Loughbawn
Bed & Breakfast Accommodation & Angling Services
Kilkeeran, Partry, County Mayo, Ireland
Charming country home in the village of Kilkeeran on shores of Lough Carra, offering peace, space, comfort, good food and turf fires. Originally a small farm house, now enlarged and modernised with a verandah opening on to a flagged terrace where a garden table and benches overlook our orchard.
Facilities
- 4 double/twin rooms (3 en-suite)
- Dining Room, Sitting Room & Verandah for guests' use
- Large variety of books on natural history, angling, local Irish interest, maps etc available to guests during their stay
- Tackle room with deep freeze, refrigerator, fly tying table, rod rack & hooks for hanging wet gear
- Under Irish law, No Smoking is allowed in the house
No pets are allowed on the premises
Fishing
An
ideal centre from which to fish Loughs Carra (4,000 acres) and Mask
(20,000 acres), world renowned wild brown trout lakes (season March -
Sept). Stocks of both lakes are mostly maintained by natural spawning
in the feeder streams. Fishery Officers remove eggs from some
selected hen fish, fertilise them and raise them to the unfed fry
stage in a nearby hatchery, for release into stretches of stream
where spawning is sparse.
Wet or dry fly fishing from drifting boats is practiced, although dapping the natural insect, mayfly, daddy and grasshopper can be exciting and productive.
Boats
Our boats, Burke built 19 foot fibreglass, are moored 100 yards from our house in our own small harbour on the Carra. We arrange the hire of local boatmen who are well used to the lakes, when requested. Boatmen take only 2 anglers with them, and the maximum persons allowed per boat is 3, including the boatman. No boats other than our own are allowed on the property without prior permission, which is rarely granted. Boat hirers may use their own engines as long as these are free of zebra mussel contamination and not above 10HP. We do not hire boats or engines to anglers unused to these lakes. Due to the nature of the lakes and their surroundings, they are difficult to fish without engines.
Mask is 10 minutes by car away, and we arrange the hire of boats and boatmen there, as well as on lakes further afield when asked. Enquiries concerning angling matters, suggested fly patterns, other recreational facilities, travel routes etc are welcome.
Brochures sent in response to your enquiry.
Locality
Partry is well situated for touring and the village itself has 2 good pubs and a post office. The district is rich in archaeological remains, with an abundance of wild life established in the varying types of countryside surrounding. Both Lakes are wild fowl preserves and classed as Heritage areas of International importance.
Distance (in miles)
- Ballinrobe (5)
- Castlebar (11)
- Westport (14)
- Knock & Galway Airports - 1 hours drive - Self-drive cars can be hired at both airports
- Dublin & Dun Laoghaire Ferryports - 4 hours drive
Rates (2009)
- B&B Standard - from euro30 pps
- B&B Ensuite - from euro35 pps
- Single supplement - euro10
- Packed Lunch - euro6
Contact
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Peter & Patricia Roberts |
