Detailed Review
Ballylickey, home of the franco-Irish Graves family for four generations, lies hidden among the rugged inlets of majestic Bantry Bay. This secluded luxury hotel has the ambience of a beautiful family home, cherished and nurtured over the centuries.
The facilities
Originally built over 300 years ago as a shooting lodge by Lord Kenmare it was carefully restored by the present owner managers the Graves family in the late 1940s. Visited over the years on many occasions by the poet Robert Graves, an uncle of the present owners. Ballylickey became a haven for writers, artists and musicians.
Press Quotes
"Up in the house quiet elegance flows, a cheetah-skin rug covers a banister, sea views float past the windows, open fires smoulder in the four drawing rooms. Good beds, rich fabrics, loads of books, all the country-house essentials." Observer 05
