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Gougane Barra Hotel

The hotel has been in the hands of the Cronin and Lucey family for generations. It was originally built by James Cronin on a site of a hunting and fishing lodge. This lodge was used in the Nineteenth Century by the English Gentry until it was passed onto the Cronin Family at the turn of the century. Much has changed since then, but the Cronin & Lucey Family still provide fine hospitality along with an atmosphere of good comfort and home based cooking to all those who pass through its doors.

It is easy to find the hotel in many of the tour guides and directories as Gougane Barra is known for its unspoilt beauty, National Forest Park, Angling, Hill & Road Walking, and, of course, St Finbarr who started his hermitage on the island in the lake.

The nearby lake, originally know as Loch Irce, provides the initial assembly of water from the many streams and rivers which flow down from the nearby hills of the Shehy and Derrynasaggart Mountain ranges. The lake has a natural reserve of native Brown Trout and angling by boat is complimentary to any guest of Gougane Barra Hotel. Coarse Angling is also available in the locality.

The National Forest Park (1 km) offers many fine walks as well as an abundance of flora and fauna. The nearby island contains the ruins of St. Finbarr's hermitage where many people come to experience the peace, tranquillity and Holiness of the place. A Pilgrimage to honour St. Finbarr is held usually on the last Sunday in September.

Gougane Barra makes an ideal base for touring:

West Cork
Ring of Beara
Killarney and the Ring of Kerry
Dingle Peninsula
Cork City and Kinsale

Beaches such as:

Barleycove
Garretstown
Inch, Kerry.
Inchydoney
Ownahincha
Tragumna
Youghal

Golf Courses such as:

Killarney
Macroom
Bantry
Lee Valley
Muskerry

Rooms:

The hotel offers a number of splendid rooms with scenery of the lake nearby and the valley and mountains behind. All rooms are en-suite, have phone, television and tea-service. Room size include single, double, twin and triple.

Directions:

Gougane Barra is to be found on all maps as the area includes

St. Finbarr's Hermitage & Oratory
National Forest Park
National Heritage Site
The Source of the River Lee
Gougane Barra Hotel

Gougane Barra, lying in a Corrie type Valley between the Derrynasaggart and Shehy Mountain Ranges, is 1.25 Miles (2KM) from the main route (R584) which runs between the towns of Macroom and Bantry in the county of Cork.

Rates:

Low High
1 Night B&B Double En-suite €55 €60
2 Nights B&B & 1 Evening Meal €135 €140
3 Nights B&B & 3 Evening Meals €225 €240
Children up to 15 years 50% 50%

* Free accommodation for children under 11 sharing a room. However, they must pay for their breakfast.

* 50% reduction for 3rd. person sharing any room.