Ancaire Studio & Cottage

19/06/2025

So excited to welcome guests to our new lodge at Ancaire…. It’s open and I can’t thank everyone enough for the beautiful space we have created.
# summerholidays westcork

07/06/2025

If West Cork is a universe unto itself, Ballydehob is a universe within that universe. It's home to 300 souls, several nationalities, one Michelin star, a 12-arch bridge, a three-arch bridge, the biggest small jazz festival in the world, an ATM you really should get to before 10pm, and a rabbit hole behind every door.

“It’s not just a drive-through place,” local artist Marie Cullen says. “There have always been people from different parts of the world coming here.”

We chat about the tradition of artists, makers, hippies and hipsters coming since the late 1950s (Ballydehob’s ‘Flower House’ was a famous hub, ‘Bohemian Ballydehob’ is celebrated in seasonal exhibitions at an art museum in the old bank, and actors like Saoirse Ronan, Paul Mescal and Robert Sheehan have homes nearby).

Rural Ireland has its lights and darknesses, and I’m sure Ballydehob has them too. But for decades this place has felt like a magnet for diversity, thrummed with a chemistry typified by cafés like Budd’s, the trad and art and craic in Rosie’s pub, or Levis Corner House — a pink, p***y little pub that hosts food truck pop-ups (Caitlin Ruth, Spice Genie and Doxy & Danny are cooking up this summer), small gigs by some of the biggest names in Irish music and a stonking jazz festival, while also feeling like it hasn’t changed so much as a speck of dust in its 111 years.

Read more on the Irish Independent website.

04/05/2025

04/05/2025

20/04/2025

Last minute cancellation 2 or 3 nights, from today /tomorrow-19th-22nd April . Two bed, situated between Ballydehob &Schull, West Cork.



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13/04/2025

Ready and waiting ….. off for a wander along the Fastnet trails 😍



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10/04/2025

Last minute cancellation for our two bed cottage, this weekend 11th & 12th …. It’s Ballydehob Tradfest



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09/04/2025

Spring sunshine 🍀🌞



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08/04/2025

Early morning dog walk…. Beautiful April sunshine in West Cork. Message me for availability in our self catering accommodation on the Wild Atlantic Way



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24/03/2025

The sunshine is out, truly beautiful. I have a few days available this week in our lovely 2 bed cottage. A recharge of the batteries maybe?

25/01/2025

**Only in Schull... 🦢🚦**

You know it’s the weekend when even the local swans are heading to the pub! This cheeky fella was spotted casually using the zebra crossing to make his way to **** and **** – clearly a bird of good taste!

We can’t confirm if he’s more of a pint or a G&T type, but fair play for sticking to the rules of the road. Stay classy, Schull!

22/12/2024

Wishing all our guests; past, present and future, a very Happy Christmas, good health and happiness for the New Year 🥂🎄🥰