Stayed here whilst working with Irish National Opera in Dundalk which is a short drive away. Candlefort Lodge is located in the charming and beautiful village of Inniskeen - Patrick Kavanagh Country.
It really lives up to it's description of "tranquil haven".
It is all that and more! Spotlessly clean, warm and cosy on arrival with a generous and welcoming hamper of goodies.
The apartment is fitted out and stocked as a real home from home...very welcome for this hotel-weary artist!
The River fane flows at the end of a healthy vegetable garden with a seated patio to soak up it's bubbling tranquility.
As for the hosts, Brian & Mary - the epitome of great Irish hospitality.
I had the misfortune to fall ill - I was actually grand! - but with a fashionable diagnosis!
Brian & Mary could not have been more helpful. Offering to shop, "will you have a curry?", "stay as long as you need" and arranging (safe) transport on departure. They even medicated me in that most Irish of ways!
I will certainly return to Candlefort Lodge to hear Mary on the piano upstairs and maybe get that bbq going which is parked outside the kitchen door.
I recommend Candlefort Lodge -Tranquil Haven without any hesitation. X