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WHITE COTTAGE, TERRYGLASS, IRELAND
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OPEN-PLAN KITCHEN/DINING/LIVING
ROOM AT
WHITE
COTTAGE
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THE ACCOMMODATIONS:
White Cottage is a one-story, two-bedroom, two-bath traditional
whitewashed Irish cottage
beautiful new construction ideal for small
families or two couples. Stone, wood, and natural fabrics have been used
extensively in this purpose-built vacation cottage to give the clean,
modern lodging a traditional Irish charm. One bedroom has a double bed
with futon bed plus bathroom with shower. The second has a double bed
with a single bed plus bathroom with shower. |
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The open-plan living
room/dining area/ kitchen is furnished with
dining table and chairs, and upholstered living room group (with sofa
bed) featuring a color TV, stereo, and solid fuel cast iron stove
built into the fireplace (may be used for supplemental heating, or just to add an authentic
Irish coziness to the room). The
well-appointed kitchen has a fridge, electric range, microwave, and
dishwasher. The dining area opens onto a private, walled, furnished
patio behind the cottage. A barbecue grill is available for cookouts.
Private parking is immediately in |
1 OF
2 BEDROOMS AT WHITE
COTTAGE |
front of the cottage.
Guests will
also enjoy the lawn, board games, sauna and
bicycles that are available
at the cottage. Conveniently a laundry room and pay phone are available to guests.
The cottage is kept warm and comfortable in all
seasons with gas
central heating.
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TERRYGLASS VILLAGE |
THE SETTING:
White Cottage is
one of three guest cottages that are set in an idyllic rural setting just 1.5 miles
from pretty, award-winning Terryglass village in northern County
Tipperary the very center of Ireland. Surrounding the cottages are 140
acres of organic farmland and pastures with
horses, newborn lambs in the spring, and with
blackberry picking and jam making among the harvest activities of
autumn.
Nearby Terryglass village traces its beginnings to a monastery founded
by St. Columba in 549AD. Terryglass is frequently visited for its harbor
on Lough Derg, Central Irelands largest lake, which makes the village a
mecca for sailors and fishermen. Despite its small size, Terryglass
offers two excellent eating establishments, the award winning Paddys
Bar pub/restaurant (with traditional Irish music several times
weekly), and the seafood specializing Derg Inn family-run
pub/restaurant (music performances |
often). Less than ten minutes south of
Terryglass at Kilgarvin Quay is the
gourmet restaurant Brocka on the Water (great food, no music).
Importantly, the nearest store is 5 minutes south of Terryglass at
Ballinderry village, or 10 minutes north in Lorrha town. The nearest
principal towns with large markets and numerous shops are Portumna (15
minutes north), and Borrisokane (15 minutes south). |
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THE LOCATION:
At the northeastern end of Lough Derg, Terryglass is in the very center
of the Republic of Ireland. It is perfectly located as a touring base
for exploration of most of Ireland, and especially the nearby counties
of Tipperary, Offaly, Galway (& the
Connemara), Clare,
Limerick, Laoise, and Kerry. Principal cities and towns within easy
day-trip reach of Terryglass include Dublin,
Limerick, Ennis, Galway, Nenagh, Tralee, and
Birr. Shannon International Airport is only 1.5 hours from Terryglass.
Dublin International Airport is less than 3 hours away. |
LOUGH DERG
CENTRAL
IRELAND'S GREAT LAKE |
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Major attractions within easy day-trip range of Terryglass include the Burren National Park, the
Aillwee Cave, the Cliffs of Moher, the
Craggaunowen prehistoric project, |
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PROUD EXHIBITOR AT
THE ANNUAL
NORTHERN
TIPPERARY SHOW,
NENAGH.
LOCAL FAIRS
& MARKETS ARE A
GREAT
WAY TO MEET THE IRISH. |
Bunratty Castle & Folk Park, the
thatched
cottages and medieval churches at Adare, the
manicured gardens of Birr Castle Demesne, important medieval monastic
sites at Clonmacnoise, Lorrha, Roscrea,
Clonfert, and Holy Cross Abbey, the peat bog experience of the West
Offaly Railway, and the medieval fortress/cathedral the
Rock of Cashel.
Within day-trip reach are castles in abundance: Redwood Castle, Birr,
Portumna, Nenagh, Knappogue, Bunratty,
Dunguaire,
King Johns, Kilkenny, and
Cahir, to name but a few. There are lively markets in
Nenagh and Killaloe on the lake and pubs with traditional Irish music in
Terryglass, Nenagh, and Garrykennedy.
ACTIVITIES: In
addition to touring throughout Ireland, guests enjoy water
sports (fishing, boating, swimming) on Lough Derg, cruising on
Lough Derg, golfing at courses in Portumna and Nenagh, walking at
Portumna Forest Park, or in the nearby Slieve Bloom, Silvermines, and
Slieve Aughty mountains, pony trekking, visiting nearby craft shops in
Puckane and Ballyartella, and joining in the traditional Irish music
nights at several local pubs. |
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THE HOSTS:
White Cottage and its two
neighboring guest cottages were constructed in 1999 on the organic farm where the family has
lived and worked for generations. The owners and their family live
on the property and are enthusiastic, knowledgeable
hosts, eager to help their guests discover Ireland from a comfortable,
central, rural base in County Tipperary.
THE HOST/OWNER AT WHITE
COTTAGE
WITH TWO OF HIS HORSES. GUESTS RECEIVE
HOSPITALITY IN THE BEST RURAL IRISH TRADITION. |
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Learn more about HOME AT FIRST's travel program to: CENTRAL IRELAND. |
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