Word of Mouth

Tutorials, on location shoots and the very best of food and luxury accommodation. @withinthevillageroundstone. Creative team: @cliodhnaprendergast @dkilfeather @katiejsanderson @ruthforsyth

Further details www.cliodhnaprendergast.com

All our wonderful maps, booklets, logos, etc. have been created by Lucy Jackson, a local Ballyconneely based graphic designer and artist.They are provided to help our guests learn about all the fabulous things Roundstone and Connemara has to offer year round.

Mishnoc have been trading in Galway since 2011 and created the leather bound folders found in each house containing important house and visitor information for guests. Their simple ethos is to provide well made, handmade, beautiful Irish leather products that will last.

ATU Connemara (Letterfrack) is a nearby centre of excellence for furniture makers).The house wooden boxes, personalised keyrings, and cheese boards were made and lasered by 2009 graduate Eoin Kirwan. The box is made from Irish oak, uses traditional woodworking joints along with modern technologies to cut the text on the top of the box.

Artisan Scents Rooted in Irish Tradition. Cloon Keen is a uniquely Irish perfumer and candle maker based in Galway. The inspiration for Cloon Keen is Ireland and, more specifically, Galway, Connemara and the West. The smell you get when you enter Within the Village is from the beautiful Etain candle.

Anne DeCourcey, a local lady bakes fresh bread daily for all our guests on arrival and fresh scones each morning, which are delivered to each house to go with the morning coffee.

A sustainable flower farm based in Cleggan, Connemara growing beautiful, seasonal flowers. We look forward to our weekly delivery from Siobhan in the Summer months to brighten up each house for our guests.

@clegganfarmflowers

Paddy O’Malley makes art from out of studying the shoreline.  His concrete pieces look like a part of the beach was picked up at low tide the way the waves arranged it and dropped in someone’s house.  He has the utmost respect for Mother Nature, she is both his muse and, in many cases, his material.

Enquire about Paddy’s work at provenance-interior.ie

The Tweed Project created handmade, one off pieces that combine beautiful Irish fabrics with modern tailoring for a truly authentic expression of Irish design.

The collection is made entirely of Irish fabrics, in Ireland for the world.

Operating from a small Atelier in Galway, the collection is hand made from specially selected cuts of premium Donegal Tweed and Irish Linen.  Being small means that each garment gets all the love and attention that makes for an authentic one off piece of Irish design.

Joe Hogan has been making baskets at Loch na Fooey since 1978 and in that time has earned a reputation for making strong, durable baskets of the highest quality. The colours in these award winning baskets are those of the natural willows which are grown at Loch na Fooey.

In 2012 he began making nests.  The aim has not been to make copies of the nests of various species of birds but rather to make nest-like objects which prompt the feeling that we are looking at a bird’s nest and thus evoke some of the feelings of joy and wonder which might accompany the finding of nests in the wild. The nests have an artlessness to them as I do not want it to be obvious that they have been made by a person.

In October 2021, he was the Crafts Council of Ireland Lifetime Achievement Award winner and received his award at Dublin Castle from President of Ireland / Uachtarán na hÉireann Michael D. Higgins.

Cliodhna lives in Connemara and has a natural talent and deep love for photography, food and travel writing.

Cliodhna’s work has been featured in publications including House & Garden, Condé Nast Traveller, IMAGE Interiors & Living, The Irish Times and The Gloss Magazine, Garden Heaven, and the Financial Times’ How To Spend It magazine.

With every publication, people always ask where they could purchase Cliodhna’s photography. So she has lovingly curated a selection of her favourite images into a series of limited edition prints for purchase online in her print shop.

Dorothy Cross (born 1956) is an Irish artist. Working with differing media, including sculpture, photography, video and installation, she represented Ireland at the 1993 Venice Biennale.

She is represented by Kerlin Gallery, Dublin and Frith Street Gallery, London.

