Loop Head Lightkeeper's House

Frommer's Review

Here is yet another of the many splendid new properties run by the Irish Landmark Trust (ILT). This is a comfortingly solid old house next to a lighthouse at the very tip of remote Loop Head, just southwest of Kilkee. Once home to the keeper of the lighthouse, it offers astonishing views and a real historic feel. Downstairs are a kitchen, sitting room, two bathrooms, and a double bedroom. Upstairs are two more bedrooms (one double, one twin) and a small sitting room. Nice touches are everywhere: sturdy mahogany furnishings, brass beds, oversize sofas and armchairs, a fireplace in every room, and deep windowsills. It's perfect for a get-away-from-it-all vacation: as remote as you'd hope for from a lighthouse, and a 20-minute drive from bustling Kilkee, a little seaside resort with old-fashioned appeal. As with all ILT properties, there is no TV, but there is a radio. Guests should bring bottled water for drinking.

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