Location: Farren House, Ballacolla
Portlaoise, County Laois
66.7 miles from Dublin (1 hr. 22 min)
97 miles from Cork (1 hr. 51 min)
84.1 miles from Galway (2 hr. 14 min)
62.5 miles from Limerick (1 hr. 15 min)
19.9 miles from Kilkenny (32 minutes)
14 miles from Portlaoise (21 minutes)
Contact: Marty and Wendy Phelan
Phone: (+) 353 (0) 05787 34032
Fax: (+) 353 (0) 05787 34008
Email: info@farmhostel.com
Website: www.farmhostel.com
Open: year-round
Accommodations:
-double rooms
-twin rooms
-family rooms
-some rooms have wheelchair access
Directions:
Traditional Farm Hostel is located in the tranquil countryside between the N7
(the Dublin-Limerick Road)
(take the Ballacolla turning between Borris-in-Ossary and Pike of Rush Hall)
and the N-8 (the Dublin-Cork Road)
(take the Ballacolla Turning in either Abbeyleix or Durrow)
(See map provided on Traditional Farm
Hostel website).
Rates:
-20 euros per person per night
-Continental breakfast: 5 euros
-Evening meal (full four-course meal) available on request
Amenities:
-approved by Irish Tourist Board
-member of Independent Holiday Hostels
-located in heart of Laois and providing
easy access to just about anywhere
in Ireland.
-visit Dublin (60 miles)
-the accommodations are in the
courtyard of a working farm
that has been in the same family for
six generations
-twelve ensuite rooms (with bathrooms)
-traditional open fire
-fully-equipped kitchen
-large dining room
-barbecue area
-large function room
-beautiful and tranquil country setting
-games room
-camping
Things To Do
- enjoy golf
- enjoy many walks in the area
- enjoy fishing (Laois Angling Centre)
- visit many historical and cultural sites
- enjoy the Slievebloom Mountains
- enjoy Granstown Lake
- visit the historic village of Clough
- visit the village of Ballacolla
- visit Donaghmore and the
Donaghmore Famine Workhouse
Museum
- visit the elegant heritage town of
Abbeyleix
- visit Heywood Gardens
- visit Ballinakill, a seventeenth-century
market town
- visit historic sites around Borris-In-
Ossory
- visit the planned estate village of
Durrow
- visit Kilkenny (only 22 miles) with its
many historic sites and restaurants
and shops and pubs
- visit Portlaoise (15 miles)
- visit Rathdowney, Emo Court,
Stradbally, Roscrea
- visit Templemore
- visit Dunmore Caves
- visit remains of large Ormonde Castle
in Ballyragget
