Beautiful Lodge on Wild Atlantic Way in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland

Conall and Barbara live in Dublin Ireland and have 3 grown up children and grandchildren popping out at a gratifying rate :-). We are both golfers but we probably enjoy walks and sea swims more when we are in Connemara.

Barbara has been an host for some of rooms in our Dublin home for few years and has a 5 star rating. We want our guests to have the same experience we would expect when we rent a holiday home.

The Lodge was originally the stables and servant quarters to the “big house”, Garraunbaun House. It was lovingly restored in the 60s, and at one stage was owned by the American comedian and Emmy award winner Michael O’ Donoghue. One of his guests at this fishing lodge was the famed director Quentin Tarantino just prior to the release of his movie Pulp Fiction.

It was later owned by a German couple who set about on more restoration which included the installation of parquet floors and beautiful tiles in the bathrooms. The biggest impact this couple made was on the outside landscaping, There is a tiered walled garden adjacent to the back entrances and extensive lawns at the front and the back of the lodge. The lawn at the back overlooks Garraunbaun Lough, the lake from which the property takes its name. There are various interpretations of the meaning of this Irish word, baun certainly means white and garraun is said to be an old Gaelic name for a horse, so White Horse.

The previous owners to the current owners were a couple from Northern Ireland. The wife is an artist and an interior designer, and she decorated the rooms tastefully and furnished them with antiques, most of which are still there today.