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Teach Cruachán Large-group Holiday Home will be your comfortable base on Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way. Only 5km from iconic Keem Bay on Achill Island, County Mayo, Teach Cruachán can accommodate up to 12 guests in its five guest rooms, each with TV, ensuite shower, toilet and wash basin. Three of the rooms have ocean views.
You'll make yourself completely at home in breathtakingly beautiful Dooagh, which boasts a great pub/restaurant, a cozy local pub, a gourmet shop with great coffee and homebaking, and even an old ballroom of romance that hosts music concerts and events. Dooagh, just 5km from Keem Bay and 3km from Keel, is also the home of the new Dooagh Folk Festival, Captain Boycott's Estate, Scoil Acla - the oldest summer school in Ireland, the highest sea cliffs in Western Europe, the lowest Corrie lake in Europe, the only basking shark fishery in Ireland (now obsolete), an amethyst quarry, and the list goes on.
The individually styled en-suite guest rooms in this top-rated former bed and breakfast are quiet and comfortable, and you will have access to free WiFi throughout the house. Hotel quality beds and furnishings and homely seaside styling are evident throughout. Take advantage of the fully equipped professional kitchen, relax in the living/dining room that overlooks the Atlantic, curl up in the inside snug with a log burning stove or sit on the south-facing terrace at the front of the house to watch dolphins and basking sharks in Dooagh Bay.
Owners Michael and Roisin live in a fully-separate apartment with its own utilities adjacent to the holiday home. They are experienced hosts of many years who will help make your stay memorable, and they will be available by call or text if you need any assistance.
You will be able to book weekly stays here on the Teach Cruachán website for the best online rates starting in January, 2025. Please send advance enquiries to [email protected].
Achill Bikes bicycle hire also operates at the rear of the holiday home, and each weekly let receives free one-day standard bicycle hire for the whole group. There is parking for four vehicles at the front of the home reserved for residents. There are two additional spaces at the rear entrance if required, but please be aware that they are accessed using a driveway shared with Achill Bikes and its customers.
When Hollywood Came to Achill Island
Local harbour transformed into film set for The Banshees of Inisherin
Dolphins often visit Dooagh Bay, and giant Basking Sharks visit in May and June.
These videos were all filmed from Teach Cruachán:
These videos were all filmed from Teach Cruachán:
See if you can spot the Basking Shark swimming slowly in the bay!
Here's what the Atlantic Ocean looks like from Teach Cruachán at the tail end of a storm.
"Michael and Roisin were great hosts. They made us feel very welcome and nothing was too much trouble. Their home is very pretty, homely, comfortable and very clean. It has great views..." Karen O. Huddersfield, England
Watch the dolphins in Dooagh Bay
Enjoy the ocean view while dining
Teach Cruachán has uninterrupted views of the Atlantic Ocean, and you could even see dolphins or basking sharks from the living/dining room.
ALSO AVAILABLE ON SITE: Bicycle Hire with Achill Bikes
Achill Bikes offers bicycle and accessory hire,
and has fantastic European-built electric bicycles that flatten Achill's hills!
Plenty of off-street parking is available for vehicles of all sizes.
and has fantastic European-built electric bicycles that flatten Achill's hills!
Plenty of off-street parking is available for vehicles of all sizes.