Ashford Castle
Connemara & Mayo · Ireland
A sense of the place
Why it's in the collection
Because the castle on Lough Corrib, medieval and enlarged by the Guinness family, keeps its history front and center, with every room decorated differently, staterooms and the lakeside Boathouse, the George V Dining Room and Stanley's, afternoon tea in the Connaught Room, the Prince of Wales Bar, the spa, boating on the lough and Ireland's oldest school of falconry — and the house is listed at exactly the tier it holds.
- On Lough Corrib at Cong, County Mayo, on the edge of Connemara; an independent house.
- Rooms each decorated differently; staterooms and the Boathouse; the George V Dining Room and Stanley's; the Connaught Room; the spa; the falconry school; boating on the lough.
- Two MICHELIN Keys in the 2025 selection; holds four-star standing.
The neighborhood
Connemara & Mayo
The west: Cong on the shore of Lough Corrib between Galway and Mayo, with the bogs and mountains of Connemara beyond. Galway city is forty-five minutes away and Knock Airport under an hour.
- The lough, the woods and the falconry school, at the door.
- Cong village, a walk away.
- Galway, forty-five minutes; Knock Airport, under an hour.
“The medieval castle on Lough Corrib enlarged by the Guinness family, its history kept front and center.”
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