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The Lodge at Ashford Castle
Cong, Ireland · Red Carnation · Core Luxury
Built in 1865 as the estate manager's house on Ashford Castle's 350-acre Guinness park, the Lodge is the castle's younger sibling: sixty-four rooms looking over Lough Corrib. John Ford shot The Quiet Man in Cong in 1951; Red Carnation took the Lodge in 2013, a year after it reopened as its own hotel.
- 64 rooms
- Opened 2012
About The Lodge at Ashford Castle
- The Lodge was the estate manager's residence of 1865, not the medieval castle of 1228, which became a hotel in 1939.
- Current counts put the Lodge at 64 rooms and suites, including the Guinness Suite, distinct from the castle next door.
- Guests share the 350-acre park, the lake boats, and Cong village with the castle next door, including Quiet Man filming ground from 1951.
History
The Lodge was built in 1865 as the estate manager's house on the Ashford Castle grounds at Cong, on the Mayo-Galway line. The neighbouring castle, a Guinness seat, dates to 1228 and became a hotel on 6 July 1939. The Lodge sits inside that 350-acre park, a Victorian service house rather than the medieval keep.
John Ford filmed The Quiet Man in and around Cong in 1951, using the estate as backdrop. The Lodge opened as its own hotel in 2012 after refurbishment, with further works in 2014, and joined Red Carnation Hotels in 2013. It has 50 rooms and shares the castle's lake and park without pretending to be the 1228 fortress.
Guests at The Lodge sleep in the 1865 agent's house, a short walk from the castle that took paying guests in 1939.
The setting
On the Ashford Castle estate at Cong, on the Mayo-Galway line, looking over Lough Corrib. Cong Abbey and the Quiet Man Cottage Museum are about two kilometres into the village.
Restaurants and bars
- Wilde's at the Lodge — Restaurant · Fine dining
Experiences
- Wilde's at the Lodge fine dining — First-floor fine dining restaurant using local ingredients such as native oysters, scallops and fallow deer, with spectacular views.
- Sunrise woodland stroll with Irish wolfhounds — A sunrise walk through ancient woodland alongside Irish wolfhounds, as described by guest writer Julie Bayley.
Amenities
- Spa
- Hot tub
- Fitness center
- Pet-friendly
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