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Almost all of our hotel offers include at least one meal in the elegant Owenmore restaurant.The Owenmore Restaurant offers elegant yet unpretentious dining in a stunning location. Using only the finest and freshest ingredients, our kitchen team led by Excutive Head Chef, Dani Barry,  take advantage of the wealth of fresh fish, and game available on the West Coast, to produce wonderfully balanced yet creative dishes. Dinner in the Owenmore Restaurant is one of the highlights of any trip to Ballynahinch Castle, Changing the menus with the seasons ensures that regular visitors to Ballynahinch can enjoy a varied and interesting selection of dishes. 

 When You Love Someone is our package of a 2 nights stay in a riverside room. Breakfast in bed both mornings. Dinner on one night in the fine dining Owenmore Restaurant. Champagne and chocolates on arrival.

Ballynahinch Castle Hotel and Estate is the most ideal location to relax with nature and take a breather from hectic everyday life. Set on a 700-acre private estate of woodlands, rivers, and walks, Ballynahinch Castle exudes genuine Irish character. We overlook our renowned salmon fishery of the Owenmore River with the backdrop of the beautiful 12 Bens Mountain range.

Ballynahinch Castle, has a very rich history steaped with Pirate Queens and Indian Princes,  Ballynahinch has so many stories to tell dating back to the O Flaherty clan who originally built the castle. Click here to read our full history.

Ballynahinch Castle offer a vast array of offers from romantic getaways to active breaks and the Ultimate Ballynahinch Experience, a three night stay which gives you a taste of all we have to offer, and you will leave us with the full experience of relaxation and tranquillity of staying in the beautiful of the Connemara landscape.

There are some who visit Ballynahinch Castle Hotel and Estate and never leave the grounds, such is the choice of unique activities available in the heart of beautiful Connemara. Hiking our popular trails, taking a fly-fishing tutorial, biking, or simply sitting in the tranquility of the grounds listening to the song of the river, there are so many things to do and ways to engage with Connemara.

One of the great attractions of Ballynahinch Castle Hotel is that all these activities are easily accessible without difficulty and delivered by professional and enthusiastic guides and are available on all packages. Every morning one of our experienced fishing guides, and our walking guide Kieran will be available to offer you advise on what to do for your days activites.

Few hotels in Ireland have a beginning like Ballynahinch Castle Hotel. Located in the heart of Connemara, Ballynahinch or Baile na hlnse, means ‘household of the Island’, and refers to the O’Flaherty Castle built on an Island in the lake. This was the small castle built on Ballynahinch Lake by one of the O'Flaherty clan, the husband of Grace O'Malley, more famously known as Grainneuaile. In the 18th Century Robert Martin built the current house beside the river as an inn, in 1813 Robert’s son Martin moved into the Ballynahinch. 

If you would like to find out more about Ballynahinch Castle Hotel's rich history following its build click here for more information.

Ballynahinch Castle is an ideal base for touring the Wild Atlantic Way, a 2,500 km (1,500 miles) driving route along Ireland’s west coast. Local attractions include Killary Harbour, InishBofin, Sky Road, and Roundstone village and picturesque town of Clifden, the capital of Connemara, or weather you follow the N59 to Westport you are sure to take in the breathtaking view of what Connemara has to offer.

Vouchers at Ballynahinch castle can be used on so many different things. You can spend the night in the hotel or use it at either of our dining experiences of Owenmore Restaurant or our Fisherman's Pub for lunch or dinner, so no matter what you plan on spending your voucher on at Ballynahinch castle you wont be disappointed.

Did you know you can treat someone special to the Gift of Ballynahinch Castle? Gift vouchers are available online or can be purchased over the telephone. They can be used towards a stay in one of our beautifully decorated rooms, lunch or dinner in the Fisherman’s Pub or dinner in the award-winning Owenmore Restaurant. It is the perfect way to show that special person that you care.

Ballynahinch castle offers many different offers to suit your needs and desires, stay with us in our enchanting castle hotel in the heart of Connemara. Fancy a Romantic weekend getaway with your partner? Book our weekend getaway offer, weather it is just Bed and Breakfast or adding a Dinner on one of your evening stay in our award winning Owenmore Restaurant, or even stretch your stay to 3 nights, to fully experience what our luxurious Castle hotel in the Ireland has to offer . No matter what your desire here at Ballynahinch Castle hotel we are sure you can be accommodated with one of our offers.

Located in the heart of Connemara, Ballynahinch Castle Hotel is an excellent choice for those looking to stay in a castle. This unpretentious castle has a more relaxed country house style of interior design, which considers the influences of its past owners. In the main reception, there is a portrait of the Richard Martin one of Ballynahinch’s earliest owners who founded the RSPCA.

 In the Pub area, is the Ranji Room which is decided to His Highness the Maharaja Jam Sahib of Nawanager, better known as Ranjitsinhji, or Ranji Prince of Cricketers. Ranji was a world class cricketer and cricketing has inspired the design of this room. The rest of the house and bedrooms have been tastefully renovated over the years, all while keeping the character which makes Ballynahinch Castle so special.