Holiday accommodation in Ballinamore

Set in diverse County Leitrim, Ballinamore holiday rentals are found in a picturesque village that dates back to the 17th Century. County Leitrim is one of the most sparsely populated areas in Ireland, making it a great place to find a little peace and quiet, and enjoy long walks through gorgeous unspoiled countryside. There’s a real variety of landscapes around your Ballinamore self-catering holiday accommodation, with rolling hills in the northwest and Lough Allen – an area of immense natural beauty – in the heart of the county. Lough Allen is undoubtedly the place to go to witness picture-book Irish rural scenes. At the center is a lake, surrounded by The Iron Mountains with two walking routes to help you enjoy the best views of the shores. It’s an unmisssable sight for visitors to Leitrim holiday homes.

The wider area has been inhabited since prehistoric times, with a number of fascinating Megalithic sites, such as Ceide Fields, Listoghil and Rathcroghan– all well worth visiting if you’d like to learn more about the people who lived in the region millennia ago. Holiday accommodation in Ballinamore is a short car trip from some more recent remnants of human occupation, with the ruins of the medieval Fenagh Abbey just a few kilometres away. Slightly further afield from holiday homes in Ballinamore is Boyle Abbey, an early Cistercian building established in the 1100s and very well preserved. Natural attractions are numerous around Ballinamore self-catering accommodation, but the most notable are Marble Arch Caves, which are considered to be among the best in Europe, and the beautiful GlencarWaterfall , which has been inspiring locals for centuries.

Weather

At Ballinamore self-catering holiday homes you can expect mild conditions throughout the year thanks to the warm Gulf Stream. Rain can be pretty common, but it rarely lasts long.