The Kilbrackan Arms is situated in the quiet village of Carrigallen, Co Leitrim, providing you with a relaxing break, friendly atmosphere and award-winning cuisine. Carrigallen boasts a theatre — The Corn Mill Theatre & Arts Centre, winners of 2005 & 2014 All-Ireland Amateur Drama Festival, comparable with the best in Dublin. Below is a list of things that most guest would visit while staying with
us here in Kilbrackan Arms Hotel in Carrigallen. The Corn Mill Theatre
The Corn Mill Theatre, Carrigallen
The Corn Mill Theatre which is only two minutes from the Hotel, has presented many National & International plays. Many of the plays have been premiered in the Corn Mill before going on to Dublin or to the West End in London or Broadway! Recent hit plays 'Alone it Stands' and 'Stones in my Pockets' are good examples. Maire Brennan, De Dannan, Ronnie Drew & Eleanor Shanley, Mick Flavin, Charlie McGettigan, Luka Bloom, Augustin Maruri (international classical guitarist). Frances Black, Kieran Goss, Kevin McAleer (comedian), Kevin Logue, Juliet Turner etc have performed there. Golf Courses
Golf Courses near Kilbracken Arms
There are seven golf courses within 10 miles of the hotel. Belturbet Golf club, 18 holes and Ballinamore Golf Club, a 9 hole course, both have very moderate green fees, while the Slieve Russell Golf Course in Ballyconnell has an 18 hole course of international reputation. Lough Rynn Castle (course designed by Nic Faldo) is 9 miles away in Mohill. Radisson Blu Farnhan Estate Golf Course is course on the Crossdoney road to Cavan, six miles away. There is a golf course nearby that will suit every golfer, from professionals to the amateurs there’s something to suite everyone. Angling
Angling in Carrigallen
Carrigallen is at the heart of the lake systems of the Midlands of Ireland. Major lakes and lakes not-so-well-known, are within a few minutes of the hotel. Coarse fishing is the specialty and Bream, Rudd, Roach, & Pike are plentiful. Game fishing is catered for by the local Angling Club, for which the visitor can become a day-member for Euro15. Calloughs Lake, a mile outside the town, is stocked yearly with both Brown & Rainbow Trout. The hotel annually co-hosts the King of Clubs, & stena line challenge Angling Festivals with great success, both from a fishing and entertainment point of view, with many anglers re-booking on departure. Almost 4 tonnes of fish was caught over a four day period by 100 anglers during the recent king of clubs. Local Lakes include: Town lake, Calloughs, Cullies, Garadice, Glasshouse, Kilnamar, Errew, Gulladoo & Gowna. (Click on any of the aforementioned for further details). Many rivers and canals are also favoured locally. The water around Carrigallen, from the upper reaches of the great River Erne system, five miles to the west and south, are a host of fresh water lakes and rivers which empty into the Shannon. These are two of the greatest coarse fishing complexes in Europe, unpolluted and vastly unspoiled. Margaret Of New Orleans Birthplace
The Angel of the Delta, The Bread Lady of New Orleans, The Celebrated Margaret,Margaret of Tully, Margaret of New Orleans, Mother Margaret-these are all titles for a remarkable woman, who was considered by countless thousands of all creeds to have been a living saint. A woman of unsurpassed charity, she was a champion of the underprivileged and the destitute. She had been a washerwoman and a peddler,yet when she died she received a state funeral.
