Self Catering Holiday Homes in Ballyorgan, Co. Limerick

Ballyorgan is located at the foot of the Ballyhoura Mountains in the South East of Limerick in what is known as Ballyhoura Country. The area that surrounds our holiday lodges is famous for its biking trails. Ballyhoura Mountains Lodges are a wonderful base for a mountain biking holiday in Ireland. It is an ideal holiday destination, situated in a rural area between Limerick City and Cork City. The area has eight towns, 12 villages and covers over 50 communities. For the outdoor minded Ballyhoura Country offers the widest range of leisure and sporting amenities imaginable. The Ballyhoura International Walking Festival is an annual event the first weekend in May.

The area around the village is made of hills, forests, rivers, walking and cycling tracks and is surely one of these off the beaten track gems, you can only find in Ballyhoura Country. There is one pub in the village of Ballyorgan close to our holiday homes and for shopping Kilfinane is a fine market town 5km away. There are many fine historic sites and churches in the area.

The Ballyhoura Mountain Park with 10,000 hectares of mountain, woodlands and peat bog (bird-watching, walking routes, forest trails and orienteering) is also adjacent to Ballyorgan. On the river walk from Darragh to Ballyorgan, there is a wooded area, which contains oaks, ash, and ferns. In the wintertime, big flocks of lapwings, fieldfares and redwings are to be seen in the fields.