On the morning of my stay, I ventured on a wettish walk into adjacent Gougane Barra National Park, which is Ireland’s first National Park, having opened in 1964. Remote and unspoiled ...

“Gougane Barra in Co Cork, Ireland, has been a retreat from the cruel world and a spot for quiet contemplation — since St Finbarr established an island monastery on the lake during the sixth ...

Nominated by Joan Healy, who wrote: "Wake in the morning to the sound of birdsong, watch the trout jumping in the lake, walk the crags of the mountains before a sumptuous meal. Peaceful, tranquil ...

The only Irish toilet to make the list, Lonely Planet states: “Gougane Barra in Co Cork, Ireland, has been a retreat from the cruel world and a spot for quiet contemplation — since St Finbarr ...

In “Ireland the Best 2018, the Insider's Guide to Ireland”, published by Collins, the Gougane Barra Hotel was described as "the purest hospitality you could ever imagine". Neil and Katy also ...

one of Ireland's most visited tourism destinations. A Múscraí community group has won its campaign against a planned wind farm overlooking the Gougane Barra beauty spot in west Cork, it has emerged.

Neil Lucey is in reflective mood as he looks across the lake at Gougane Barra towards the blackened rocky mountainside and recalls how the blaze that engulfed the steep slopes and turned the water ...

“Right across Europe, people have destroyed their heritage, and we have here in Ireland an early Christian ... Átha’n Ghaorthaidh and particularly Gougane Barra as ‘a place of special ...