Once home to the O'Flaherty Chieftains, pirate queen Grace O'Malley, Humanity Dick Martin and Maharajah Ranjitsinji, Ballynahinch is now a 4-star hotel. With casual country elegance overlooking the river and ringed by mountains, Ballynahinch offers an unpretentious service and is an ideal centre from which to tour the West. Log fires and a friendly fisherman's pub complement a restaurant offering the best in fresh game, fish and produce. Ballynahinch, the Jewel in Connemara's Crown. AA 2 rosettes.