Kilkee: Always fun! And the best base for enjoying THE IRISH OPEN in September!

GOLFERS! check out details on stays for the Irish Open at the end of this property description!

Relax and enjoy the lovely Loop Head Peninsula, the Irish Times's best place to holiday in Ireland. Bright, clean unit in development of multiple holiday homes just 1 kilometer (6/10 mile) from the clear Atlantic and beautiful horseshoe-shaped beach at Kilkee, County Clare. Approximately 1200 square feet of space on two levels, including a master bedroom with full bed and en suite bathroom/shower, and two other bedrooms, each with two single beds. (One larger, with more in-room storage.) Perfect for families or golf foursomes. Close enough to the center of town to enjoy it easily; not so close that the parties will keep you awake all night! Fully equipped kitchen and available outdoor seating. Playground in compound (a few hundreds meters down quiet private roads) has equipment for kids including climbing equipment, basketball and tennis courts. Golf on cliffs overlooking the ocean less than 2 miles away; GREAT golf -- Doonbeg /Trump International (18 minutes, Lahinch (47 minutes), Ballybunion (less than 2h via Shannon ferry), Tralee (2h via ferry) -- not much further away. World-class fishing in local rivers and the mouth of the Shannon. Local festivals galore. Plenty for families to do; great pubs, restaurants, and traditional music at hand. Just down the road from the Cliffs of Moher (but ours are better!); easy day trips to the Burren, Doolin, the Aran Islands, maybe even Galway. 15 minutes to Kilrush and dolphin-watching boats in the Shannon. Ten minutes down the road to the Carrigaholt Castle ruins and horseback riding, 15 minutes to the Bridge(s) of Ross, Twenty minutes to the Loop Head lighthouse. Walk the cliffs from which the storm scenes in Ryan's Daughter were filmed. Swim off the sandy beach or at low tide in the famous Pollock Holes created in the reefs by the changing tide. Try some cliff diving (seasonally) from boards set into the rugged cliffs. For less excitement, or in cooler weather, take the kids to the indoor Waterworld for the bubble pool, 60 meter tower slide, and more.

GOLFERS NOTE! Affordable area housing is becoming impossible to find for the Irish Open at Trump International in Doonbeg from September 9-13. Golfers can find a quite favorable rate here (check around!) at a property less than 10 miles and 20 minutes from the course. Make a week (or more) of it and play world famous area courses like Lahinch, Tralee, and Ballybunion. Book seven nights or more during the tourney week and get a welcome bottle of champagne, a 100 Euro food/drink voucher for the local Stella Maris Hotel restaurant, and four vouchers to play the local Kilkee Golf Club (not a classic but a fun and fine round played on glorious cliffs overlooking the majestic Atlantic Ocean)! The Kilkee area offers many other attractions for golfers and non golfers alike -- see our other descriptions of activities in the area. Make it the Irish golf trip of your dreams!