Renvyle House Hotel and Resort

The hotel is located on 150 acres which include a private lake, 1km of beach, woodlands and gardens. Over several centuries, Renvyle House has been built, pulled down, rebuilt, burned to ashes and rebuilt once again. A chieftain of one of the oldest and most powerful Gaelic clans in Connacht once lived here. It was also the home of poet, Statesman and surgeon Oliver St. John Gogarty (Buck Mulligan of James Joyce’s “Ulysses”) and, since becoming a country house hotel in 1883, Renvyle House has played host to many famous people – Augustus John, Lady Gregory, Yeats and Churchill among them.

Leisure facilities include golf, tennis, swimming, boating, fly-fishing, boating, sea-angling, lawn bowls, croquet and clay pigeon shooting are just some of the options that you will find at Renvyle House Hotel. It is located on the shores of the Wild Atlantic Way and on the Connemara Loop and there are wonderful walking and cycling routes throughout the region that hosts a vast National Park.

Tennis courts, heated swimming pool (summer months) and trout fishing are just a few of Renvyle House’s many amenities on the grounds of the hotel.

Guests can also enjoy nearby; angling, archaeology, championship golf, hill walking on heather covered hills, mountain climbing, scuba diving and sea fishing as well as sunbathe on the most pristine sandy beaches in Europe.

The offshore islands of Inishboffin, Inishturk and Clare island are all within easy access and well worth visiting as part of your Connemara holiday.

Good to know • Small dogs welcome • Dog friendly ground floor rooms must be booked in advance • €15 nightly charge per dog • Dog bowls and bedding not provided