This is our cosy artists' and poets' cottage in Ireland
Peace, silence and lots of wildlife. Dark nights. Just the thing for writing, painting, thinking.
Huge separate studio, yew hedge maze, Druid grove, fairy fort, two streams and three acres of rough land.
It is on the side of a mountain, near Strokestown, in Co. Roscommon, Ireland.
 
 
 
 
Reagh (pronounced Ree-ah) is one the traditional stone built cottages typical of the west of Ireland, very rural and with tremendous views.
The cottage is approached by a single track lane, half a mile from the nearest road. It sits in the middle of its own land, which comprises four fields and a garden, bounded by streams on both sides.


It still has its huge open turf (peat) fire, with lots of free turf in the turf shed. The mod cons are basic - hot and cold running water from its own well, and electric night storage heating. This is permanently left on, so the cottage is always warm - important if you arrive in the evening! It has a reasonable Vodafone mobile signal, and very basic tv.

Accommodation is flexible: the cottage has a living room with open fire, sofa and table; one bedroom with a double bed, and one tiny study/bedroom with a fold-up camp bed. There is a small back kitchen with a simple electric cooker, kettle, toaster etc. The bathroom has an electric immersion heater and bath.The huge studio also contains a single bed in the gallery and a single sofa bed.

Arrangements for staying are informal, and our lovely friends always treat the house and studio beautifully and leave them as they found them; in fact usually better! We like lending Reagh to artists, writers, naturalists - people for whom old fashioned peace and wild beauty is more important than luxury. For this reason we simply ask for a donation (principally to cover electricity, which is expensive) of, say,.200 euros (approx 160 pounds) per week... but if you feel like donating more it will be gratefully accepted! Minimum stay is one week. Single very well behaved dogs are welcome.

We request that our visitors bring their own bedding and towels, and also take their rubbish away with them.


More photos are HERE ...And if you'd like to have a further chat about staying in our cottage, contact:


Eveline O'Donovan on evelineodonovan@gmail.com
+353 23 883 8837


Merrily Harpur on m@harpur.org
+44 1300 320064