Glengarriff or Eccles Hotel

Displaying 3 houses.

Displaying 3 houses.

House name	Description
Glengarriff Lodge	Held in fee by the Earl of Bantry's estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £9. The house was a specially designed hunting lodge for the Bantry estate. It remained in the estate's ownership until the 1940s. Though badly damaged by fire in the 1960s it has been completely renovated and now serves as luxury self-catering accommodation. See www.glengarriff-lodge.com.
Reenmeen Cottage	Leased by Robert White from the Bantry estate in 1852 when it was valued at £11+. Named as Reenmeen Cottage by Lewis who notes it as the seat of R. White in 1837. Buildings still exist at the site. A house named Glengarriff Cottage (V939564) appears on the 1st edition Ordnance Map in this townland but is not visible on the later 25-inch map.
Glengarriff Castle	Sarah White was leasing this property from the Bantry estate at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at almost £36. In 1837, Lewis described it as "Glengarriff Castle, the seat of Captain White, is a spacious elegant mansion". Local sources suggest the Castle was built in the 1790s by Simon White, a brother of the 1st Earl of Bantry. Noted by Leet as the seat of Simon White in 1814. In 1894 Slater refers to it as the seat of R.H.E. White. It functioned as a resort until the 1970s. Plans are currently in progress to restore the building.