Sheen Falls Lodge is a five-star 77-room hotel in County Kerry, Ireland. [1] [2]
The hotel was developed in the 1980s and opened in 1991; the property had a hunting lodge since the 1700s. [3] It housed the restaurant La Cascade, which was awarded a Michelin star from 1993 to 1998. [4]
It was sold in 2018 to a consortium of Thai investors. [3]
It occupies a 300 acres (1.2 km2) property on the River Sheen, and overlooks Kenmare Bay. [2]
County Kerry is a county in Ireland. It is located in the South-West Region and forms part of the province of Munster. It is named after the Ciarraige who lived in part of the present county. The population of the county was 147,707 at the 2016 census.
Killarney is a town in County Kerry, southwestern Ireland. The town is on the northeastern shore of Lough Leane, part of Killarney National Park, and is home to St Mary's Cathedral, Ross Castle, Muckross House and Abbey, the Lakes of Killarney, MacGillycuddy's Reeks, Purple Mountain, Mangerton Mountain, Paps Mountain, the Gap of Dunloe and Torc Waterfall. Its natural heritage, history and location on the Ring of Kerry make Killarney a popular tourist destination.
Kenmare is a small town in the south of County Kerry, Ireland. The name Kenmare is the anglicised form of Ceann Mara, meaning "head of the sea", referring to the head of Kenmare Bay.
Ashford Castle is a medieval and Victorian castle that has been expanded over the centuries and turned into a five star luxury hotel near Cong on the Mayo-Galway border, on the Galway side of Lough Corrib in Ireland. It is a member of the Leading Hotels of the World organisation and was previously owned by the Guinness family.
The Kerry Way is a long-distance trail in County Kerry, Ireland. It is a 214-kilometre (133-mile) long circular trail that begins and ends in Killarney. It is typically completed in 8 to 10 days. It is designated as a National Waymarked Trail by the National Trails Office of the Irish Sports Council and is managed by Kerry County Council, South Kerry Development Partnership and the Kerry Way Committee. The Way circles the Iveragh Peninsula and forms a walkers' version of the Ring of Kerry road tour. It is the longest of Ireland's National Waymarked Trails.
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Thomas Browne, 6th Baronet & 4th Viscount Kenmare was an Irish landowner and politician.
Mickey "Ned" O'Sullivan is an Irish retired Gaelic football manager, selector and former player. His league and championship career with the Kerry senior team spanned ten seasons from 1971 to 1980.
Kenmare GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club from Kenmare in County Kerry. The club competes as a joint divisional side with other clubs from the Kenmare area like Templenoe in the underage county championship and as an individual club in senior competitions including the Kerry county senior football championship.
Templenoe GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club from Templenoe in County Kerry, Ireland. The club competes as a joint divisional side with other clubs from the Kenmare area like Tuosist GAA in the county championship and as an individual club in other competitions. Hurling was by far the stronger of the two codes until the 1920s. However, since then Gaelic football has taken pride of place and hurling is no longer played in the club. The club was founded in 1933 but did not affiliate to the GAA until 1938.
Killarney House is an Irish country home in Killarney, County Kerry, which was built as a replacement for Kenmare House (1726) as the seat of the Earls of Kenmare. The site was chosen by Queen Victoria on her visit to Ireland in 1861.
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Arbutus Lodge was a restaurant and hotel in Cork in County Cork, Ireland. It was a fine dining restaurant that was yearly awarded one Michelin star in the periods 1974–1983, 1987 and 1988.
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.
Matthew (Matt) d'Arcy was an Irish Michelin star winning head chef during his spell in the kitchen of restaurant Park in the Park Hotel Kenmare. Later, in 1992, he opened "d'Arcy's Kenmare" in Kenmare.
Stephen O'Brien is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Kenmare Shamrocks and has been a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team since 2014.
Garinish is a privately owned island lying off the coast of the Iveragh Peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland.
Seán O'Shea is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Kerry SFC club Kenmare Shamrocks and at inter-county level with the Kerry senior football team. He usually lines out as a forward.