Connemara estate includes Victorian house on private island, two further houses and exclusive shooting rights on 9,600 acres
A century ago this very month, an advertisement in The Irish Times ran a listing for Inver Lodge in Connemara that extolled the catch of its then fishery: “Fishing extends over many lakes and several rivers, and is famous in Ireland. In an ordinary year 20 to 50 salmon and 1,500 to 2,000 sea trout should be caught, besides many brown trout. Good sea fishing close by.
Mind you, as the ad – from a man with Humble in his name – mentioned eight bedrooms for servants alone , “the tenant” may never have stepped inside a kitchen.Tenant refuses to vacate my son’s house. What can he do?This couple lived on Great Blasket with no electricity or running water. Here’s what they did next
Built at a time before engines – so transport was by row boat – it goes to explain how, despite starting in 1837, the pile was completed closer to the 1900s. But the Famine would also have played a considerable factor. It last sold in 1997, when it was described in The Irish Times as “one of the oldest fishing estates in Connemara . . . a comfortable club-like feel, the kind of atmosphere that takes decades of leisurely living to create”.
The main house stands in a haven of natural woodland, while mature plantings abound on a near two-acre island. All around are coves and inlets framed by rugged coastline, while the mainland gardens extend to over 21 acres . Then there’s 45 acres of mixed-quality land, some with lakeshore frontage. There are three properties in total. The main house: on its own island, Inver Lodge extends to a significant 417sq m . It has four bedrooms and overlooks the lake, with moorings for boats up to 18ft. Its Ber rating is G and, like most happy homes after 25 years, will want upgrades in places.
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