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Castle Bernard Cottages

Castle Bernard, Bandon, Co. Cork

Tel/Fax: 023 41443

Castle Bernard, home of the Earl of Bandon, was destroyed by fire in 1921 and the family adapted a terrace of three two-storeyed cottages into a house suitable to its needs. Two of these cottages are now available, as Castle Bernard Cottages, for self-catering holidays. On one side they overlook the 18-hole Bandon golf course; on the other, they look into a walled garden. The larger of the two cottages, which can accommodate up to eight guests, has French windows opening to the terraced garden designed by Notcutts which is planted out with a wide variety of shrubs, including some unusual ones.

The smaller cottage, which accommodates four persons, opens from its upper storey to its own lawn and trees. Guests are welcome to wander around the extensive, though overgrown, pleasure gardens of the ruined castle; take walks through the woods by the River Bandon; fish for salmon temporary club membership is available play a round of golf or a few sets of tennis for a moderate charge. In late May the pleasure gardens are a delight a sea of bluebells with islands of spectacular azaleas. Then in early June, the old rhododendrons flower, covering house-sized bushes in a wide variety of colours.

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