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Ballynahinch Castle is a former Irish country house and estate, built on the site of a former castle, which is now a luxury hotel set in a private estate in the Connemara region of County Galway, Ireland. The castle lies on the edge of Ballynahinch Lake and Ballynahinch River, and is directly overlooked by Benlettery 557 metres (1,827 ft), one ...
Ballynahinch or Ballinahinch (Irish: Baile na hInse) [1] is a village in County Galway in the west of Ireland. It is situated close to Recess , on the road from Recess to Roundstone . It also lies on the route of the former railway line from Galway city to Clifden (the "Capital of Connemara ").
Ballynahinch Lake measures about 4 km (2.5 mi) long and 1 km (0.6 mi) wide. It is located about 10 km (6 mi) east of Clifden and about 60 km (37 mi) northwest of Galway city. The Twelve Bens mountain range lies to the north of the lake, with Benlettery directly overlooking. [2] Ballynahinch Castle lies on the west shores.
The station served the area of Ballinahinch as well as Ballynahinch Castle, which had been built in 1684 for the Martyn family. In the early 1900s, the castle was the summer residence of Ranjitsinhji, the Maharaja of Nawanagar, and former test cricketer with the English Cricket Team.
Kylemore Abbey (Irish: Mainistir na Coille Móire) is a Benedictine Monastery founded in 1920 on the grounds of Kylemore Castle, in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland.The Abbey was founded for Benedictine nuns who fled Belgium in World War 1.
She was the head chef of Eipic restaurant in Northern Ireland and executive chef in Balloo House. She is now executive chef in Ballynahinch Castle, Connemara, Galway. She was the second female Irish chef to hold a Michelin star. In 2016, she was named Irish Chef of the Year.