Glanleam House

Skellig Ring


A narrow, overgrown road leads to this Georgian manor house, built in 1770 for the owner of a linen mill. It has four lovely, antique-furnished guest rooms and an impressive country-house-style library with ornamental fireplace. There are also four self-catering cottages sleeping up to six (from €160, two-night minimum stay); the Boathouse, right on the seafront, is particularly attractive.


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