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Fort Royal, Donegal for the holidays

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

• 9 older comments, and then…
• Samuel Collazo said:

  Excellent!!

• Carol Maddock said:

  Is this our shortest phone number to date - Rathmullen 11?

  FORT ROYAL HOTEL RATHMULLEN -- CO. DONEGAL Why not arrange your Summer Holidays at this carefree Country House Hotel, far from the turmoil. In its delightful setting on the Shores of Lough Swilly, amidst the unsurpassable scenery of the Hills of Donegal. Waiter service on our Private Beach. Golf and Tennis facilities. Hot and Cold all Bedrooms. Excellent Cuisine Fully Licensed. Family Parties with young children most welcome. Please write for Brochure or, better still, call at the Hotel on your next week-end car drive. PHONE: RATHMULLEN 11.

  (Belfast Newsletter, 9 June 1954)

• National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:

  Carol Maddock I think I see the waiter on the lawn near the building.

• beachcomber australia said:

  Sold in 2013 for conversion to a private house? See - www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/homes-and-property/a-fo... Which has this - "... The 11-bedroom hotel was built in 1805 by Charles Rae, a British navy officer, and has more than six acres of magical gardens, including a front lawn that leads down to the beach, and three converted, self-contained cottages that were used as holiday lets. It had been run as a small but elegant three-star hotel by the Fletcher family since 1948, and had an award – winning restaurant, but the business closed two years ago. Next to Rathmullan House hotel, Fort Royal also has a tennis court and nine-hole pitch and putt course overlooking the sea as well as an arboretum and a walled garden. And as if that wasn’t enough, a 204sq m (2,196sq ft) detached manager’s house was also included in the sale."

• O Mac said:

  The foreshore has lost the rocky outcrops and gained a sandy beach over the last 70 years. Dropped pin maps.app.goo.gl/rQtBPBLgUAACdJKKA