The ReenRoe Hotel (Ostan Rinn Roe)

Sadly, some projects don’t last as long as others.

While on a recent journey to the Ring of Kerry we visited a hotel we furnished in 1971. 

The hotel would have depended heavily on the influx of American tourists and as may have been due to the troubles in the North at the time, tourism suffered and unfortunately the hotel closed down in the late 1980's.

Located on Ballinskelligs Bay, across from Waterville in a glorious but isolated location, the building has not been boarded up or closed off from curious wanderers and remains of some of the carpeting and underlay supplied by Martin – Hudson & Gibson Ltd are still visible.

Carpeting on a passageway which would have once been laid by Martin - Hudson & Gibson Ltd.

Underlay lays rolled and folded in one bedroom

Today the building stands alone on the hill, admiring the views that surround its ruins.

Bathroom tiles which would have been fitted in the new hotel, can still be seen today

One can still see what would have once been handsome red velvet buttoned seating

The beautiful stonework still stands amongst the debris on site at the ReenRoe Hotel

By Ciara Eloise Nolan