http://www.irishcentral.com/topics/rental+properties IrishCentral rental properties en-us http://www.irishcentral.com/story/travel/irelands-hidden-gems/belan-lodge---boyhood-playground-of-irish-explorer-ernest-shackleton-123095988.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/travel/irelands-hidden-gems/belan-lodge---boyhood-playground-of-irish-explorer-ernest-shackleton-123095988.html Fri, 03 Jun 2011 06:35:08 PDT
With fine weather on the horizon there has never been a better time to expand yours or your childrens by taking a self catering holiday at home Only an hour from Dublin the lovely Belan Lodge, boyhood playground of the great Irish explorer Ernest Shackleton can be yours too for a week or a weekend No long bank holiday drive, its a genuine hidden gem of a place, wild out with plenty of nature walks, canal banks and gastro pubs to be explored and whats more its very affordable, child and animal friendly, so what's keeping you?Originally part of the very large and prestigous Belan House Estate which belonged to the Earls of Aldborough for over 400 years, before unfortunately being abandoned due to bad debts and mismanagement, although the Cornmills attached were always very successful And they belonged once upon a time to Ebenezer Shackleton, uncle of the famous Irish Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton READ MORE ]]>