries approx.10 km from Sligo town. It is also a very popular spot for surfers throughout the year. Shells Cafe is a must! A 1hr drive from Clonalis.
Sligo
Discover the beautiful beaches of our neighbouring Sligo from the stunning Blue Flag Enniscrone beach to Strandhill. Strandhill is an energetic village with bustling cafes & eateries approx.10 km from Sligo town. It is also a very popular spot for surfers throughout the year. Shells Cafe is a must! A 1hr drive from Clonalis.
Galway is an easily walkable city about an 1hr 20 mins from Castlerea. You can go shopping there or enjoy the many restaurants and cafes they have to offer. Kai Restaurant, Ard Bia Restaurant, Ruibin Bar and Restaurant and the Dough Bro's Pizzeria are a must.
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I-Galway City Museum
Spanish ParadeGalway is an easily walkable city about an 1hr 20 mins from Castlerea. You can go shopping there or enjoy the many restaurants and cafes they have to offer. Kai Restaurant, Ard Bia Restaurant, Ruibin Bar and Restaurant and the Dough Bro's Pizzeria are a must.
The number of heritage and cultural sites dotted around Athlone as well as the beauty of its waterways keep visitors coming back to this historic town. You can visit Athlone Castle, Dead Centre Brewery, or participate on Viking Boat tours and Athlone Whiskey Tours.
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Athlone Towncentre
Mardyke StreetThe number of heritage and cultural sites dotted around Athlone as well as the beauty of its waterways keep visitors coming back to this historic town. You can visit Athlone Castle, Dead Centre Brewery, or participate on Viking Boat tours and Athlone Whiskey Tours.