Rathmullan House is a four-star country home - gracious, friendly and informal - in an exceptional location. It offers well-appointed sitting rooms, first-class dining in a unique 'tented' restaurant, and a range of accommodation in its 32 bedrooms.

Facilities include an indoor heated swimming pool, steam room, massage and beauty treatments and tennis courts (and you can play croquet on the lawns).
Rathmullan House has the high ceilings, marble fireplaces and beautiful proportions associated with the Georgian period. 

Servants' quarters in the basement have been converted into the Cellar Bar, which is very popular for informal dining and also hosts traditional music sessions in the summer.
Built around 1820, the house has been extended several times since then. Most recently a €3m development programme has added 10 bedrooms in a new wing, and a small self-contained conference room.

Rathmullan - one of Donegal's prettiest villages

Rathmullan House stands on the edge of the village and port of Rathmullan, which has shops, several pubs, an antique shop and a choice of places to eat in summer, not mention an important role in Irish history.

What better introduction to the village than the words of Alastair Rowan in his outstanding guide to 'North West Ulster' in 1979 (words which, of course, still ring true today) -
"Rathmullan is one of the prettiest villages in Donegal : pretty for its sandy beaches, painted houses, and the mature trees that skirt its surroundings; and a village worthy of the name for its concentration of churches, houses, a friary, castle and fort all in a small area."

Rathmullan beach is a lively place in summer, with lots of walkers and bathers (on good days), people fishing off the pier and activity on the water. A ferry, which takes passengers, cars and buses, operates across to Buncrana in the high season, opening up the great Inishowen peninsula.

Ramelton, a few miles away along the Swilly, is featured in Christopher Fitz-Simon's book, 'The Most Beautiful Villages of Ireland.' It also has plenty of historic buildings and an interesting selection of pubs. Alastair Rowan comments, "Ramelton is one of the few towns in Donegal that is large enough and sufficiently urban in character to justify a peregrination."