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Ballea Castle
Carrigaline, Co. Cork, Ireland.
About this information
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- Information source
- Property website
- Property details
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- First booking choice
- Website
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Important property information
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About this property
A historic inhabited castle near Carrigaline containing two self-contained guest apartments, one on the ground floor and one on the first floor overlooking the gardens.
Ballea Castle is a heritage property and family home near Carrigaline in County Cork. Its first-party website describes two self-contained guest apartments within the castle. Each has a lounge, kitchen, bedroom and bathroom, with one apartment on the ground floor and the other on the first floor overlooking the gardens. The grounds include gardens, a farm, resident animals and an ancient chapel.
- Two self-contained guest apartments within a historic castle
- One ground-floor apartment and one first-floor apartment overlooking the gardens
- Gardens, farm surroundings, resident animals and an ancient chapel
- Approximately 10 minutes by car from Cork Airport according to the first-party website
Amenities
- Private lounge in each accommodation unit
- Kitchen in each accommodation unit
- Private bathroom in each accommodation unit
- Underfloor heating throughout each suite
- Blackout blinds
- Window seats
- An ornate fireplace in one suite
- Private on-site secure parking
- Independent access for each suite, shared only with the chapel
- Gardens and farm surroundings
- Ancient chapel
Spaces and layout
- Accommodation 1: Ground-floor apartment bedroom
- Accommodation 1: Ground-floor apartment bathroom
- Accommodation 1: Ground-floor apartment lounge
- Accommodation 1: Ground-floor apartment kitchen
- Accommodation 2: First-floor apartment bedroom
- Accommodation 2: First-floor apartment bathroom
- Accommodation 2: First-floor apartment lounge
- Accommodation 2: First-floor apartment kitchen
Location notes
- The first-party website places Ballea Castle in Carrigaline, Co. Cork, Ireland.
- The first-party website states approximate driving times of 5 minutes to Carrigaline town, 10 minutes to Cork Airport, 25 minutes to Cork City and 25 minutes to Kinsale.
- The exact street address, postal code and coordinates are not established from the reviewed pages.
Pricing and fees
Not specified
Booking information
- The first-party property page links to a booking page that embeds an Amenitiz booking engine.
- The embedded booking engine could not be accessed during source review, so current inventory, availability, payment terms and stay conditions were not verified.
- It remains unverified whether the two apartments can be reserved independently, together or both ways.
Property policies
- Resident animals are present on the property; this does not establish that guest pets are permitted.
Suitability and accessibility
- One apartment is explicitly described as being on the ground floor.
- The second apartment is on the first floor and is reached by a staircase shown in the first-party gallery.
- Ground-floor location does not establish step-free or wheelchair-accessible entry.
- No specific mobility, hearing or visual accessibility features are confirmed.
Capacity
- Accommodations
- 2
- Max guests
- Not specified
- Bedrooms
- 2
- Bathrooms
- 2
- Total beds
- Not specified
Accommodation
ground-floor self-contained guest apartment
- Type
- apartment
- Max guests
- Not specified
- Bedrooms
- 1
- Bathrooms
- 1
- Beds
- Not specified
first-floor self-contained guest apartment
- Type
- apartment
- Max guests
- Not specified
- Bedrooms
- 1
- Bathrooms
- 1
- Beds
- Not specified
Bedrooms
Ground-floor apartment bedroom
- Private or en-suite bathroom
- No
- Air conditioning
- Not specified
First-floor apartment bedroom
- Private or en-suite bathroom
- No
- Air conditioning
- Not specified
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