Little Crom Self-Catering Cottages
Damien & Majella O'Keefe
29 Clones Road
Newtownbutler
Co. Fermanagh
Tel: 048 67738074 07870 590866
Email: damien@littlecromcottages.com
Website: www.littlecromcottages.com
You can't get much closer to the silent shores of Upper Lough Erne than at Little Crom Cottages. Two things will disturb the silence as you row out on one of Damien O'Keefes' wooden Burke boats. The swans taking flight or the sound of the wooden oars slapping on the gentle ripples of this almost traffic-free section of Fermanagh's lakes. Damien is a cattle and turkey farmer who diversified into ecotourism in order to supplement his farming income, thus enabling him and his family to stay in this small, luscious townland of
He has built two cottages on a remote spot right by the lakeshore. They are comfortable and spacious, with oak and slate flooring, wood-burning stoves, and hot water powered by solar panels to warm you up after some lake swimming. Damien is proud of his EU flower accreditation and gives plenty of instructions to guests on how to be environmentally-friendly. But to fully appreciate the environment here at Crom, you just have to take the boat out through the reeds, past mute swans, moorhens and coots. You might even spot a Kingfisher. If not, you can head off on the nearby Kingfisher Trail Cycle Trail, using one of Damien's bikes which he provides for guests, and spend a day searching for one. First stop, the bigger Crom up the road, home to Lord Erne and National Trust property, Crom Estate, where you can moor the boat, and pop in for tea and cakes at the café, before taking in their 2000 acres of nature reserves which boast the largest surviving oak woodland in
Written by: Catherine Mack
