La Cascade

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La Cascade
La Cascade
Restaurant information
Established1991-2018
Head chefHeiko Reibandt
Food typeModern Irish
Rating Etoile Michelin-1.svg Michelin Guide
CityKenmare, County Kerry
Country Ireland
Website Official website

La Cascade was the previous restaurant of Sheen Falls Lodge, a hotel outside the town of Kenmare, County Kerry, Ireland. It is a fine-dining restaurant that was awarded one Michelin star each year in the period 1993 to 1998. [1]

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During the period the restaurant was awarded the Michelin star, the head chef was Fergus Moore. [2]

The restaurant changed name to The Falls in 2018 when it and the hotel changed ownership. [3]

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View from the bridge over the Falls at Sheen Falls Lodge towards Kenmare River Sheen Falls - geograph.org.uk - 558230.jpg
View from the bridge over the Falls at Sheen Falls Lodge towards Kenmare River

The site of the present-day hotel Sheen Falls Lodge and thus La Cascade was originally occupied by an old farm house, Sheen Cottage, as early as 1764. [4] It belonged to the Irish estate of the Marquess of Lansdowne. [5]

In 1777 a still-existing bridge was built over the falls next to the house. During the nineteenth century, the house and the grounds surrounding it were leased by different gentlemen. [6] In 1854 Frederick Trench, 2nd Baron Ashtown purchased the lease from George Woodhouse. Ashtown invested £  1.000 in building a new fishing lodge, which incorporated the walls of the smaller Sheen Cottage as its southern part. Ashtown spent little time there but sublet to various tenants. [7]

In 1879 Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne bought the residue of his lease. [8] Thereafter the Lansdowne family used it as a hunting and fishing lodge. In 1948, Lord Bruntisfield bought the site and largely rebuilt the house before selling it again in 1962. [9]

In 1966 the estate passed into the ownership of a Manchester business man, who tried to turn Sheen Falls into a commercial fishery. [10] Without success, he sold the property to an international corporation, from which it was purchased by the Danish-born entrepreneur Bent Christian Høyer in 1988. He started with the construction of the 5-star hotel Sheen Falls Lodge, which was opened in 1991. [11] In February 2013 the hotel was bought by the international hotel group Palladian Hotels and Resorts for €5 million. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ Michelin Online Republic of Ireland
  2. ↑ Eyes on Ireland reinventing Irish cuisine
  3. ↑ Ronald Quinlan (8 November 2018). "Co Kerry's Sheen Falls in €17m sale to Asian investors". Irish Independent .
  4. ↑ Gerard J. Lyne: "The Lansdowne Estate in Kerry under W.S. Trench 1849-72", Geography Publications, Dublin 2006, p.478, ISBN   0-906602-81-5
  5. ↑ Details about the Petty-Fitzmaurice Estate (Marquess of Lansdowne) from the database of the Moore Institute (NUI Galway)
  6. ↑ Valerie Bary: "Houses of Kerry", Ballinakella Press, Whitegate 1994, p.221, ISBN   0-946538-08-5
  7. ↑ Gerard J. Lyne: "The Lansdowne Estate in Kerry under W.S. Trench 1849-72", Geography Publications, Dublin 2006, p.478, ISBN   0-906602-81-5
  8. ↑ Gerard J. Lyne: "The Lansdowne Estate in Kerry under W.S. Trench 1849-72", Geography Publications, Dublin 2006, p.478, ISBN   0-906602-81-5
  9. ↑ Marc Bence-Jones: "A Guide to Irish Country Houses", Constable and Company Ltd., London 1988, p.259, ISBN   0-09-469990-9
  10. ↑ Valerie Bary: "Houses of Kerry", Ballinakella Press, Whitegate 1994, p.221, ISBN   0-946538-08-5
  11. ↑ Information provided by the Sheen Falls Hotel
  12. ↑ "Former De Vere boss-Paul Clark heads new international hotel group" in Caterer and Hotelkeeper, 20. February 2013

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