Fabulous Castle Lodge!
We absolutely loved the Castle Lodge. Our family of 4 spent 3 nights and wish we could have stayed longer.
First, the location is great. It’s secluded near a few homes and overlooks a beautiful meadow (river nearby?) and a Castle ruin close by, which is reason for name Castle Lodge.
It’s ideal for touring around County Kerry, the Dingle Pennisula, and Kenmare. We liked having as a base of operation. It’s between 2 towns - 5/7 miles away - Killarney (which is very large and touristy and has many restaurants) and Kilorglin which is much smaller and has nice grocery and a few restaurants. You’ll definitely need a car to stay here since not within walking of anything.
The house itself is really fabulous and is even better than the pictures.
There is a very large, brand new kitchen which is completely outfitted. We cooked a large breakfast every day. Loved the Nespresso maker. Also has full laundry room w washer and dryer and a 1/2 bathroom off kitchen. Large table in kitchen that found seat 8/10 and 2 nice chairs and fireplace. Large windows give awesome views of castle and meadows.
The Master is very large on first floor. Has wonderful bath with large tub and shower.
A very cozy family TV room is next to master with large sofa and upholstered chair and ottoman.
Upstairs are 2 large bedrooms, each with their own full bathrooms. My young adult sons each took one of these and loved. One has a queen bed and the other a full/queen? And a twin bed too. Great for group of kids. This place easily sleeps 7/8 — and 3 couples easily with lots of privacy.
The decor is wonderfully elegant and cozy at the same time. A lot of time and effort was clearly put into this house with its restoration and attention to details.
Siobhan and Eileen were wonderful hosts with excellent communication. Checkin was super easy. And they were very flexible with our checkout time. Their very friendly son stopped by one evening just to check to make sure all good.
And they generously left us a bottle of wine, and homemade scones and a pie, with milk, butter and jam. So nice.
We loved this place and hope to return some day!!