Mark is an award-winning landscape designer from the West of Ireland but based in Dublin.  He collaborates closely with his clients from concept to execution, delivering wild, elegant and contemporary garden designs.

Early in his landscaping career, Mark was awarded the Silver Gilt medal at Bloom, Ireland’s prestigious garden festival for his ‘Inis Oirr Garden’.  The winning design, featuring stone walls and wild Burren landscaping is typical of his approach to landscape gardening.  Staying true to nature and all that it brings, Mark’s work embraces the context and environment of every garden he designs.

Gabriel Furniture is a family business, headed by Ben Gabriel and his son Joshua, and is based in Galway, the west of Ireland since 1996.

Originally from The Netherlands, Ben Gabriel trained and worked in the UK and Australia before he and his family settled in Ireland. Joshua graduated from Letterfrack Furniture College in 2011 and has worked in various workshops both here in Ireland (Joseph Walsh) and Switzerland before joining the business in Galway. The company specialises in designing/making furniture for batch-production and individual projects for private and corporate clients. The designs are often developed by using geometry in an innovative way, which gives it their “playful” character. Individual projects are designed and created by working closely with the client to provide them with innovative and inspirational furniture.

“Good Design is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away”

Studio Panfili is a Galway based interior design firm providing clients with a personal and bespoke interior design service since 2006.  They create spaces that are a reflection of the personalities of their clients.

Peter Murphy is a family run business who, for the past 35 years, have been providing the people of Galway City, County, Connemara and the Islands with top quality lighting and electrical appliances. Visit Peter or Paul in their shop in Westside or shop online for any of the lighting or appliances you see in the Suites.

Peter Murphy Snr. who sadly passed away in January 2023, brought Naughtons travelling shop out to Connemara in the 1950’s and had many fond memories and spoke often of calling on many local businesses in Roundstone, in particular to Padraig Faherty in Connolly’s Bar and Shop where Within the Village resides today. Ar dheis de go raibh a anam

The Pine Rack is a traditional country workshop and showroom situated in Ballintubber, Claremorris, adjacent to the historical Ballintubber Abbey. Brendan made all the little stools, coat hooks and Galway market baskets you see around the Suites.

Brendan makes bespoke pieces from new and reclaimed pine which he sources locally. His pieces represent the presence of the past and can be custom designed and made to order. The best place to reach Brendan is every Saturday at the Galway Market or on LinkedIn

Founded in 2018, Calendar Coffee is 100% owned and run by its founders Zarah Lawless and Daniel Boobier and they roast it in Oughterard, the gateway to Connemara. Please drop into them on your way to or from Roundstone or visit their online store.

Galway Irish Crystal is one of the leading giftware brands in Ireland and are based on the outskirts of Galway city. They sell to the public in their showrooms and through their online business. Their showrooms have a beautiful shop where you can get lost shopping and then dine in their onsite restaurant on a wet day in the region.

Our Irish Linen Curtains and Blinds were sourced by Rosie at Provenance Town & Country Interiors on the main street in Clifden. The Provenance style is informal yet considered using simple designs with natural textures and colours. Drop over to Clifden to visit Rosie’s beautiful shop or visit their website

Burren Perfumery is a small, West of Ireland, family owned company making cosmetics and perfumes inspired by the landscape. Everything is made by hand in small batches and come in recyclable containers.

To purchase from our local supplier Sadie in Co. Clare, please visit their website

LUXURY 100% Tencel Lyocell Bed Linen range, exquisitely silk like, gentle & soft against your skin. Designed for restorative sleep with excellent temperature regulation. SUSTAINABLY derived from wood pulp.

To purchase from our local supplier Christina in Co. Kerry, please visit her website.

Our LOCAL supplier and neighbour Seamus lives in Roundstone village so please visit his wonderful workshop to purchase some of his pottery to take home as a souvenir of your trip to Connemara. Seamus Laffin has been making unique stoneware in Roundstone since 1981 and his pottery is both beautiful and made to last.