View from Lough Derg 

View from living room to Lough Derg

 
You could rent this holiday home in Ireland,  at the Lough Derg in Rossmore, Woodford, Co. Galway. The house has 3 bed rooms with 6 beds, living room, dining room with open fire, kitchen, bathroom with shower and toilet, visitors toilet.

The house is located off the main roads between meadows, moor and wood right at the lake. For skippers we offer a  4.6 m  cabin boat with 15 HP outboard engine for 6-8 people. Additionally, there are three bikes at the house.
View from garden to living room

There is a spa adjacent to our land in the lake with similar mineral contents as the famous spa in Lisdoonvarna. Hence the name "Spa House".

   Lough Derg (photo: Grüne/Kohlmann)
 Rossmore consists of some farms and belongs to the parish of Woodford (several shops, typical pubs). The village is right at the foot of the Slieve Aughty Mountains. You will probably not find them in any tourist book, but they are magnificient for walking across the hills and bogs on lonely boreens (country roads). From the mountain tops you could see the Atlantic (Galway Bay), the Burren and Connemara (to the west) as well as Lough Derg and the irish lowlands with its moors (to the east). And even on a sunny day, you might not meet a fellow tourist. Furthermore, the famous attractions like the Burren, Cliffs of Moher, and Connemara are just daytrips.

Beside the natural scenery, you do not need to go very far for the rich culture and history of Ireland. In less than one hour you could drive to the ancient monastery of Clonmacnoise (south of Athlone), Kilmacduagh (west of Gort) or Holy Island within Lough Derg (Inish Cealtra near Mountshannon). In the bogs around are countless dolmen, wedge tombs, stone circles or other pre-celtic relicts.

In the vicinity are riding stables and golf courses, you could go for fishing on the lake, take a bath or cycle on the small country roads. And a trip around Lough Derg by bike is easily done within two days.