Spiddal - Ireland - Holiday Homes on the sea and Spiddal B&B with seaview

$Welcome to Seomra na Rósaí. Our house, “Garraí an tSrutháin”, which means field of the stream was built by us in 2005. We live in the most scenic Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking) area of South Connemara, off the R336, on the Wild Atlantic Way. We are 20km west from the bustling medieval city of Galway, 4km from the seaside village of Spiddal. Our home has all the modern creature comforts of 21st Century living while retaining the charm of a country cottage. Welcome you to our home. Céad fáilte romhat! Seomra na Rósaí, literally Rose Room, (so named because of the plentiful wild Dorothy Perkins rambling rose - cultured from cuttings from both our native homes in Clare & Cork - outside the window) is a self contained one room ensuite studio of some 25m/sq. Being avid travelers ourselves, we want our studio to reflect what we’d like to see when we’re on vacation. Although the studio forms the ground floor south and west gable of our home, it has its own entrance, 3 full-length windows flood the room with natural light. We use geothermal underfloor heating and have insulated our home to be both snug and comfortable. There’s a large king size double bed with a firm and very comfortable orthopedic mattress, beautiful fresh cotton bed linen, complete with hypoallergenic pillows and a warm cozy bedspread. There’s an abundance of storage space in the freestanding antique wardrobe and chest of drawers. We have equipped the studio with minibar refrigerator complete with icebox. You will find enough milk to get you started. We’re happy to have it stocked in advance of your arrival with local craft beers if you’d like. There’s a range of complementary tea & coffee and we are happy to provide a rudimentary, healthy breakfast option of overnight oats (understandably as an optional extra). The ensuite bathroom is equipped with shaving light, pumped water and the Grohe power shower will refresh the weariest of travelers. Towels and bath mat are provided as are toiletries. Seomra na Rósaí has its own entrance. On booking, you will be instructed as to where key is found and to where it should be returned on departure. We both work - sometimes away from home so, interaction can be hit and miss. If home, however we are happy to advise on myriad questions like restaurants, bars, sightseeing, excursions, further travel etc. we are also happy to provide a “drop off” service to Spiddal and maybe Barna but wouldn’t be available to pick you up afterwards. We like to relax with a glass of wine in the evenings too. We live on the now world famous Wild Atlantic Way and really have everything the holiday maker or business visitor requires on our doorstep. Within 1km we have 2 blue flag beaches, a large supermarket, a pub where there are regular live music sessions. We have a very private freshwater lake 1km walk to the north. Within 4km we have a charming little seaside village of Spiddal where there are a further 2 beaches, 4 pubs, a couple of cafés, an artist workshop retail Centre, a Chinese takeaway (which has a very reasonable delivery service - menus provided in studio), a fast food outlet and a wonderful, genuine Italian “Pizzeria Fiordigrano”, where our friend Antonio serves up the very best pizzas this side of Sicily! He also makes some ridiculously good Tíramisu! For more traditional Irish fare, another friend Brenda cooks great food at Giblin’s. Her husband, Ned provides the entertainment - live music most nights ranging from traditional Irish to ballads and blues. Within 15km there is Barna, a charming seaside village with an array of bars and really good dining experiences - from informal bar food at Donnelly’s to fine dining at O’Gradys on the Pier or the West at the “12 Hotel” (so named after Connemara’s famed 12 Pins, mountain range to the west). And then, 20km to the east, there’s Galway city - a bustling medieval city squeezed between Lough Corrib and the Atlantic Ocean (both famous for their quality of fishing). I would need much more space here to tell you about even a fraction of the delights Galway has to offer. Suffice to say there is seldom a weekend that Galway doesn’t play host to some festival - most famous of them being the International Arts Festival in July, followed by the Galway Races, a weeklong celebration of all things equine. Galway is now also in preparation for the highest accolade, having been chosen to host European Capital of Culture in 2020. We try not to take all that Galway offers for granted! Galway is really great fun!! To the west, there are charming coastal towns and villages like Ros Muc, Roundstone, Clifden, Letterfrack, Leenaun - all with the many beautiful seascapes and quiet beaches of Connemara - all sporting blue-flags for their cleanliness of waters and also safe to bathe in. We live in a Gaeltacht area where the ancient (5,000 years) and musical Irish language is spoken on a daily basis. We welcome any and all correspondence “as Gaeilge”; both Karen and I are fluent and daily speakers. Here, Irish culture still holds strong - traditional song, dance and music still readily available. We also have Oileáin Árainn, the Aran Islands here on our doorstep. These are the most westerly inhabited islands in Europe. Inis Mór, the largest of the 3 is home to such wonders as UNESCO site of historic significance - Dún Aonghusa, a 1500BC hill fort, perched atop a 300ft cliff. Poll na bPéist, the Serpents Lair is also a sight to behold, a rectangular blowhole hewn by the Atlantic Ocean from the granite rock. It has been recently been used by RedBull Cliff divers. (Website hidden by Airbnb) Inis Meáin, the middle island is quiet and a really different experience to the more developed Inis Mór. To the south, Inis Oírr is the smallest but perhaps most charming of the three islands. From here you can enjoy views of the Cliffs of Moher, rising a majestic 704ft from the Wild Atlantic Way on the County Clare mainland to the east. This is a real treasure. “ONE OF THE WORLD’S TOP ISLAND DESTINATIONS That this feeling, this authenticity, has survived the modern world is nothing short of miraculous” National Geographic Check out (Website hidden by Airbnb) AND (Website hidden by Airbnb) Ferry boats and flights to and from the islands are available just minutes away. If you like cycling, golf, hill walking, sea fishing or river angling, Connemara is for you. We have 5 championship golf courses within an hour from our door - ranging from the parkland course in Oughterard to wonderful links golf at Barna, Galway & Connemara (Ballyconneely) as well as a really challenging and beautiful Connemara Isles 9 hole course where you will play from one island to another and yet another! We have some club sets and shoes we are happy to lend to you. We also have a few bicycles & helmets if you fancy taking them out too. We’re happy to advise on day trips and excursions further afield if you fancy an adventure. Driving is the transport of choice in rural Ireland. Cycling is very enjoyable here though somewhat challenging given the local and tourist traffic and the narrowness of the local regional roads network. There is a public bus service, number 424 from Galway to Carraroe (approx €8 one way from Galway to Inverin). There are a number of taxi & hackney services that are reasonably priced - €7 to Spiddal, €30 to Barna, €50 to Galway - numbers provided in studio. We have a few bikes which you’ll be welcome to use too. We will soon have é-fibre broadband for which we will of course share passwords. We welcome cyclists and can offer simple cleaning and basic servicing and pumps etc. I’ve made 2 bicycles available free of charge for those of you who might like to tour locally - 1 each men’s & ladies complete with helmets, pant clips and lock.$

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